Marinated Tofu
Marinated Tofu

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, marinated tofu. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Soy and ginger marinated tofu becomes a main dish masterpiece when served on rice and drizzled with honey and sesame seeds. To bake, place the marinated tofu cubes on a silicone mat or a parchment paper lined baking sheet. To add extra flavor, quickly saute the baked tofu in a pan with the extra marinade.

Marinated Tofu is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Marinated Tofu is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have marinated tofu using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Marinated Tofu:
  1. Prepare 400-500 g Firm Tofu
  2. Make ready 1 cup Cold Water
  3. Take 1 teaspoon Salt
  4. Get <Marinade>
  5. Get 2 Cloves Garlic *crushed
  6. Take 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  7. Make ready 1-2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
  8. Get Herbs and/or Spices of your choice *optional
  9. Make ready *Note: This time, I used Lemon Zest, Dry Italian Herb Mix, Fresh Tarragon and Black Pepper

Baked tofu is crispy on the outside, creamy inside. This tofu marinade made with rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili paste does double duty as a marinade and a sauce. Pressing the tofu and then dry-frying before marinating removes all of the moisture, enabling the tofu to really soak up the flavors. The recipe is designed to have extra marinade to add to the stir-fry at the end to.

Steps to make Marinated Tofu:
  1. Mix Cold Water and Salt to make salty water. The saltiness is up to your preference.
  2. Cut Firm Tofu into small cubes, place in a container and cover with the salty water. I recommend to keep in the fridge overnight.
  3. Next day, discard the salty water. Combine crushed Garlic cloves, Olive Oil, Lemon Juice, Herbs and/or Spices of your choice and the salted Tofu in a clean container. Place in fridge for at least 2 days to allow flavours to develop.
  4. *Herbs & Spices: Black Pepper Corns, Chilli, Capers, Olives, Bay Leaves, Lemon Zest, Basil, Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary, Tarragon, Dill, etc.

Before you marinade, press your tofu according to this pressing guideline. Tofu is an excellent source of protein, and it can be incorporated into a myriad of different recipes from enchiladas and un-meat loaves, to breakfast hash and lunch wraps. Use a tofu press or wrap in a cloth and set something heavy on top like a cast iron skillet.; Combine marinade ingredients in a small bowl, mix well, and set aside while tofu is being pressed. For example, you can make it as a marinated baked tofu. Baking tofu is a simple way to do it, requiring only the time it takes to heat up the oven and bake it.

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