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Alternative names | Hairy tofu |
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Place of origin | China |
Main ingredients | fermentedtofu |
Mao tofu (Chinese:毛豆腐;pinyin:máo dòufu) orhairy tofu is a Chinese form offermented tofu. The dish has been consumed in China for hundreds of years.[1]
The tofu is inoculate withMucor micheli and fermented until fungal mycelium grows on the surface of the tofu creating a hairy in appearance, which gives the tofu its name.[2][3] Mao Tofu also contains a large diversity of fungal and bacterial communities.[1]