Tofu skin roll

Tofu skin roll or Tofu roll is a dim sum

Dim sum

Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. Yum cha is the term used to describe the entire dining experience, especially in contemporary Cantonese...

 dish. It can be found in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...

 and among overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the territories administered by the rival governments of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

 restaurants. It is usually served in a small plate in twos or threes. In all cases, the outer layer is made of tofu skin.

There are a number of cooking styles. The fillings range from pork with vegetable, to fish or beef.


The fried version is known as (腐皮捲, fu pei gyun).

Tofu skin roll or Tofu roll is a dim sum

Dim sum

Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. Yum cha is the term used to describe the entire dining experience, especially in contemporary Cantonese...

 dish. It can be found in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...

 and among overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the territories administered by the rival governments of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

 restaurants. It is usually served in a small plate in twos or threes. In all cases, the outer layer is made of tofu skin.

Variety

There are a number of cooking styles. The fillings range from pork with vegetable, to fish or beef.

Fried

The fried version is known as (腐皮捲, fu pei gyun). The first character "fu" comes from tofu

Tofu

or called toufu, bean curd is a soft white food made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. It is of Chinese origin, and part of East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and others. There are many different varieties...

, though a more accurate description is that the skin is made from the ingredient bean curd. Some Cantonese restaurant

Cantonese restaurant

A Cantonese restaurant is a type of Chinese restaurant that originated from Guangzhou, China. This style of restaurant soon flourished in Hong Kong.-History:Some of the earliest restaurants in Colonial Hong Kong were influenced by Cantonese people...

s serve the fried crispy version at night, often with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is a thick condiment. White or yellowish-white in color, it is a stable emulsion of oil, salt and vinegar, or lemon juice which uses egg yolks as an emulsifier...

 as dipping sauce. Another name is the (豆腐捲, tofu gyun). Some ingredients include bamboo shoot

Bamboo shoot

Bamboo shoots are the edible shoots of bamboo species Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis...

, small carrot

Carrot

The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange, purple, red, white, or yellow in colour, with a crisp texture when fresh. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot...

s, tofu

Tofu

or called toufu, bean curd is a soft white food made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. It is of Chinese origin, and part of East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and others. There are many different varieties...

, scallions, sesame oil

Sesame oil

Sesame oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from sesame seeds. Besides being used as a cooking oil in South India, it is often used as a flavor enhancer in Chinese, Korean, and to a lesser extent Southeast Asian cuisine.-Composition:Sesame oil is composed of the following fatty acids:Sesame oil...

, bean sprout

Bean sprout

Bean sprout may refer to several foods made from sprouted beans:*Mung bean*Soybean sprouts*Sprouts of other types of bean...

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Steamed

The bamboo steamed version is generally known as (鮮竹捲, sin jyut gyun). It is wrapped with dried tofu skin (腐竹, fu zhu). During the cooking process, the tofu skin is hydrated. It makes the roll very soft and tender. This is the version most commonly served as a dim sum

Dim sum

Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea. Yum cha is the term used to describe the entire dining experience, especially in contemporary Cantonese...

 dish during yum cha

Yum cha

Yum cha is a term in Cantonese which means "drinking tea". It now refers to the dining experience of eating small servings of different foods, e.g., dim sum, while sipping Chinese tea in Cantonese speaking areas of southern China. It is an integral part of the culinary culture of Guangdong...

 sessions. The steamed tofu skin rolls often contain bamboo shoot

Bamboo shoot

Bamboo shoots are the edible shoots of bamboo species Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis...

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