Chinese Food using Tofu?

Question

anyone have any great recipes for chinese food using tofu? No dairy, please. Also, not too spicy.

thanks!

Answer 1

good recipe and tutorial

http://www.searchoptima.com/Chinese_Food...

Answer 2

chow mein

Answer 3

i work at a chinese restaurant in florida and i am now addicted to orange tofu!!!

it is sooo good you can make it spicy or not spicy

Ingredients

1/4 cup Braggs liquid aminos

2 tablespoons orange juice

2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup

1/16 teaspoon dark sesame oil

14 ounces tofu

Directions

1Make sure you press and drain the tofu very well then: Slice the tofu into 8 slices.

2Combine the Braggs, OJ, honey and oil. Sprinkle with Fresh Ground Black pepper Whisk.

3You can add a bit of Cayenne or Red pepper powder for a bit of a nip.

4Spray a large skillet with PAM. Heat to med hot. Add the tofu and cook without disturbing for 7 minutes or until Golden Brown [this is why you need to press it].

5Turn and cook for about 5 more or until Golden Brown.

6Pour in the Braggs. Shake the pan back and forth to cover the tofu Reduce heat to medium and let cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the sauce is syrupy and tofu glazed. [Sauce will get sticky if cooked longer].

7I served on a bed of seasoned rice.

Answer 4

This is my favorite recipe. It takes a bit of effort, but it is well worth it! Be sure to plan ahead, since this has to soak over night.

General Tso's Tofu

1 package extra firm tofu

1/2 cup rice vinegar

1/2 cup soy sauce

3 tablespoons garlic (minced)

2 tablespoons fresh ginger (minced)

1-2 tablespoons chili oil

2 tablespoons sesame oil

1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

2 eggs worth of Ener-G Egg Replacer mixed with water

1 cup corn starch

1/2 cup white sugar

vegetable oil (for frying)

Squeeze the liquid out of the tofu, and slice it into bite sized pieces. Put it in a bowl along with the vinegar, soysauce, garlic, ginger, chili oil, sesame oil, and red pepper flakes.

Cover, and leave it in the refrigerator until the next day. Try to give it a gentle stir every so often, so all the tofu gets to soak.

After the tofu has been soaking for a nice long time, put the vegetable oil in a pot, and heat it up over medium-high heat for frying. While it is warming up, dip each piece of tofu into the ener-g-egg replacer "eggs", then into the corn starch. Save the marinade that the tofu was soaking in.

Place the powdery pieces of tofu into the oil, and fry until golden brown.

While the tofu is frying, mix the marinade  (don't worry about the little tofu crumbs) with the sugar and 2 teaspoons of that corn starch. Place in a small pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat when the mixture begins to thicken.

Mix the fried tofu and sauce together, and serve with rice.

Answer 5

First, you should know the different kinds of tofu:

Silken- extremely soft, crumples easily, not good for stir fry, great to eat it cold or use it in your non-dairy smoothies

Soft - extremely soft. Great to use it in more traditional dishes as MaPo Tofu (spicy tofu with minced meat)

Firm - can be cut and used in stirfrys or replace cheese/meat in vegetarian dishes.

Cured Dried Tofu - Not many Americans know about this. The texture is similar to Tofuky (the tofu jerky), but Chinese use them in their traditional dishes. They come in few different flavors(white or brown in color.) They are extremely delicious & great for tofu beginners. My vegan friends adores them.

Now, few extremely simple ideas:

1. Silken Tofu

Rinse the silken tofu w/ spring water or drinking water (careful not to break them). Mix 1 teaspoon of washabi, 3 tbspoon of soysauce, 1tbspoon of sugar, 1tbspoon of seasame oil, 2 tbspoon of olive oil. Drizzle on the cold tofu. Add scallions & dried onion rings/chips on top. Or mix whatever you want as sauce, drizzle on it. It's great  low fat dish for the summer. No cooking at all.

2. Firm tofu or Cured Tofu

Cube them. Stir-fry them in hot oil (olive oil is okay) with julienned carrots& celeries. Add some salted Chinese pickels.  Seasoning: soysauce, seasame oil, olive oil, sugar, and few table spoons of chicken stock.

3. Vegetarian MaPo Tofu

Cube Soft or Firm tofu. Stirfry them with sliced mushrooms in hot oil. Seasoning, chicken stock, Spicy Chinese pepper sauce (the hot sauce you see in Chinese restaurants - choose Lee Kum Kee brand), salt, pepper, a little bit of soy sauce, seasame oil, and a bit of sugar (teaspoon) if you want it to be slightly sweet. To make the dish saucy, you might want to mix all the seasoning ingredients together, add 3 tbspoon of water & 1 tbspoon of cornstarch. Put in the mixed seasoning right before the mushrooms become soft. The cornstarch will thicken the sauce.