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湯葉 (ゆば, Yuba) is Yuba — a Japanese food (ingredients, tofu dishes).
What is Yuba?
Yuba is a food product made from soybeans. During the boiling of soy milk, in an open shallow pan, a film or skin forms on the liquid surface. The films are collected and dried into yellowish sheets known as tofu skin. Since yuba is not produced using a coagulant, it is not technically a proper tofu; however, it does have similar texture and flavor to some tofu products. Yuba may also be dried and sold as dried yuba sticks. By layering or bunching fresh yuba or rehydrated yuba , then tying it tightly in cloth and stewing it, the dried yuba sticks will retain their original shape. This bunched tofu skin is then called tofu chicken. By layering and bunching the sheets in a certain manner, an imitation of chicken breast can be created with yuba . The effect is completed by frying the "skin" side of the tofu chicken until it is crispy. If stuffed with vegetables, it becomes tofu duck . Likewise various other meat alternatives have been made in this way, especially by Buddhist vegetarian restaurants. Other methods include rolling the tofu skin tightly on a chopstick and steaming the tofu skin to form a log. When the log is sliced, each slice will be circular in form with a square hole in the center, which looks like old Chinese coins.