How to Use bean curd in a Sentence

bean curd

noun
  • Soybeans are crushed to squeeze out juice that's used to make bean curd and soy milk, explains Chen.
    — Sarah Lazarus, CNN, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Munch, munch, gone, just like the bean curd skin rolls paired with what looks like honey but turns out to be salted plum caramel.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Gently transfer the bean curd to a colander and let drain thoroughly.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Repeat with the remaining bean curd sheets, filling and slurry.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Read on to find out about his dog Freud, his unorthodox alarm clock, and his recipe for making a better bean curd.
    — Sarah Spellings and Diana Tsui, The Cut, 8 June 2018
  • The fillings give each ruen bing a different character; the beef tastes rich and caramelized; the bean curd is spiced.
    — Allison Steele, Philly.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Menu choices include chicken lettuce cups as an appetizer, and mapo bean curd for the second course.
    — Jay Jones, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • The choices, which cover all manner of meat, offal, seafood, vegetable, noodles, and bean curd, can be dizzying.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • It was packed on a cold Tuesday night, every table crowned with small bubbling pots of broth and sauces like nutty bean curd and zesty chimichurri.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Bring the water to a boil again and then lower the heat to a gentle simmer and cook the bean curd for about 10 minutes to prevent it from falling apart.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Every Chinese supermarket stocks a dazzling array of bean curd and substitute meat products made with gluten.
    — Time, 22 Jan. 2021
  • For anyone unfamiliar with cooking tofu, those white spongy looking blocks of bean curd might be a little intimidating.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2021
  • In a vegetarian twist, Mason’s also offers them stuffed with shiitake mushrooms, bean curd, and glass noodles.
    — Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 June 2018
  • My Chinese barbecue pork is done more classically, where the coloring comes from the smoke and fermented bean curd that is in the marinade itself.
    — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • The house special spicy pot is one of those chaotic, throw everything in the pot creations, with ingredients like glass noodles, bean curd, lotus root, quail eggs and thick slabs of spam, all swimming in soupy ma la fire.
    — Lauren Saria, azcentral, 21 June 2019
  • Tofu, also known as bean curd, has a prominent place in their family’s diet — crumbled with breakfast scrambles, pan-fried for sandwiches and even dehydrated for jerky.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2020
  • In Sichuan province, mapo tofu ⁠— chunks of soft bean curd swimming in glowing red oil flecked with meat and tasting of peppercorns and funky black soybeans ⁠— is historically a working person’s dish.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019

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