Traditional Chao (Fermented Bean Curd) is an essence of Vietnamese cuisine.
Fermented Bean Curd is considered as Asian cheese. This food is popular in Central and South Vietnam. With a soft and salty substance, Chao also has an extremely attractive aroma to diners.
Fermented Bean Curd (Chao) can be used as a condiment and can be used to add plenty of flavor to soups, marinades, dipping sauces, etc.
- Dipping sauces: Mash a cube of Fermented Bean Curd and mix it with some lime juice, sugar, chili, and a little bit of water to dilute. The sauce can then be used as a dipping sauce for steamed veggies.
- Vegan cheeses: Since Fermented Bean Curd is packed with umami and cheesiness, it’s perfect to add flavor to your vegan cheeses! Add half of a cube to vegan camembert or smoked cheese when blending the cashews for a deeper flavor!
- On top of rice: Add some Fermented Bean Curd on top of steamed white rice and slightly mash it using chopsticks. Fermented Bean Curd will add saltiness and cheesiness!
- Stirred into soups: Perfect to take your soups to the next level, you can use it in place of miso.
- Marinades: Combined with soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil, this fermented tofu can be used as a base for marinades.
When Fermented Bean Curd is fermented for a long time, it takes a strong flavor
✓ Good for health: Chao is also a food that contains a lot of hydrolyzed protein (about 12 – 22%), free amino acids and fats. Not only that, chao is also an extremely rich source of carbohydrates, thiamine, oxalic acid and riboflavin. They also contain phosphorus, other nutrients and are especially cholesterol-free.
✓ Say no to allergies: Because chao is mainly made from fermented tofu, clean ingredients are required or it is easy to spoil and create dangerous molds, so that delicious Vietnamese CUNG Chao has natural ingredients, safe for health, suitable for many people and totally hypoallergenic
CUNG Fermented Bean Curd is a good choice to dip boiled vegetables, grilled goat meat, hot pot with goat, salads with fish…
Vietnamese cooks also marinate meat, fishes, seafood with Fermented Bean Curd.
Some delicious foods cooked from Fermented Bean Curd are:
- Roasted chicken in fermented bean curd;
- Stewed duck in fermented bean curd;
- Hot pot with duck and fermented bean curd;
- Stir-fried morning glory with fermented bean curd,
- Stir-fried egg and bitter melon with chao,
- Stir-fried ground pork and luffa with chao;
- Braised tofu and vegetables with chao.
1/ CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD is the most popular type of Fermented Bean Curd because the main ingredient is whole soybeans. It’s named based on their characteristic white color. CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD is usually fermented directly.
CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD is often used as a side dish with boiled vegetables or fried tofu (for vegetarians) and other boiled and fried dishes (for non-vegetarians people).
CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD dipping sauce is often mixed with a little sugar, chili, and lemon juice and then used directly.
Besides, CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD can still be used as a spice to help enhance the flavor of dishes.
Ingredients Soybeans, salt, water, cooking wine
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
2/ CUNG CHILI FERMENTED BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
The same as CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD, but with the spicy taste of Chili, making it more rich and fragrant
Ingredients Soybeans, salt, water, cooking wine, chili
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
3/ CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD – a very special edition of our Fermented Bean Curd This is a unique combination of Soybeans and Taro roots to create the unique flavor of CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD.
With a fatter than ordinary white FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD, it has conquered the taste of many of the most fastidious customers.
CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD is a specialty of Soc Trang people (western province of Vietnam), made directly from taro. CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD is made quite simply but the taste is unforgettable once you try once in your life.
With this special delicious CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD, we can use with many dishes such as:
- Stir-fry vegetables
- Make dipping dishes with hot pot
- Make ingredients for both vegetarian and savory hotpot
- Vietnamese Duck and Fermented Bean Curd Hot Pot, etc.
Ingredients Soybeans, taro, salt, water, cooking wine
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
4/ CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
The same as CUNG FERMENTED TARO BEAN CURD, but with the spicy taste of Chili, making it more rich and fragrant
Ingredients Soybeans, taro, salt, water, cooking wine, chili
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
5/ CUNG RED FERMENTED BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
The Red Sauce in CUNG RED FERMENTED BEAN CURD is used from the distinctive Red Yeast Rice (also known as Hong Cuc Me in Chinese), which is a type of rice with a distinctive red color and flavor to create a clear red sauce. This sauce helps to create a deep red color, thereby creating a different flavor from other types of CUNG FERMENTED BEAN CURD.
Red yeast rice is also very good for human health. In addition, CUNG RED FERMENTED BEAN CURD is made from whole soybeans to create a special type of chao with a characteristic flavor.
CUNG RED FERMENTED BEAN CURD is often used to
- Marinate dishes to create a better aroma and taste, such as stewed pork rolls with red chao.
- Vietnamese Duck and Fermented Bean Curd Hot Pot can also use CUNG RED FERMENTED BEAN CURD.
- Make vegetarian dishes
- Banh Chao
- Moon Cakes
Not only that, CUNG RED FERMENTED BEAN CURD is also used to make a sauce or marinate directly with Chicken, Beef, Fish or Seafood. This special ingredient creates a very characteristic color and flavor for grilled dishes.
Ingredients Soybeans, red rice, salt, water, cooking wine
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
6/ CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz
CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD is a very new and unique type of Fermented Bean Curd that we make sure you have never tried before. CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD has become a trend that is loved by many Vietnamese people nowadays.
CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD is made from Soybeans and Fatty White Flesh Of Coconut from the coconuts in the garden of Western Vietnam
The ingredients of thick, fatty white flesh of coconut mixed with soybeans create a unique flavor that brings out the rich and delicious aroma of this type CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD.
CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD is can also use with many dishes such as Fermented Bean Curd
Ingredients Soybeans, coconut milk, salt, water, cooking wine
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
7/ CUNG CHILI FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
The same as CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD, but with the spicy taste of Chili, making it more rich and fragrant
Ingredients Soybeans, coconut milk, salt, water, cooking wine, chili
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
8/ CUNG FERMENTED SWEET POTATO BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
CUNG FERMENTED SWEET POTATO BEAN CURD has a delicious, greasy taste with soybeans and fresh sweet potatoes mixed into the Fermented Bean Curd balls, making the flavor more fatty and fleshy.
This is a combination of soybeans and sweet potatoes to create the signature flavor of CUNG FERMENTED SWEET POTATO BEAN CURD
Ingredients Soybeans, sweet potato, salt, water, cooking wine
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
9/ CUNG CHILI FERMENTED SWEET POTATO BEAN CURD | 24 x 13.05oz (370g)
The same as CUNG FERMENTED COCONUT BEAN CURD, but with the spicy taste of Chili, making it more rich and fragrant.
Ingredients Soybeans, sweet potato, salt, water, cooking wine, chili
Contains: soybeans
Direction: Use as dipping sauce or marinade sauce. Store in a cool, dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
