Meanings
- uncountableA food product made of coagulated animal blood, used in various Asian cuisines.
Patients on a soft-food diet can eat pureed liver or blood tofu made from the blood of pigs, cows, chickens, or ducks.
2010, Bernard Ho, Aleta Lee, Lord Liu Chun's Secrets of Longevity: 600 Years of Proven Cures, Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 932 more examples
In the bean curd section, we came across a large plastic bin of tofu that had a strange reddish-brown color. "That's blood tofu," said Chairman Wang, explaining that it was bean curd mixed with pig's blood for extra flavor and texture.
2008, Jen Lin-Liu, Serve the People: A Stir-fried Journey Through China, Orlando: Harcourt, →ISBN, page 48Blood tofu is made only once a year, at the time of the spring festival. The pig is slaughtered and fresh blood is drawn from it. Most of the meat is preserved with salt. Cooking blood tofu is a long and complicated process.
2011, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Fermented Tofu - A Healthy Nondairy / Vegan Cheese (1610-2011), Lafayette, CA: Soyinfo Center, →ISBN, page 290Synonyms: blood curd, blood jelly, blood pudding
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA food product made of coagulated animal blood, used in various Asian cuisines.
Origin
Calque from Chinese 血豆腐 (xuèdòufu).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 紅 /红
- 紅 /红 (hung⁴)food product made of coagulated animal blood
Chinese Mandarin 血豆腐, 血
- 血豆腐 (xuèdòufu)food product made of coagulated animal blood
- 血 (xuè)food product made of coagulated animal blood
- 血旺 (xuèwàng)food product made of coagulated animal blood
Finnish verihyytelö
- verihyytelöfood product made of coagulated animal blood
Thai เลือด
- เลือด (lʉ̂ʉat)food product made of coagulated animal blood
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blood tofu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20tofu
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