The invention discloses bean curd and a bean curd production method. The bean curd production method comprises the following steps: preparing soybean milk; and mixing the soybean milk with a coagulant, coagulating to obtain bean curd. The preparation of the soybean milk comprises 1) adopting soybean cotyledon particles to serve as a raw material after breaking, embryo removal and soybean skin removal; 2) grinding after soaking the soybean cotyledon particles in water for 30-60 minutes, removing bean dregs after grinding so as to obtain raw soybean milk, and enabling the weight ratio between the cotyledon particles and water for soaking the cotyledon particles to be 1:6-11 during soaking; and 3) boiling the raw soybean milk, maintaining the temperature at over 85 DEG C for 30-45 minutes toobtain the soybean milk. The bean curd production method is scientific and simple, overcomes various shortcomings in the prior art, enables coagulating process of the soybean milk to be effectively adjusted, is favorable for achieving industrialized production of bean curd, and has the advantages of saving energy, simplifying equipment and reducing sewage discharge. Besides, the quality of the produced bean curd is equal to or close to that of northern bean curd.