Where do restaurants get spongy tofu from?

[cjchaps]

At some chinese restaurants, they have "spongy" tofu which seems to have air pockets inside, and feels like a sponge when you touch it. The only stuff I have seen in stores is the soft or firm tofu that is a solid mass like jello. Do restaurants buy the spongy tofu from somewhere, or can they make it from the soft or firm tofu somehow?

 

[dighn]

you freeze the tofu then thaw it

VERY SIMPLE

 

[minendo]

me owwww

 

[cjchaps]

I'll give that a try.

Originally posted by: dighn
you freeze the tofu then thaw it

VERY SIMPLE

 

[richardycc]

no, those are deep fried.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: richardycc
no, those are deep fried.

deep fried has a golden color

though the op didn't say what color it was

 

[cjchaps]

I've tried deep frying non-frozen regular tofu before, and it doesn't attain the spongy-ness. It stays in a cube, and gets a hard shell of cooked tofu around it.