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Fresh tofu, set with sour whey from earlier batches, is cut into cubes and laid on bamboo trays in a cool, humid room. Over about four days a white fuzz of Mucor mould grows over each cube, and the hairy tofu is then pan-fried and eaten with chilli sauce. Made in 4 steps over 4 days. The longest step, grow the white hair, takes 4 days (Qi M 2026) and runs at 20 °C (Qi M 2026). Mucor and Lactobacillus from the sour-whey coagulant do most of the fermenting.
No fixed amounts recordedTraditional process with no fixed batch size. The only ingredients are tofu set with sour whey and the mould.
Soybeans, made into soy milk · Soaked, ground with water and filtered[li2025mao]
Sour whey (suanjiangshui) from earlier batches · The traditional coagulant; mature sour whey is usually below pH 4.0[qi2026mao][guan2024mao]
Mucor spores · A spore suspension, or the mould already living in the workshop[qi2026mao][guan2024mao]
Starter: koji/qu/mold-starter: Mucor (M. rouxianus, M. plasmaticus and others), often sprayed on as spores
Total time across the recorded steps: 4 days
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What changes:Tofu set with sour whey is cut into cubes
Step 1 of 4
Set tofu with sour whey and cut into cubes
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
pH up to 4
Reported
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Mucor
Lactobacillus
Yeasts
Pichia
Mucor hyphae
Cubes of 5 × 5 × 3 cm in a Sichuan study. Output: tofu cubes about 4.0 × 4.0 × 3.0 cm.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
Maodoufu is the first, mould-growing stage of furu eaten fresh. Furu goes on to salting and months of ageing in brine or wine; hairy tofu is cooked after a few days.
Huizhou maodoufuTofu set with sour whey, grown on bamboo trays in a room near 20 °C.
Sichuan (Hanyuan) maodoufuLarger cubes; made both with natural mould and with a sprayed Mucor plasmaticus culture, which raised its amino acid content.
Safety
A short ferment, and the tofu is fried before eating.