poorly frozen tofu is great

[Guest guest]

I certainly agree with the original post about the right way to freeze

tofu (which I wish someone had told me years ago), and its uses.

HOWEVER, the crumbly, incorrectly frozen kind deserves a few words of

praise as well. Whenever tofu is on sale or I have extra, I put it

straight to the freezer.

 

Tofu frozen straight, water and all, becomes crumbly, but in that

form can be more easily incorporated into many dishes, particularly

sauces, and develops more of a meat-substiture texture for those of

you feeding omnivores or not averse to replacing meat in recipies.

When defrosting keep a dish underneath to catch all the water, and you

can easily squeeze out a lot more (this is an easy way to get dry

tofu). Then take your bare hands (or a utensil if you insist on being

tidy) and rub it between them for instant, easy crumbles.

 

These crumbles have a springy texture, although not rubbery. They

also tend to be very small, thus going right to diced without

chopping. Mix them right into a pasta sauce or anything thick enough

to hold them (I use them in a ginger-mango sauce over rice that I have

to finish and post one of these days). SUBSTITUTE any place ground

beef is called for because the texture is not unlike loose ground beef

for a sloppy joe, marinara, shepherd's pie, etc. Because the flavor

is mild (that's an understatement) you can also use it for other

meats, or on its own merits.

 

Enjoy!

Jeff nottires_at_

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much for this useful information, Jeff!

By the way, I use my hands a lot in cooking and consider them to be a

very tidy utensil. How could one ever make a dough or sushi etc

without them??? Okay, I don't lick them during cooking,but there is a

cooking show on British TV with a lady called Nigella. She uses her

hand for almost everything she does, dips her fingers into a ready

dish, licks them and goes " mmmm " !

I have hardly seen a more erotic woman than her!

(And I also do believe that cooking is something erotic that involves

all senses by the way..)

 

 

, " Jeffrey Firestone "

<nottires> wrote:

> I certainly agree with the original post about the right way to

freeze

> tofu (which I wish someone had told me years ago), and its uses.

> HOWEVER, the crumbly, incorrectly frozen kind deserves a few words

of

> praise as well.