JPH1052233A - Processed food and its production - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a processed food suitable as a daily dish and a healthy food suitable as a diet food. SOLUTION: This processed food comprises a bean-curd refuse or a soybean meal mixed with a raw material for devil's-tongue as materials. Furthermore, the materials comprise a bean-curd refuse or a soybean meal after pressing soybean oil in an amount of about 50% expressed in terms of weight ratio and a tuberous root of devil's tongue (powder) or a tuberous root of the devil's- tongue which is skinned, washed and boiled (a raw material for the devil's tongue) in an amount of about 50% expressed in terms of weight ratio. The materials are then placed in a mixer and sufficiently stirred and an adequate amount of bittern is placed in the container to coagulate the resultant mixture with the bittern. The coagulated mixture is suitably heated. Thereby, the processed food consisting essentially of the bean-curd refuse and devil's-tongue can be produced. Since the bean-curd refuse and the raw material for the devil's- tongue are used as principal ingredients, the food is low-caloric and useful as a healthy food and a diet food and further good as a daily dish and can be used as a boiled and seasoned food, a material, etc., for ODEN (a Japanese hodgepodge, usually served together with a hot mustard as a condiment).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a processed food and a method for producing the same, and more particularly, to a processed food obtained by mixing and solidifying raw materials of okara or soybean meal and konjac and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Tofu and konjac are similar to conventional processed foods of this type. Tofu is prepared by immersing soybeans in water, grinding it, heating it in a kettle and boiling it down. Then, the liquid component is extracted by squeezing the boiled soybean. This liquid is mixed with bitterness and hardened to produce tofu. Marc when soy is squeezed is okara. Also, tofu can be prepared by compressing soybeans and taking up soybean oil and boiling down the soybean meal in a kettle.

In recent years, in consideration of the diet boom, okara and the like have been reviewed as health foods. Konjac is also popular as a low-calorie food.

[0004]

In view of these points, the inventor of the present invention has studied the development of novel health foods and processed foods in addition to these foods. As a result, the inventors have developed okara or soybean meal and konjac raw materials. A new processed food was obtained.

[0005]

That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a processed food suitable as a side dish.
The present invention also provides a low-calorie health food suitable as a diet food. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing the same.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is a processed food obtained by mixing okara or soybean meal with konjac raw materials and hardening the mixture.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, okara or soybean meal is mixed with konjac raw materials at a predetermined ratio.
Thereafter, this is a method for producing a processed food, in which the processed food is produced by hardening this with bittern. Okara and konjac raw materials are mixed, for example, by approximately 1/2 by weight. For details, peel the konjac potato, wash it, add the appropriate amount of okara or bean cake to the boiled one, and mix with a mixer. Further, an appropriate amount of bittern is added to the mixture, and the mixture is hardened and molded.

[0008]

The processed food according to the first aspect of the present invention is useful as a side dish and as a diet food. Due to low calories in konjac.

According to the second aspect of the invention, processed food can be easily produced. In addition, this processed food can be manufactured at low cost.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the processed food according to the present invention will be described below. This processed food is manufactured by the following method using the following materials. That is,
The ingredients used are okara or soybean oil after squeezing soybean oil, about 50% by weight, and konjac balls (powder) or konjac potatoes that have been peeled and washed (konnyaku ingredients). %. This ratio can be changed as appropriate. These are put in a container (mixer) and mixed. Stir well. Then, an appropriate amount of bittern (bittern) is further put into this container. It is hardened with bittern. Therefore, the mixture may be put in a container having an appropriate shape and size and hardened with bittern. In addition, it shall heat suitably. As a result, a desired processed food can be obtained. This processed food is made from okara,
Since it is mainly composed of konjac, it is low in calories and can be used as health foods and diet foods. Also, this processed food can be used as a side dish. For example, it can be used as a boiled dish, an oden material, or the like.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a novel processed food can be provided. Further, a processed food suitable as a side dish can be provided. Further, a processed food useful for diet can be provided.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A processed food obtained by mixing okara or soybean meal with konjac ingredients and hardening it. 2. A method for producing processed food, comprising mixing okara or soybean meal with konjac raw materials at a predetermined ratio, and then hardening the mixture with bittern to produce processed food.