Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, hiya-yakko (chilled soft tofu) 🌱. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Hiyayakko or Japanese Chilled Tofu is a perfect appetizer or side dish that you can whip up instantly! You'll love how smooth and silky it tastes. Depends on the tofu store/brands, softness varies. 🙂.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook hiya-yakko (chilled soft tofu) 🌱 using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hiya-Yakko (chilled soft tofu) 🌱:

1. Get Silken tofu - cubed
2. Get Spring onions - greens
3. Take Soy sauce (or ponzu)
4. Get Ginger - finely grated
5. Get Ice and a little water
6. Get Lemon verbena (optional)

Hiya means cool, and yakko once referred to samurai's servants during the Edo period. They wore a square-shaped crest measuring three by three centimetres, so when tofu was cut into cubes of that size one would say it was cut into yakko. This is quick and simple Japanese recipe is great for the summer. This hiyayakko recipe features chilled tofu with an assortment of savoury and aromatic toppings.

Steps to make Hiya-Yakko (chilled soft tofu) 🌱:

1. Lightly press the tofu, cube and place in Iced water. You want them to sit in top to chill rather than fully submerge. I like to flavour the water with lemon verbena from my garden.
2. Prepare your side dipping dishes - grated ginger (grate very finely and make a little mound) soy or ponzu (I mixed soy and a little yuzu juice) and finely slice the greens of spring onions.
3. Dip your chilled tofu square into your dipping plates.

Cool down with delicious Japanese summer dishes like hiyayakko chilled tofu. • In Japanese, Hiya means cold and Yakko is an old term which means to cut something into cubes. This is utterly easy and simple. Remove the tofu from the container. Place on folded paper towels on a dish to drain, and chill it in. This Japanese Chilled Tofu Appetizer is not for beginning tofu Western tastes.

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