Hey everyone, I've been trying to make a couple of vegetarian meals every week to cut down on the amount of meat that I consume. I tried making Tofu for the first time last night and it turned out pretty well. I chopped it into squares, squeezed out all the water (holy fucking shit there's a lot of water in tofu) and tossed it in some olive oil, soy sauce, garlic powder, ginger, and some corn starch. Baked it in the oven until it crisped up and it turned out pretty well I thought. Ate it with a simple vegetable stir fry.

Turns out there's a thing called a tofu press? That seems like it would expedite the entire process since most of the prep was in squeezing out the five gallons of water from the block of tofu. Anyone got any suggestions for a solid one to get?

Also if anyone wants to share some good vegetarian/vegan recipes with tofu it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Edit* God damn you motherfuckers love yourselves some tofu. Thanks for all the great tips everyone, this will definitely guide me in my tofu journey.

  • GhostOfChuck [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    lol. No problem with either of those recipes here. I wanted to try some sort of General Tso's tofu, so it's good to have a recipe that is vouched for.

      • GhostOfChuck [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Sounds fucking delicious. I just have to watch out on the spice level of dishes I make since it messes with my stomach. Might be blasphemous, but that seems like it would be good mixing in some gochujang instead of peppers since I'm a garlic fiend.

          • GhostOfChuck [he/him]
            hexagon
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            4 years ago

            That sounds really good too. Kind of looks like some pressed fish cakes that I have gotten from a Korean market before (I will literally eat five pounds of them if I could, they are so good). If that tastes anything like those I will be in love.