the latest challenge in my kitchen.

[boomchakabowwow]

I'm not all that worried about this one. should be easy, except some physical labor

I want to try my hand at fresh soy milk. I'll buy a bag of it later today and see how this plays out. I have all the sieves and cheesecloths.

go time.

anyone do this? without the machine?

I remember when I first started my career I volunteered to help a coworker rebuild his property fence in San Fransisco. I was making friends. anyways, as we are digging and hammering, etc. I see this total hottie Chinese girl. she was hand wrapping pot stickers, and then I watched her hand squeeze soy beans. I was, "who is that?!!".

worst response ever. "that is my sister, and that idiot playing video game is her husband". turns out the potstickers and huge mugs of warm soybean milk was our lunch. and it was all delicious. that girl could cook!!! afterwards, I offered unsolicited advice to the video dude and said he will need to up his game to keep a woman like that. he didnt and he didnt keep her. opps.

well I got off track. that was my first ever taste of fresh soy milk and it was profound. I've had it since at restaurants, but I think I need to put that skill in my tool belt. I still see Lily, and I still talk about her soy milk. she still looks great. hahaha.. even my wife has had Lily's soy milk. HAH!

 

[boomchakabowwow]

That was easy!!!

 

[Jovidah]

I've heard a lot about soy boys in recent years but never about soy girls. It reads almost like the first chapter of a softcore porn movie...

So how do you actually make soy milk at home? I always thought it was more of an industrialized process?

 

[Michi]

Soak soy beans, put through meat grinder, put into cheese cloth, weigh down, and catch the juices.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Soak soy beans, put through meat grinder, put into cheese cloth, weigh down, and catch the juices.

Then cook the juices.

 

[Just a DK]

you mean you didn't use one of these things??

 

[MowgFace]

you mean you didn't use one of these things??View attachment 292226

For those in the SF/Bay Area of CA you can find one of these bad boys from the crazy lady at the wok shop

https://www.wokshop.com/newstore/product/stone-flour-mill/

 

[blokey]

If you want to try machines, Joyoung makes some, I believe they are first to make home use soy milk machines

 

[Just a DK]

For those in the SF/Bay Area of CA you can find one of these bad boys from the crazy lady at the wok shop

https://www.wokshop.com/newstore/product/stone-flour-mill/

Wait most of my friends have that wok and wok ring. I need this in my life.

 

[ptolemy]

I've heard a lot about soy boys in recent years but never about soy girls. It reads almost like the first chapter of a softcore porn movie...

I concur

 

[ian]

I’ve always just Vitamixed the beans and then cooked them and strained them / put them through a nut bag. Are there advantages to the meat grinder or whatever approach?

Btw, now you have to make tofu!

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Round #2.

this time I’m gonna try cooking the slurry and squeeze the hot product. Then cook juice some more.

That’s how Lily did it. I called her brother. Haha. (She got married again!)

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Btw, now you have to make tofu!

Dau Foo FA, the soft tofu dessert!!! I'm doing this.

 

[Michi]

I’ve always just Vitamixed the beans and then cooked them and strained them / put them through a nut bag. Are there advantages to the meat grinder or whatever approach?

I don't think so. It's just that a meat grinder is nice and easy: just press the button

Anything that gets the beans into a paste will do. Food processor works as well. Just be careful to not chop the beans up too fine, otherwise you can end up with too many solids in the milk.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

okay. Soy Milk V2.0 was better. I made the slurry from blending the soaked beans. I then cooked that slurry which really should be in a non-stick pot. it is a mess to clean up.

anyways. I cooked it and just strained it normal in a towel. I pushed it thru best I could. I saved the dredge and added more water, and hand squeezed it hard. the yield is double what I got last time and it tastes better!!

 

[boomchakabowwow]

V3.0. Im
Steaming the soaked beans first. Trying to minimize scrubbing of a soy caked pot.

I’ll blend the steamed beans and squeeze them for the juice.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

in summary..the steamed beans sucked for milk. hahha..

tasty snack tho. but juiceless.

 

[Michi]

in summary..the steamed beans sucked for milk. hahha..

tasty snack tho. but juiceless.

I admire your persistence

I've made my own soy milk only once, many years ago. Then concluded that it was too much work to continue with it. The result back then was OK, but not outstanding, and I concluded that it's easier to just buy soy milk (with a sample size of 1).

So, my question is whether you think it's worth doing this, taking your best batch so far as the measuring stick. Is what you make noticeably better than store-bought soy milk?

 

[boomchakabowwow]

way better than store bought.

i havent bought any from an Asian Grocery store yet. but in general, the soy milk at the big box stores have a cardboardy aftertaste to me. and they seem to add a "thickener" to give it that mouth feel.

my home sqeezins have a grassy nut flavor and the texture admittedly is wateryer, but i am okay with it.

at Dim Sum places my wife always gets a big mug of fresh soy, and it is nice.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

and i once had a BanChan at a really good Korean restuarant that i couldnt identify. it was parsley with a cheese like substance. lightly salted, some sesame oil.

NOW i know what it is!!. it isnt cheese. it is the soft soy beans after they squeezed out the juice. very industrious reusing the spoils. it is delicious, and feels and taste like a big wad of health. love it.

 

[Just a DK]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okara_(food)