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Also known as pressed tofu, extra firm tofu

thumb|Dougan thumb|Dougan served at a restaurant in Taipei Dougan () is a very firm variety of tofu () popular in Chinese cuisine. It differs from regular tofu in that it is firm whereas tofu is soft. It is made from soybeans with added calcium sulfate, and sometimes flavored with salt, soy sauce, and five-spice powder.

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thumb|Dougan thumb|Dougan served at a restaurant in Taipei Dougan () is a very firm variety of tofu () popular in Chinese cuisine. It differs from regular tofu in that it is firm whereas tofu is soft. It is made from soybeans with added calcium sulfate, and sometimes flavored with salt, soy sauce, and five-spice powder.

This food's name is composed of two syllables, dòu (豆, "bean"), and gān (). This is different from tofu (which also has two syllables), but the second syllable in tofu is "fu" (腐). The full name is called doufu gan ().

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