Secret Cooking Tofu
How to cook tofu well? Tofu is a friendly meal to cook. You can even eat them raw.
But what does it cost? Usually not very nice. It has a sweet taste and texture of strange. It tastes a bit like wet socks. Not that I tried wet socks. The taste itself is not convincing. But why people like it so much, what is the secret of cooking tofu anyway?
The main peak and the key is to cook tofu drain well. Remove the existing water out of it. You can do this in many ways, the narrow, pressing, with a tofu press (device, dedicated to pushing the tofu), or you can cut and, in a small pan fire with some sticky oil. I prefer pressing the tofu with paper towels and weight. Take your time and drain well. Skip this process. Maybe it looks stupid and irrelevant, but it is not crucial for the production of tofu. The more water than you are able to from outside, it tastes better at the end. Take your time and they do it well and thoroughly. They are the difference it makes to be impressed.
Why is it so important? The tofu is usually packaged in a container with water. One of the great qualities of tofu, it acts like a sponge and take another liquid, is combined with and that means that it absorbs other flavors. Or from the marinade, cooking sauces, spices or other ingredients as you cook.
But if the tofu is already full of water, there is no free space for new flavors to get in. Even if you marinate for several hours or even overnight, the end result is not as good as if you are well seasoned, first . If they can dry completely absorb more flavor marinate in 1 hour and then compared to marinate overnight, dried bean curd not.
If you choose tofu cooking, drying in the beginning. Even if you work with raw tofu smoothie, it will taste better.
What’s next? Now the tofu dry marinade of your choice. What you want. Tofu is ready to take up other flavors, and it will taste delicious. Safe and fast. In preparing the marinade, you can do what you want, except the tofu marinade is not well with oil. Use ginger, garlic, tamari sauce, cold, and / or any of the other ingredients.