Do you consume tofu?

[Anonymous No.14234941]

I just bought two small packages cause it's actually kinda cheap, wonder how it tastes like. What do you recommend I use it for?

[Anonymous No.14234963]

>>14234941
Raw tofu gross because it is watery and bland. Therefore you want to squeeze it. Than put some salt or oriental dressing. You can stir fry it if you want to

[Anonymous No.14234973]

>>14234941
Desserts for silken tofu, aburaage or stir-frying it for firm are my go-to.
Raw taste is too subtle at first for plain tofu, some people learn to like it with time. I'm not a big fan of the plain one but black forest tofu is something I can hardly stop myself from eating out of a pack, that shit is delicious.

[Anonymous No.14234979]

>>14234941
Only time i've ever eaten it was in a curry.
Pretty nice.

[Anonymous No.14234981]

>>14234941
No, i'm heterosexual.

[Anonymous No.14234987]

>>14234941
I like to buy mozzarella in brine, eat the mozza, add a little pepper flake, and brine firm tofu in the leftover juice. Leave it for a week and it gets very firm and tastes like the cheese. Yes, this is non-standard.

[Anonymous No.14234991]

>>14234981
Imagine being this triggered by a bean lmao

[Anonymous No.14235008]

>>14234991
>triggered
>lmao
yup, knew you were gay

[Anonymous No.14235011]

>>14234941
Mapo tofu is the best I've had and easy to make at home if you have access to the chinese cupboard staples.

[Anonymous No.14235018]

>>14235008
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[Anonymous No.14235035]

>>14234963
Plebbest of plebs

[Anonymous No.14235057]

No. It tastes like shit.

[Anonymous No.14235074]

>>14235057
Actually, shit tastes better.

[Anonymous No.14235078]

>>14234941
Curry tastes like basically nothing by itself, you'll need to add a shitton of seasoning through marinating it.

[Anonymous No.14235080]

>>14234941
Mapo tofu is good. It is also good dusted in corn starch and fried.

[Anonymous No.14235085]

>>14234981
>>14235008
t.

[Anonymous No.14235095]

>>14234963
>asking someone to squeeze SILKEN tofu

retard

[Anonymous No.14235102]

Press it out, get all the moisture out in some paper towels, marinate it like teriyaki steak, then fry it on the stove or bake it in the oven til crispy. Pretty fuckin good by itself, on rice, whatever. Even my meat eating bf liked it

[Anonymous No.14235110]

>>14235074
I've hever had the actual shit, so I won't argue.

>>14235102
Or you can do this to meat and it will taste better.

[Anonymous No.14235135]

>>14235110
insecure fag

[Anonymous No.14235137]

>>14235135
And my name is Michael, nice to meet you.

[Anonymous No.14235180]

>>14234941
tofu is filler and tastes like tofu. it's just something to add protein to meal when you are poor, it takes on the flavors of every thing else it is mixed with. I use it occasionally but it's not a main because it's boring and one dimensional.

[Anonymous No.14235199]

It's great in pad Thai with prawns

[Anonymous No.14235208]

>>14235102
if OP actually bought silk tofu, you cannot squeeze silk tofu, it'll just disintegrate into mush

these are only good in soups, steaming or mapo tofu

[Anonymous No.14236930]

>>14234941
Ginger beef and tofu stir fry
It's basicly plain carbs with protein like white bread or rice meaning you need to make something else the tasty part of the dish.
Best thing is if you make a sauce it flavors really well so do meat and tofu stirfry for the best flavors.
Don't do what white middle aged mom's do and attempt to cook a turkey out of tofu and then pretend to think its the same. Fake tofu meat is nasty.
Also bean curd is pretty great.

[Anonymous No.14236932]

+1 for mapo tofu

[Anonymous No.14236946]

>>14234941
I have been cooking with tofu a lot more since I've been too lazy to defrost the meat that I have. I've been putting it in vegetable curry, cream soups, and etc. I fried it today in some potato starch and coated it in a soy sauce sauce with 4 different types of chillis in it.

[Anonymous No.14236947]

>>14234941
I usually throw it in stir fry, you just need to make sure to dry it first. I just got some that I plan on putting into so miso soup, it'll be my first time making it. Kind of gonna be winging it since the dashi powder I bought has instructions entirely in Japanese.

[Anonymous No.14236992]

Not enough people asked what type of tofu OP has, despite this mattering greatly in how to properly prepare a dish with it. Either assuming it was the silky tofu in the picture he could have gotten off Google by just googling "tofu" or assuming it was a firmer variety.
I give you all failing grades.

[Anonymous No.14237002]

drain water, cut in cubes, put in a bowl.

Add per half container of tofu in any order:
1tbsp Chinese black vinegar
1tbsp light soy sauce
1/2 green onion thinly sliced
1tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1/2 clove micro-planned garlic
pinch of sugar
1tbsp finely minced ginger
large pinch of freshly cracked Sichuan peppers

Garnish:
Coriander

optional :
Fresh hot peppers finely chopped
Fish sauce (if you want a Thai flair to it, reduce soy especially if you don't use the light version)

Just fucking pile it up on the tofu in a bowl, don't stir the tofu will get fucked up. eat with a spoon, the Chinese ones if you're fancy.

if its too much sauce, slurp it up it tastes good. dump some potstickers or steamed dumplings in the same sauce, coincidentally this makes a great dumpling side dish.

Use the same sauce but sub tofu for smashed cucumbers that you've salted for like 15 minutes before you rinsed them.

[Anonymous No.14237008]

>>14236992
This guys right.
>>14237002
I assumed silken/soft tofu for this dish.

[Anonymous No.14237023]

>>14236992
I'm not gonna bother with that when he hasn't responded for half a day. Besides, I use whatever's available for the 2 things I mentioned and it always comes out fine. I prefer firm though.

[Anonymous No.14237073]

>>14234941
nah it tastes like shit unless you jump through hoops like all of the tofu copers itt. regular beans > bean curd

[Anonymous No.14237084]

I like using tofu in chinese cooking if that's what you're asking. I can't make mapo tofu without tofu.
But outside of chinese cooking no, I don't really have a use for tofu.

[Anonymous No.14237090]

>>14237073
>unless you jump through hoops
What hoops? Tofu naturally absorbs the flavor of anything you cook it with.

[Anonymous No.14237154]

I went to a Cheap chinese buffet last year and they had a GIANT block of soft tofu that was covered in this spicy sauce that I loved. I went back for a second scoop. Never did figure out what the sauce was, other than "generic chinese sauce" but it was amazing. Would love to have more of that in my life.

[Anonymous No.14237265]

>>14237090
It tastes like shit if you don't add flavors to cover it up. The fact that it takes on other flavors easily is just the silver lining to the shit cloud.

[Anonymous No.14237300]

>>14234941
>wonder how it tastes like.
Nothing, it's a flavor sponge you add stuff to.
https://thewoksoflife.com/ma-po-tofu-real-deal/

[Anonymous No.14237350]

Fry it up a bit and throw it in a Tom Gha soup. Pretty good.

[Anonymous No.14237372]

>>14234941
If it's silken tofu use it in a miso soup with some wakame. You can easily cheat a broth by buying kombu and bonito flakes (if you're non veggie) and using a stock cube and having the broth on a v low simmer for ~10-15 mins.

Most types of tofu (maybe even silken) also work for tofu with rice. Just boil some rice and warm the tofu up in hot, near-boiling water. Then get some lao gan ma (this is essential and is the tastiest shit, google it) and just eat all together. Add some zha cai (or any other asian pickled veg, even kimchi), optional but makes it more interesting.

[Anonymous No.14237588]

>>14237265
It's not supposed to be eaten on its own. Do you eat celery by itself?

[Anonymous No.14237636]

>>14234941
I eat it all like a good redditor. The spicier the better. When the feeling comes on me it's like... OH GO... I... I'M GONNA COMSOOOOM!

[Anonymous No.14237892]

>>14237588
I have eaten celery on its own, yes, and it was much better than tofu.

[Anonymous No.14238002]

>>14237154
was it salty and have black beans in it as well..?

[Anonymous No.14238109]

>>14234941
I like to press mine and make tofu scramble with lots of spinach, onion, and garlic. It's also good pressed and fried and put on a banh mi. I kinda like tofu banh mis more than the pork ones, honestly.

[Anonymous No.14239119]

OP here, the kind I got is pic related in case anyone is still wondering, thanks for the ideas

[Anonymous No.14240617]

>>14234941
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[Anonymous No.14241116]

>>14234941
miso soup