when i talk about marinating it in diluted soy sauce before frying this is the end result. It looks better in person though the lighting in my kitchen is fucked (i feel like a blind old man in this kitchen. All the lights are this soft fucking yellow, i can’t see shit captain)

the point is more the flavor though it just gives it this good savory base which i think will help people who don’t like the texture of tofu or find it bland even with sauces

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      Thank you i wish i could feed it to you when it’s done

      if you do this method though I wasn’t kidding about needing to squeeze excess oil out, damn that shit was oily (now it’s perfect though)

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    this is one of the times I’d CONSIDER posting to a comm other than chapotraphouse but tbh the food comm doesn’t get much engagement

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    Soy curds in soy sauce?! What next?! A side of edamame beans and gochujang? A glass of soy milk? Maybe a miso soup starter!

    Soy’s pretty neat huh cool-bean Even if I am more of a chickpea guy :cool-legume:

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      The problem is the main one is some fucky LED thing that I don’t even know how to change. Like not an LED bulb, i thought it was a bulb but took off the cover and it’s just like a flat thing with an LED and it’s wired into the ceiling

      Maybe i can replace it but i give up easily i looked at it and was like idk fuck this

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    I love tofu so much. I had some for lunch. Probably will eat some for dinner. I haven’t marinated it in a while. I should do that

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    My wife is starting her vegetarian journey recently, so tofu has become commonplace at our house. It’s honestly so much better and easier to work with than I thought.

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      Yeah I don’t understand why people have such visceral reactions to it, like, the american public is so brainwashed it’s like they think tofu will chop their nuts off if they eat it

      Tofu piccata is really good imo. I skip the soy sauce marinade, but i do marinate it in vegan chicken stock (I find tofu to be almost flavorless so i think it needs some kinda marinade 100%. Overnight at least.) before breading it and frying it, then you just make a buttery sauce thickened with a light roux (or margariney) with lemon juice, capers, parsley

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        I think it’s as you said. There is so much brainwashing happening with the American public. “Meat is the only good protein” is such a prevalent mentality, it’s wild. Like…beans are fucking delicious, fuck off with that. And tofu rules, it just has to be prepared right. I agree it is a little bland, our first friend tofu tasted like pure vegetable oil and breading, not ideal. But has massively improved since with marinades and a tofu press!