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.
Silken tofu is almost totally different, and less common to find outside of asian markets or health food stores. It's super smooth instead of porous and spongey. I don't think you could remove any moisture from it. I think in China it's usually eaten in raw dishes or added to soups at the end of cooking, while cotton tofu is what is more common in the US, and what is used in most stir fries etc. Silken is good if you are into baking with it, or scrambling for breakfast.