You need 2 ingredients to make soymilk: beans and water. So why all the other stuff in the grocery store versions? Read my thoughts and researtch on the topic here.
PrintSimple Soymilk
2 ingredients, 20 minutes, 1 machine. You’re done.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 20 ounces
Ingredients
- 50 grams soybeans (dry) (no need to soak)
- 600 ml water (bonus: there’s a line on the machine (20 oz.) but it’s okay to go slightly over)
Instructions
MEASURE THE INGREDIENTS
- Weigh 50 grams of soybeans, rinse, and add to the machines bean/nut hopper
- Add water to the 20 oz. line on the machine
PUSH SOME BUTTONS
- Push the “on” button; select Soy, 20 oz.
- Press “Start”
GO TAKE A POOP
- Do something else for 16 minutes or so while the machine does its work. When it beeps (around 16 min.), it’s ready. Note that the machine will continue running after making the soymilk as it does a self clean.
STIR AND CHILL
- Take the carafe off the machine and whisk the soymilk skin back into the rest of the milk (this works best if the milk is still warm).
- Chill the soymilk in the carafe or transfer to an airtight container that you can shake and smack whenever to blend (soymilk and all homemade nut/bean milks will settle and separate somewhat b/c you’re not putting a bunch of weird additives in them.
CLEAN UP
- Clean the machine. Always check to see if it spooged out the sides, too — it happens sometimes.
Notes
Don’t freak out about the calories here — 223 calories is the entire 20 oz. batch.
This soymilk is great to bake or cook with or for smoothies and makes a bitchin’ vegan buttermilk (sour milk) when you add vinegar. I’ll admit: I don’t drink milk straight so I have no idea how it stacks up to other milks when consumed au natural. I’ve also never tried it in coffee since I take my coffee black.
Always clean the machine when you’re done. The Chefwave Milkmade has a self-cleaning function that’s part of the soymilk-creation cycle but you should still remove the top and clean it thoroughly AND empty and clean the waste-water chamber (u-shaped thing behind the carafe) after each batch. Also clean the steam release thingy. I do this right after making the soymilk, if I remember, and then run an additional self-clean of either 3 or 8 minutes afterwards to make sure it’s clear. Wipe up any goo it leaves behind too.
BTW, I use a higher ration of beans to water than Chefwave recommends. While their ratio likely results in less mess, it’s also pretty watery. Fifty grams of beans (1.8 oz.) was the sweet spot where the machine didn’t jam up but still consistently gave me a thick, good product. As always, adjust as needed to your taste and to your machine. And contact me if you have questions or just want to tell me I’m wrong about anything or everything.
Soy Milk: Just beans and water (wpt)
Ignore that shit in the grocery store. Two ingredients are all you need (and one of those is water).
- Prep Time: 2 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 20 oz.
- Category: soy
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 50g soybeans (dry)
- 600 ml water
Instructions
- Rinse the 50g soybeans and drop them in your nutmaker hopper
- Add 600 ml water to the nutmaker reservoir
- Push the Soymilk 20oz. button
- Go do something else for 16-20 minutes
The machine will beep when the soymilk is ready and will then spend another 5-7 minutes cleaning up after itself. It’s a miracle, really.
Remove the carafe from the machine (you can do this while cleaning is happening — your machine’s cleaning function doesn’t interfere with the carafe and vice versa) and whisk the skin back into the soymilk while it’s still warm. While this part isn’t essential, it will usually eliminate pouring clumps of soymilk later.
Transfer the soymilk to a nifty airtight container, if you have one (IKEA has great options and they’re cheap). And be done!
Notes
Your machine will clean up after itself, which is one of the cooler features of the ChefWave Milkmaid. FYI, the machine pulverizes the beans thoroughly so you won’t have solids to throw away. Still, you’ll need to toss the wastewater the machine produces after the self-cleaning. I personally think it’s a good idea to then run a deep clean (either 3 min or 8 min) after each batch and also take the hopper top off and clean up any ick that was left there. But you do you.
