How to cook Tofu?

[redhen]

I want to try it.. just because...
So.. how do i cook it? And what kind do i buy? Thanks!

 

[Judy]

I used to buy the firm, slice it into bit size pieces, wrap them in a tea towel for a little while to get liquid out, and saute in dark sesame oil. It will take up the flavor of whatever sauce you cook it in/with. You can throw it in a stir fry dish like you would chunks of cooked chicken, and give it a few minutes to absorb flavors.

 

[Imp]

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Sounds good to me

Imp- if you buy extra firm, you can slice it up like french fries and deep fry. A little salt & pepper Ummm!

Used to make this a meal.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

Yep easy, just dice and stir fry in a little flavor/sauce and your good to go!
there are a lot of cook books out there and on the web for specific recipes, my daughter even made a tofu cheesecake the other day~!

 

[2DogsFarm]

Tofu is a blank slate - it tastes like whatever you cook it with.

I've used the med-firm in place of ricotta cheese in lasagna, sauteed the firm for stir-fry and scrambled the soft like eggs.

Imp: YUM! I never tried that, but you can bet I will

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

One of my favorite things to do with tofu (although it's not cooking it) is make a Greek salad, throw the tofu in, kids can't even tell they're eating it...looks just like feta in there. Then I stuff it in a pita pocket. YUM!!!

Otherwise I fry it in olive oil, season and toss it in with some rice pilaf and veggies.

 

[Joz]

I like the pre-baked seasoned tofu sliced onto bread and toasted, then made into a sandwich with white cheese (farmers, havarti, or muenster; toast onto other slice of bread til melty) and sliced tomato.

Crescent Dragonwagon (that's a name, not a new-age sneeze) wrote a book called "Passionate Vegetarian" that has some great tofu information and recipes.

A googlebooks preview of the book, that has tofu-specific info: http://bit.ly/ln51tZ
The preview is missing some key pages of recipes, but does have a lot of info about types of tofu and ideal applications for each type.

And a recipe from the same book, with commentary by a food blogger: http://shescookin.com/2010/01/14/kung-pao-tofu/

For a more traditional take:

http://www.justhungry.com/looking-tofu (you can ignore the fried tofu skins; the bit you'll be most interested in is "The Two Main Types of Plain Tofu")

The above website and its sister site (http://www.justbento.com) both have tofu recipes on as well.