yuba
yuba Lexical Profile
• noun
A food product made from the thin, protein-rich film that forms on the surface of boiling soy milk during the production of tofu, used fresh or dried in East Asian cuisine.
"The chef wrapped the seasoned mushrooms and bamboo shoots in delicate sheets of fresh yuba before steaming them."
American A county in northern California's Sacramento Valley, or a shortened reference to Yuba City, an agricultural hub located along the Feather River in contiguous Sutter County.
American A major tributary of the Feather River in northern California that flows westward from the Sierra Nevada through the Sacramento Valley, historically renowned for gold mining during the California Gold Rush.
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Word Origin & Etymology
In its culinary sense, borrowed from Japanese yuba (湯葉), literally meaning 'hot-water leaf', referring to the thin film lifted from simmering soy milk.
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