/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13702818
Stuff with meat and fry it.

Put it in the trash and eat a steak instead

>>13702818
Onion tofu hot pot

mabou tofu but I prefer mine to be on the softer side

>>13702818
depends on the sauce you use or make. If you got a good garlic sauce or thai sauce recipe use that.

Cooking tofu is the easy part. All you do is press the water out and fry the tofu. Then you dump the sauce on it with some veg

>>13702818
wrap in cheesecloth and place something heavy ontop to really get rid of the excess moisture. Cube, add dry rub of choice and then saute until edges are crisped. Serve over wild grain rice with sauteed mushrooms and broccoli rabe.

slice up
dredg in corn starch
pan fry in oil.

Shove it up your butt and hold it there for at least 20 minutes, then let it ferment for a day.
Thenshove it up yourbutt and keep it there until your burps smell like fermented tofu shit.

>>13702818
cover it in cornstarch after cubing it, season it with whatever you want the breading to taste like, and fry it in oil. Should come out tasting like fried mozzarella sticks if done right.

>>13702818
bullet in the head

>>13703003
What drives a person to post something like this to a fun, innocuous thread about tofu?

>>13702904
>press the water out
Don't do this.
It makes the texture rubbery.

>>13703018
Surely that's better than mushy

>no one said marinate yet
cmon

>>13703029
>>13703018
Rubber or mush.
thats all the flavours there is

>firm

Make inarizushi.

>>13703029
>>13703064
Or you could, like, learn to actually prepare and cook it correctly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWIenK4p60

>>13702818
make a soup out of it

>>13703010
rage against the machine

>>13703010
Someone who has experience with this wretched food product

>>13702818

>>13702818
Chemical castration of OP

>>13702818
unsalted butter and red pepper flakes.

I have no idea what people's problem with tofu is. Even at its worst, it literally tastes like nothing. It's all texture.

>>13703288
rage against the mcchicken

>>13702818
Stir fry sauce or teriyaki works well. Squeeze moisture out, cube, season with salt and pepper and fry until crispy and set aside. Cook your veggies and add the tofu back when you add the sauce. Don't cook too long or it'll lose the crispness with all that liquid in there.

Teriyaki sauce

Peanut sauce

If you put marinara sauce on it I swear to god you cant tell it's not ricotta

In other words, SAUCE

>>13702818
Replace with meat and viola

mapo tofu

also any really flavorful sauce. it tastes like whatever you put it in, as long as its been drained. you just need to get the texture right, because the standard texture isnt super appealing if you didnt grow up with it

>>13703336
Damn I bet the flavor and texture of that is fucking wretched

>>13702818
I fry it in leftover bacon fat. Can’t be afraid of the high heat. Treat it like extra thick bacon.

>>13703343
On this board, autism.

>>13702818
>i usually squeeze the water out a bit, fry some onion and eggplant and then add tofu.
after the tofu has picked up the jiuces i add tomato sauce.

>>13702818
Homemade aburaage and if you want to go the extra effort make inarizushi with them.

>>13705420
Oven baked seitan has a dry ands disappointing texture but considering they didn't work the dough a tenth of what should be done it's not surprising.
A steamed and panned seitan can get quite great in terms of texture and the taste is essentially what you put in it. A good blend of fresh spices can get you pretty far.

>>13703343
It's associated with fad obsessed vegan homosexuals who turn it into disgusting imitation meat by the general American population plus this board associates it with weebs. If you can ignore preconceived notions about it being a soy faggot meat replacement and see it as just another ingredient, then you can begin to evaluate its taste and texture as a unique food that you may or may not like. You wouldn't make a crab cake and pretend it's a hamburger substitute or grind it into some sort of fish sausage abomination and pretend it makes good pork sausage substitute. Fried tofu can be quite tasty for exactly what it is.

Cut into shapes, deep fry it for the golden coat (or buy the pre-fried one)
Cut a hole on the side, stuff pork+mushroom+garlic+onion then bake (or simmer in sweet tomato sauce).

>>13703343
Retards immediately associate tofu with veganism, vegan agenda, liberalism (fucking /pol/tards) and all of that nu-male shit that's been going around on 4chan for a year or two.

It's just an ingredient, one with almost no flavor itself, which makes tofu a great base to absorb other flavors. This is /ck/, fucking do some cooking.

>>13702818
my gf is a vegetarian and I made this for her and she loved it

https://www.budgetbytes.com/pan-fried-sesame-tofu-with-broccoli/

>>13702818

Literally just fillet it into two thin blocks and microwave it 3-4 minutes per aide. Cover in BBQ sauce and then microwave another minute per aide, rebasting once. Use it in a sandwoch or cut into strips for a salad.

>>13702823
HAHA LOL, EPIC BOOMER COMMENT :)

>>13702818
Make it yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP1JbVm9rTU

>>13702823
/thread

>>13707209
Redditfaggots please go back to your circlejerk

> tofu

>>13709514
Sorry baby newfag, whining about soy most likely means you’re the newfag from reddit. Someone from 4chan doesn’t give a shit, only redditfags care about “le soy bean bad”

>>13702818
live in japan, can confirm that mapo tofu is the SHIT. mostly because it’s spicy as hell and cooked with ground pork but yeah

>>13702818
>cut red onion, a bit of ginger, some chili, red pepper, eggplant and then the tofu
>put all together in a pot, mix with spices (pepper, salt, garlic) then add some soy sauce and red curry paste (or thai sauce)
>heat coconut oil in pan
>put all the shit in there, fry for a while
>put a can of coconut milk in as well, add more curry paste and or soy sacue depending on personal taste
>let simmer while some wild rice is cooking
>serve together

that shit tastes like in an asian restaurant

>>13702823
>eating brown colored food
nigger detected. I'm white so I only eat white foods.
enjoy eating fecal matter.

>>13702818
O boy, geez ow man, one of these bad-boys will do the trick OP :D
Don't forget to drink a tall glass of s0ymilk too

A STEEL KNIFE

>>13702818
>>13704289
The greatest crime against tofu is not getting the exterior crispy. After that, the nextmost crime is not having it with a flavorful sauce.

>>13702818
You eat it on the side with a bullet

>>13703263
>pronounces cumin as "coomin"
Based

>>13703333
no

pad thai

>>13702818
>cut into small cubes
>stir fried with shrimp and garlic
>add a bit of water
>salt, pepper, soy sauce, tomato
>put in chinese cabbage
Done.

>>13702818
cook it

>crumble
>bake
>fry with onions garlic and crushed tomatoes
>put on pasta
>coom

>>13707050
That sounds quite good

>>13703328
>garlic powder with garlic
what's the point of using garlic powder if you can just use garlic??

>>13702818
tried going vegan for a year, the only way tofu is good is fried in lots of oil

>>13710781
>brown is poop
You have to be 18 years or older to post here

>>13704690
>mentions mapo tofu

https://thewoksoflife.com/ma-po-tofu-real-deal/

>>13704690
>>13714810
Ever since pic related I've wanted to try it.

>>13702823
fpbp

>>13715123
>that scene where we get to listen to Nakata Jouji making erotic chewing sounds for about 15 seconds
>the absolute awkward tension
食うか?

>>13702818
I've never had tofu, what is it like? I see Koreans making soft tofu soup and it looks delicious.

>>13715123
made it myself homemade a few months ago; ITS FKING AMAZING!

seriously the peppercorns used actually do numb your mouth so you get an amazing experience, its not like "oh my its so spicy" its your taste buds saying "wtfisgoingonimburningohhhhhhhhthis is SO GOOD!"

>>13702818
Sukiyaki

If you want good firm tofu, freeze it, thaw it, and press it.

Texture can be kinda shit otherwise. Freezing makes it spongier and works better as a meat substitute.

>>13702818
>https://youtube.com/watch?v=TcJoUZAtITI
thank me layta

Seems to me that Tofu never really "shines" and is a shit ingredient. If it has no flavor its pointless.

>>13715409
>If it has no flavor its pointless.
Better get rid of chicken breasts

>>13715409
Well you better ditch rice, pasta, morrarella, most doughs, poultry etc. too then. Or, you know, you actually learn to cook, retard.