does any one know of good ways to cook tofu?

YES ... stir fried with noodles and sweet n sour sauce ... mmmm.

Cook it with a nice juicy slice of Rump Steak, and the Tofu will nicely soak up the meat juices..mmmmmmmm lovely :thumbsup:

We have stir fried veg which we cut into strips such as carrot, courgette, mushrooms, bit of ginger, lemon juice & garlic, fry in the oil, add the tofu and as 'jamie' says add some egg noodles, wonderful!

Janey

Tofu is lovely when marinated too. Just marinate as you would do meat, then use in stir fries etc.

I weaned my son as a vegan due to various allergies. I used to blend plain tofu with tomatoes and herbs (and other flavours too) a bit of his soya milk and cook in the oven or microwave and it puffed up like souffle. He loved it.

Cubed and stir fried with lots of spices! Tofu alone is prety unexciting stuff - an interesting texture but fairly taste free - but it does make a god base :)

Tofu? :gag: Yes - Open bin, place inside. Wait for binmen.

Tofu? Yes - Open bin, place inside. Wait for binmen

why bother even saying that???


Last night i stir fried it like you lot said i used abit of oil and abit of soy sauce i used some chinese 5 spice and then added noodles! it was really nice! but different to how they cook it in restaurants and take aways, someone told me they get it pre fried and they should sell this in chinese shops so i went to the one on london road but they didnt have any.

Originally posted by f_g
why bother even saying that??? Because I have eaten it and it had the consistency of dried Copydex glue. Not quite rubbery, more latexy in a cheesey kind of way, so it is a valid opinion!

the question asked was - does any one know of good ways to cook tofu?


not what do you think of tofu

Originally posted by f_g
not what do you think of tofu I didn't say what I thought of it. :suspect: just what I'd recommend doing with it :D

And you didn't bother to thank the nice people who gave you sensible answers.

why dont you look what the word cook means then? everytime ive posted something like i did when i was trying to sell a mirror you decided to but in with daft posts.

so can we get on with the topic now :)

There is a wonderful Sichuan dish that uses beancurd - it is very spicey but delicious - one recipe for it can be found here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/food/recipe30.shtml

If you go to the Chinese Supermarket on London Road of a Sunday morning, you can get fresh tofu made by what looks like the great-granny of the clan. Many years ago, I worked with a Japanese bloke and in summer his wife would serve chilled tofu with the really hot horseradish paste and soy sauce. Washed down with chilled sake, truly great. Her way with seaweed crackers and green tea after a night's hard drinking was a less happy experience.

will have to try going there on a sunday then , thanks

I think I once bought pre-marinated tofu for a vegan i had to cook for, she preferred the marinated ones as it gave it a bit more flavour. Cut it into chunks and fry it gently so it doesn't break up and add it to whatever meateaters would normally add diced chicken to. She seemed happy with it anyway!!!

Originally posted by em3978
I think I once bought pre-marinated tofu for a vegan i had to cook for....
She seemed happy with it anyway!!!
Did you try some? What was it like?

erm... no....:blush: :blush:
I couldn't bring myself to, despite being veggie for a time (I gave up because I missed chicken!!!) I could never bring myself to eat something that looked like soggy polystyrene!!! :gag: :gag: :loopy: :suspect:

:shocked: Shhhh, I got told off for passing negative comments :suspect: :hihi:

lol i know... i couldn't resist it.... :suspect: ;) :twisted: