Soy milk is one of the most common Chinese style daily drinking. Many Chinese households love to make homemade fresh soy milk, which provides better flavor and richness than story bought soy milk.
Back to the old days when there was no kitchen machine at all, my grandmother used stone mill to make soy milk and further make tofu at home. That process, to be honestly, was really time-consuming . So soy milk was provided around twice per week. However in recent years, the technology in kitchen makes daily soy milk realizable. We have soy milk maker and blender at home.
To make rich and mellow soy milk, firstly we need soy beans of high quality and stronger blender. Among different types of soy beans, yellow soy bean and black soy bean are the main two types used to make soy milk since they contains more juicy. Making soy milk with a well-designed soy milk maker can help to save lots of time. For example, pre-soaking is not necessary and the maker will help to boil the soy beans when necessary. All you need is to put water and soy beans together.
You will need:
- 1 cup dried organic soy beans, rinsed
- Around 3 cups of water
- Sugar as needed
How to make soy milk with soy milk maker
- Rinse the soy beans with clean water and then place soy beans (both dried and soaked beans are ok) with water. Press corresponding button and wait the rough juice for around 20 minutes.
- Place the matched filter on a container, transfer the juice to container and filter the tofukasu out.
- Add sugar when the soy milk is still hot. Stir to dissolve. Cool down for several minutes before serving.
How to make soy milk with blender
- Soak the soy beans overnight or until double in size.
- Rinse the soy beans a few times and try to remove the skins.
- Add the soaked soy beans in a blender with water. Blend well and transfer the blended juice to a large pot. If you need to make a larger amount, blend the beans in batches.
- Filter the blended mixture with a filter. In traditional way, this filter is replaced by a piece of large and dense gauze. So save what should be saved.
- Transfer the filtered mixture to a saucepan. Bring all the content to a boiling and continue cooking for 2~4 minutes. Add sugar as desired during the process.
How to make your soy milk delicious
Lots of people do not love the taste of soy milk, you can turn your soy milk into delicious drinking by adding other ingredients for example walnut, peanuts.
- 1 cup dried organic soy beans , rinsed
- 3 cups water
- Sugar as needed
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Rinse the soy beans with clean water and then place soy beans (both dried and soaked beans are ok) with water. Press corresponding button and wait the rough juice for around 20 minutes.
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Place the matched filter on a container, transfer the juice to container and filter the tofukasu out.
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Add sugar when the soy milk is still hot. Stir to dissolve. Cool down for several minutes before serving.
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Soak the soy beans overnight or until double in size.
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Rinse the soy beans a few times and try to remove the skins.
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Add the soaked soy beans in a blender with water. Blend well and transfer the blended juice to a large pot. If you need to make a larger amount, blend the beans in batches.
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Filter the blended mixture with a filter. In traditional way, this filter is replaced by a piece of large and dense gauze. So save what should be saved.
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Transfer the filtered mixture to a saucepan. Bring all the content to a boiling and continue cooking for 2~4 minutes. Add sugar as desired during the process.
Wow, that seems really easy with the machine. I’m not a soy milk fan myself (but I love almost all Chinese tofu except stinky tofu) but a special lady in my house drinks it all the time 🙂 This seems like it would make a perfect birthday present. I noticed you put up the American product (Amazon). Can I buy something like this at Suning or will I have to buy it on taobao? And do they really cost 900RMB here? That seems like it would be a lot for China.
Hi Zhou,
You are such a caring husband. If you would love to buy one in China, I guess Suning is a great place. Quick delivery and cheap price. Not so expensive. I got mine around 400 rmb around 2 years ago and it is still in use now.
Hi Elaine, How long can homemade soy milk hold in the fridge?
Hi Mirjam,
I never tried to fridge fresh soy milk. But I don’t recommended storing it over 24 hours. Soy milk lose flavor quickly without preservatives.
Thank you for your quick reply. Your answer surprised me. It actually made me aware of my ‘western’ thinking. It has gotten so normal for me to just put everything in the fridge to make it last longer. It never occurred to me that it doesn’t always work like that, with for instance this homemade soy milk. So thanks!
I tried both methods.
The soyamilk machine version seems a bit more watery. So I tried blender method as well.
However no matter how long I boil it. It still have grassy taste. Also alot of foam and it gets burn so easily.
I saw other ways for blender method.
Boil or steam the beans then blend and filter
Or
Blend and boil all mixture then filter.
Have u tried these? And which you preferred?
Have you heard about the soyamilk strainer -a stainless steel French press look alike
Hi,
The beans have a unique taste itself and no matter how long you boil the liquid, it cannot be removed. We usually get a strainer when purchasing a soy milk machine. The most important function of the strainer(or gauze) is to remove the bean pulp, which can greatly weaken the taste.