Dehydration and air-drying: the marinated water tofu is slightly dried and sent to the smokehouse, after a few days of smoking and dehydrating, when the surface of the tofu is golden yellow, moderately dry and elastic, the waxed tofu is successful. [2]
Smoking: the family does not have a special smoked room how to do it, the method is also very simple, with a barrel, which get a little charcoal lit fire smoked can be, if you do not like the taste of smoke, a little smoked and then naturally air-dried can be made so that the waxed tofu is not authentic enough, but there is no smoky flavor. [2]
If you don't want to smoke it, you can just let it dry naturally, and it's just as good. You can use your favorite marinade recipe for the spices, and choose your own according to your personal preference. In order to make the tofu more delicious, some people also like to use the brine used for curing bacon instead of the brine with spices, because the brine used for curing meat has a lot of proteins, and other ingredients, so that the texture and flavor of the tofu is also improved a lot