Soy Milk

Soy Milk (Simplified Chinese: 豆浆; Traditional Chinese: 豆漿; Pinyin: Dòujiāng) is the fresh Chinese-style soybean drink made by grinding soaked soybeans with water and cooking the slurry. It is a nationwide breakfast staple, often paired with Youtiao or Beijing Jiaoquan, and is listed under soft drinks on Chinese Drink (as soybean milk / soy milk). Sweet and savory (salted) servings are both common.

Characteristics

Warm street or shop soy milk is beany and lightly foamy; sweetness is optional. Distinct from Western boxed sweetened soy milks and from fermented Beijing Douzhi. Soft tofu Douhua uses related soy base but is eaten as a spoonable curd.

Ingredients (overview)

Soybeans, water; sugar or salt to taste; optional ginger or egg additions in some regional breakfasts. Commercial cartons are widespread but fresh-ground stalls remain iconic.

History and culture

Longstanding Chinese breakfast drink documented on Chinese Drink; morning set with Youtiao is a pan-Chinese image. Taiwan Food also notes morning soy milk with you tiao in everyday eating.

Serving and variations

Breakfast drink with fritters. See Chinese Drink, Youtiao, and Jiaoquan.

See also

• Chinese Drink
• Youtiao
• Jiaoquan
• Douhua
• Douzhi
• Tea
• List of dishes (A-Z)