Things You'll Need:
- cutting board
- knife
- clean face towels (or paper towels)
- firm or extra firm tofu
- marinade of your choice
- a sealable container (or zip-top bag)
- pan and something to weight the pan down
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Step 1
Drain the tofu and cut into slices about 1 cm thick (or between .25 and .5 inches).
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Step 2
Lay tofu slices on one half of the clean towel (or paper towels), and fold the other half over. Place the pan over the tofu slices and put your weight inside the pan (a can of anything works great for this). Let this sit for half an hour.
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Step 3
When the half hour is up, remove the pan and towel, and cut the tofu into cubes (or keep in the slices to grill or sautee for sandwiches/subs/"burgers").
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Step 4
Pour a little marinade into your resealable container and place tofu slices inside. Pour in enough marinade so that when the container/bag is shaken, marinade will coat all of the tofu.
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Step 5
Seal the bag/container, and shake to coat. If you need more marinade, add it.
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Step 6
Place your container in the fridge and let sit for around 24 hours (for the best flavor), removing the container and shaking it every once in a while,so as to redistribute the marinade.
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Step 7
To fry your tofu, you may coat the slices in either flour or cornstarch and fry until golden brown (about two minutes each side) in a shallow amount of hot oil.
You can also bake tofu for around a half hour in a 350 degree oven, or grill your tofu on a grill. The choice is yours!
Comments
grove said
on 2/8/2009 Great information here. Very helpful - and by the way I love your avatar photo.
FrazzledNanny said
on 2/3/2009 I've never had tofu. Thas for the recipe. 5*