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.

  • Ufot [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    You can thick slice and pour hot water on it, helps to release excess moisture, look up technique for more info.

    If you get extra firm tofu you don't even have to bother.

    I like to make a lot of breakfast burritos and use tofu as the "eggs".

    I used to do a whole lot of stuff but I've simplified the recipe to

    oil crumble the tofu on pan salt and pepper Tumeric for coloring stir Let it cook make a little sauce of fat+water(hot to help dissolve fat) Examples, Hummus, Vegan Mayo, Vegan Butter Add black salt to the sauce, it smells like sulfur its good. When you have the tofu cooked to the amount you like(there's a big range here) Pour the sauce and stir in, take off the heat quickly. G2G(Good 2 go, got2go is old news).

    You can blend the softer tofus(or firmer ones to less effective emulsion) into sauces to create a thicker+protein packed sauce.

    Baked tofu is great to eat in sandwiches. Plenty of online recipes.