Soak soft dried beancurd in cold water for two hours, drain impurities, or soak it in warm water for about 20 minutes, then boil the water, add star anise and fragrant leaves after the water boils, then add dried beancurd and cook it, or soak it in salt and white vinegar.

Soaked dried beancurd is relatively easy to cook, and it takes about a few minutes. Just add the right amount of water to boil. But the dried bean curd should not be overcooked, otherwise it will lose its chewiness and taste bad, and if it is cooked in a pressure cooker, the time needs to be shorter, about 3 to 5 minutes is enough.

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If you plan to cook with dried beans, you don't need to soak them too soft, because the cooking process takes a long time to stew. So when cooking, put the dried beancurd into a small pot, add a proper amount of salt, then pour enough warm water to drown the dried beancurd and soak it for about 2 to 3 hours. After the dried beans are completely soft, take them out and drain them, and they can be used for cooking.

It should be noted that salt can play the role of sterilization and odor removal when soaking dried beancurd, making dried beancurd taste healthy and smell pure. The reason why you want to soak dried beancurd in warm water is because it takes too long to soak dried beancurd in cold water. Soaking dried beancurd in hot water not only tastes bad, but also loses more nutrients.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Gan.