As someone who was raised vegan my answer is just the sad way the majority of vegans make tofu
Seriously just watch a few Chinese cooking videos at least, Chinese people have been cooking with tofu as an ingredient for like 1000 years and they know what they’re doing
Stop following the failed recipes of white hippies from the 70’s because the entire foundation of information that westerners are using to cook tofu is wrong
Tofu wants to be cubed, tofu wants to be fried, tofu wants to be used in soups, tofu does not want to be scrambled or blended into a sauce
pressing it between stacks of books (just buy pressed tofu if that’s what you want)
coating it in cornstarch and spices
in europe you can even buy tofu marinated with basil and tomato (???)
i love all kinds of tofu though, even the occasional scramble and cream cheese, but i think to get your tofu drivers license you should have regular tofu dishes (卤豆腐, 家常豆腐, 铁板豆腐, even the in the west so often misunderstood 麻婆豆腐) before you start doing some western shenanigans
As someone who was raised vegan my answer is just the sad way the majority of vegans make tofu
Seriously just watch a few Chinese cooking videos at least, Chinese people have been cooking with tofu as an ingredient for like 1000 years and they know what they’re doing
Stop following the failed recipes of white hippies from the 70’s because the entire foundation of information that westerners are using to cook tofu is wrong
Tofu wants to be cubed, tofu wants to be fried, tofu wants to be used in soups, tofu does not want to be scrambled or blended into a sauce
pressing it between stacks of books (just buy pressed tofu if that’s what you want)
coating it in cornstarch and spices
in europe you can even buy tofu marinated with basil and tomato (???)
i love all kinds of tofu though, even the occasional scramble and cream cheese, but i think to get your tofu drivers license you should have regular tofu dishes (卤豆腐, 家常豆腐, 铁板豆腐, even the in the west so often misunderstood 麻婆豆腐) before you start doing some western shenanigans
the first tofu I liked was used as a replacement for scrambled eggs. No idea how they did it, but shit was good.
Im gonna scramble tofu and put it in breakfast burritos and im gonna love it.
Is it the best way to enjoy tofu? No. Is it the best way to make a breakfast burrito? Yes.