What are your favorite tofu recipes?

[Zee]

ma po tofu

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I don't understand how people like tofu. It had no taste or smell so it does nothing but get the tastes from other food. It doesn't enhance the foods you put it in so I see no reason to ever eat or use it.

Never eaten eggplant parmesan?

That's one of my favorite foods. No tofu in the recipes I've had though. Best recipe makes it almost like a lasagna - deep dish, layered. MMMMmmmmmm

The reference to eggplant was b/c like tofu, it really has no taste but absorbs the flavor that it's cooked with.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I don't understand how people like tofu. It had no taste or smell so it does nothing but get the tastes from other food. It doesn't enhance the foods you put it in so I see no reason to ever eat or use it.

Never eaten eggplant parmesan?

That's one of my favorite foods. No tofu in the recipes I've had though. Best recipe makes it almost like a lasagna - deep dish, layered. MMMMmmmmmm

Tofu also contains soy isoflavones, which can mimic natural human estrogens and may have a variety of harmful or beneficial effects when eaten in sufficient quantities.

That's all a real man needs to know. Intentionally dose themselves with estrogen? Not a chance.

It doesn't have any negative effect on men. Estrogen-like doesn't mean it is estrogen, and the "sufficient quantities" they are taking about are huge. People have been eating soy beans for a long, long time without men growing breasts or getting cancer from soy beans. You're probably more likely to die from drinking too much water.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I don't understand how people like tofu. It had no taste or smell so it does nothing but get the tastes from other food. It doesn't enhance the foods you put it in so I see no reason to ever eat or use it.

This.

 

[Majunior]

Cube firm tofu
Marinate in Garlic Expressions, or Annies Shitake Sesame salad dressing overnight.
Transfer tofu into glass bakeware and bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes. flip halfway through.
Serve with rice or noodles, and stir fried veggies(add some of the dressing to fry with these)

Yum!

 

[Ksyder]

the trick to making good tofu is as follows:

1. take tofu brick and cut into cubes
2. stack tofu cubes in between paper towels
3. place heavy books on top of tofu cubes in order to press the water out, the towels are to absorb the water
4. once you get them dry, use your favorite marinade on them
5. bake marinated tofu until nice and brown. You will then have some tasty tofu. 350 F should do it, probably for a half hour but not exactly sure.

the idea is to press the water out to make room for the tofu to absorb the marinade. I'm sure you can take those marinated cubes and saute them also but baking should give it the best flavor.

source: vegetarian restaurant I worked at years ago

edit - I'd suggest a soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil marinade. Just a thought.
edit again - the same marinade that Locut0s said to use. Amazing!

 

[ys]

Miso tofu:

1. Mix white miso paste with mirin and seasoned rice vinegar. The consistency of the sauce should be thinner than the miso paste.
2. Pour the miso sauce onto a block of chilled silken tofu.
3. Serve

 

[Kadarin]

Sorry, I prefer eating actual food.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I don't understand how people like tofu. It had no taste or smell so it does nothing but get the tastes from other food. It doesn't enhance the foods you put it in so I see no reason to ever eat or use it.

Never eaten eggplant parmesan?

That's one of my favorite foods. No tofu in the recipes I've had though. Best recipe makes it almost like a lasagna - deep dish, layered. MMMMmmmmmm

Tofu also contains soy isoflavones, which can mimic natural human estrogens and may have a variety of harmful or beneficial effects when eaten in sufficient quantities.

That's all a real man needs to know. Intentionally dose themselves with estrogen? Not a chance.

yeap, it's the estrogen in the Tofu keeping Chinese population from exploding...

oh wait...


OP just look for Chinese recipes for tofu. And get them from Chinese supermarket, the kind that is still submerged in water. The other ones are not really tofu.

 

[piasabird]

Wonder if you ever tried any dishes with a base of Korean Hot Bean Paste? Tofu will pick up any flavoring you mix it with from beef bullion, to red based hot sauces. We like to put it in our korean egg rolls. It makes the stuffing mix softer when cooked. We also use bean sprouts which is another typically Korean ingredient along with cabbage and green onions.

Another korean dish with a red soup sauce is Korean Crab Soup. Another ingredient you see it mixed with is what americans call White Raddish. White raddish (Moo in Korean) is a large white raddish typically grown at home or purchased at the market. White Raddish makes a soup very savory and adds a little zing. A soup with Sea Grass and White Raddish is the Korean soup many women typically use to shrink their birth canal after having a baby. It is one of those folk remedies.

I think you could mix it in with the meat loaf and it would help to absorb more flavoring and help stretch out your meatloaf.

Of course you can just pan fry it or chunk it up and mix it with any soup.

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
I've been on a tofu kick lately, but I don't know many recipes. I can search for recipes online or look through my cookbooks, but it doesn't tell me if people like it or not. So...I'd like to know if any of you like/eat tofu and if you do, what are your favorite recipes?

Stop it. You're going to make me throw up my Chick-Fil-A I had for lunch.

Tofu...

:disgust:

Oh, and:

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I don't eat that hippy s**t.

This one, too:

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Sorry, I prefer eating actual food.

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Originally posted by: loki8481
tofu bacon.

step 1: throw the tofu into the garbage
step 2: fry up some bacon on the stove

This sounds eerily similar to the "Bacon Sushi" recipe.

 

[Patt]

The perfect tofu curry recipe ... Coconut Curry Tofu: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/C...Curry-Tofu/Detail.aspx

 

[piasabird]

I love curry also. Take some beef, potatoes onions and carrots and make a clear stock in water and boil it like beef stew and then when everything is soft you mix up the curry base into your water and serve hot. Good thick and hot. The Curry gives it a kind of low heat. Curry comes in varying degrees of spice Mild to very hot. It is an acquired taste. This dish is basically just beef stew with curry added.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

I can't eat anything hot. I can't even tolerate hot cinnamon. My cousin owns a Mexican restaurant. They serve chips and salsa to people when they first arrive. However with me, I always say..."White girl salsa for me, please." They have three kinds. The kind I eat, the regular kind they serve everyone, and a hot one they keep in the walk-in.

Thanks for the recipes. I'm going grocery shopping today, so I'm going to have to try some. (The non-hot ones. lol)

And as for my concoction....like I said, it was really easy. I made either Chicken & Broccoli Rice-A-Roni or Beef Rice-A-Roni and while it was cooking, I'd cube up some tofu. I'd take half a brick and throw it in a pan and season it with garlic powder, onion powder and salt. When I felt like it was cooked enough, I'd throw it in with the Rice-A-Roni.

My mom asked me (because she hasn't really cooked tofu) and I didn't really know the answer so I felt .... There isn't a set time you have to cook tofu is there? I mean, it's not like raw or anything, since it's soybean....yes? lol Can you eat it raw (uncooked) out of the package? I wouldn't, but I don't know why you couldn't.

 

[ivan2]

depends on what kind of tofu. I like the kind that is easy to break and with smooth texture. just steam and put some sauce on.

 

[Redfraggle]

I use extra firm tofu and make sesame crusted tofu sticks. It's a bit like fish sticks in theory, but filled with soy. You bread the sticks in crumbs and seasonings and sesame seeds, and fry in sesame oil. It takes some practice to get it right, but worth the effort.

For spaghetti, you could soak some crumbled tofu in some Bragg's aminos and other seasonings to make it "meatier" tasting and then mix into the sauce. Otherwise, find a recipe for TVP meatballs (watch out though, TVP gives some people awful gas).

Any flavorful sauce-based dish would work well for tofu, because it will absorb the flavor. Silken tofu desserts can be tasty as well.

 

[Redfraggle]

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
I can't eat anything hot. I can't even tolerate hot cinnamon. My cousin owns a Mexican restaurant. They serve chips and salsa to people when they first arrive. However with me, I always say..."White girl salsa for me, please." They have three kinds. The kind I eat, the regular kind they serve everyone, and a hot one they keep in the walk-in.

Thanks for the recipes. I'm going grocery shopping today, so I'm going to have to try some. (The non-hot ones. lol)

And as for my concoction....like I said, it was really easy. I made either Chicken & Broccoli Rice-A-Roni or Beef Rice-A-Roni and while it was cooking, I'd cube up some tofu. I'd take half a brick and throw it in a pan and season it with garlic powder, onion powder and salt. When I felt like it was cooked enough, I'd throw it in with the Rice-A-Roni.

My mom asked me (because she hasn't really cooked tofu) and I didn't really know the answer so I felt .... There isn't a set time you have to cook tofu is there? I mean, it's not like raw or anything, since it's soybean....yes? lol Can you eat it raw (uncooked) out of the package? I wouldn't, but I don't know why you couldn't.

Yes, it's already cooked. Even if it weren't, it's still vegetable based. The poster who gave directions for pressing the tofu is very right, it makes all the difference. I use a couple plates and my cast iron frying pan to press the tofu, works well.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Originally posted by: Redfraggle

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
I can't eat anything hot. I can't even tolerate hot cinnamon. My cousin owns a Mexican restaurant. They serve chips and salsa to people when they first arrive. However with me, I always say..."White girl salsa for me, please." They have three kinds. The kind I eat, the regular kind they serve everyone, and a hot one they keep in the walk-in.

Thanks for the recipes. I'm going grocery shopping today, so I'm going to have to try some. (The non-hot ones. lol)

And as for my concoction....like I said, it was really easy. I made either Chicken & Broccoli Rice-A-Roni or Beef Rice-A-Roni and while it was cooking, I'd cube up some tofu. I'd take half a brick and throw it in a pan and season it with garlic powder, onion powder and salt. When I felt like it was cooked enough, I'd throw it in with the Rice-A-Roni.

My mom asked me (because she hasn't really cooked tofu) and I didn't really know the answer so I felt .... There isn't a set time you have to cook tofu is there? I mean, it's not like raw or anything, since it's soybean....yes? lol Can you eat it raw (uncooked) out of the package? I wouldn't, but I don't know why you couldn't.

Yes, it's already cooked. Even if it weren't, it's still vegetable based. The poster who gave directions for pressing the tofu is very right, it makes all the difference. I use a couple plates and my cast iron frying pan to press the tofu, works well.

I figured that since it was soy, it'd be okay. And the last couple of times I made it, I used the plastic wrap on the brick container to press against it to get all the water out. I also use the extra firm.

I'm just happy that I've found an alternative to beef that I like. (Ground turkey is sometimes good as well.) I'm not a beef hater, but sometimes it just does nothing for me.

 

[MrsBugi]

Soft cubed tofu stir-fried with black bean garlic sauce + rice, delicious!

 

[waffleironhead]

I like tofu and bacon, minus the tofu.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

I've heard of black beans, but not black bean sauce. I looked up and found a recipe for it, but can you buy it? According to the ingredients, it doesn't look hot. Is it?

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
I've heard of black beans, but not black bean sauce. I looked up and found a recipe for it, but can you buy it? According to the ingredients, it doesn't look hot. Is it?

err, if you never had it, you might not like it... You can find it in Chinese grocery stores.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
I've heard of black beans, but not black bean sauce. I looked up and found a recipe for it, but can you buy it? According to the ingredients, it doesn't look hot. Is it?

err, if you never had it, you might not like it... You can find it in Chinese grocery stores.

It's not hot. Wholefoods may have it. I know the one next to me does.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
I've heard of black beans, but not black bean sauce. I looked up and found a recipe for it, but can you buy it? According to the ingredients, it doesn't look hot. Is it?

err, if you never had it, you might not like it... You can find it in Chinese grocery stores.

ahhh Okay. I've never had miso, either. Is that also an acquired taste?