Help with cooking tofu!?!
Help with cooking tofu!?
Help! I've tried making tofu taste good so many times, but I can't get it right! I've been a vegetarian for 4 years and I feel like a poser because I can't cook tofu and every always asks me to make a tofu dish for potlucks. Any ideas on how to make tofu taste better?
Answers:
Tofu "Chicken" Nuggets
1. Take the tofu out of the package.
2. Place tofu on the table long side going up and down. Cut into slices about as thick as your finger. Then cut those slices in half to make square like peices.
3. Place tofu in a zipploc bag.
4. Then add to that bag a cup of water, 6 spashes of soy sauce, a table spoon of italian seasoning, 1/8 of teaspoon of garlic powder, tiny bit of salt, and 1/8 teaspoon of pepper.
5. Place bag in the frezzer over night.
6. Thaw the tofu by placing in a pan of water on the stove. Then turn the heat on medium.
7. Check every now and again. To know if its thawed touch the middle. If still cold at all its not thawed. This should take about 15 minutes. More or less depending on the pan and your stove.
8. Then drain the tofu.
9. Then take the tofu and dip them in flour seasoned with a little salt and pepper. If the flour doesn't stick to the tofu in either a mixed egg or just water. It should though.
10. Heat your favorite oil in a skillet and cook tofu until golden on each side. Or cook in the oven on 350 degrees untill golden about 15 minutes on each side, thirty in all.
I know it doesn't sound like it will make anything near "chicken" tasting but it does. It tasted nothing like soy sauce or italian seasoning in the end if you're wondering. It's so good! TRUST ME.