Bean Curd Sheet
Bean curd skin, or tofu skin is the key ingredient to make Ngoh Hiang (五香), a favourite dish for Chinese Lunar New Year.
Ngoh Hiang is a local Singaporean dish for deep fried meat rolls wrapped with bean curd skin. There are varying versions of the dish from different dialect groups, which consist of ingredients like prawns, pork, water chestnut, five spice powder (五香粉), yam and onions. Each dialect group has their recipes passed down several generations.
Bean curd skin Preservation
SGDriedGoods carries the handmade dried bean curd skin. Salt is added to the manufacturing process to preserve the bean curd skin after the drying process. It is recommended to use a clean damp cloth to remove the salt and clean the bean curd skin. Please store the beancurd skin in the fridge to retain its freshness if you wish to keep it longer for more than one week.
Handmade Ngoh Hiang Skin
As the Ngoh Hiang Skin is handmade, hence there's uneven edges.
Holes in Ngoh Hiang Skin
Handmade Ngoh Hiang Skin is not prefect, hence you can see small holes.
Size of Bean Curd Skin Sheet
The bean curd skin is sold per sheet, and measures around 75 cm by 55cm. The dimensions may vary slightly due to its uneven edges. You can trim off the loose ends and cut it to your desired size prior to use.
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If you cut the bean curd sheet to 15cm by 10cm per piece, you may get approximately 25 sheets.
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If you cut the bean curd sheet to 20cm by 20cm (8” by 8”) per piece, you may get approximately 9 sheets.
How is it sold?
At SGDriedGoods, Bean Curd Skin is sold per piece. Please purchase early before Chinese Lunar New Year, as it will get out of stock the closer it gets to festive date.
Hei Zho (虾枣).
Crispy prawn rolls similar to Ngoh Hiang.
Beancurd Skin Roll (腐皮捲)
Similar to Hei Zho and Ngoh Hiang, except that it is steamed, not fried.
Bonus Tip!
As the fried Ngoh Hiang is slightly salty, sweet bean sauce is the perfect Ngoh Hiang dipping sauce, which enhances the flavour of the Ngoh Hiang.
Sin Ngee Seng Buddha Brand Sweet Flour Sauce
One of the most famous brands would be the Sin Ngee Seng Buddha Brand Sweet Flour Sauce. Ngoh Hiang just tastes different without this sweet sauce!
Tai Hua Sweet Sauce
The other famous brand to complement Ngoh Hiang would be Tai Hua Sweet Sauce.