Tofu eaters

[tintin82]

How do you press your Tofu??

We have started eating it quite a bit (now a few times a week), but find the pressing such a pain in the hinney. All those sodden paper towels and mess.

This looks great http://tofupresser.com/

has anyone got anything like this? Where did you get it as i will have to have this shipped from USA.
Or, any better ways to press Tofu??
Thanks

 

[J1234]

I wrap it in a clean tea towel and press it with a plate with weights on top.

 

[Xelene]

We buy ours from the Japanese supermarket, it's ready to eat.

 

[Raikiri]

Then I get a steak out.




What Justin said should work though.

 

[Jonny69]

I've cooked tofu a few times and it's always confused me. The fresh stuff comes in water and is a total bitch to cook with because it's full of water and breaks up when you stir fry it. The other stuff is pre-fried and much tougher. Are you supposed to press the water out of it before you use it then? How much are you supposed to squeeze out?

 

[J1234]

Yes, press it for 1 - 2 hours for best results and it will draw the liquid out and give it a very firm texture. It will be like a sponge now and absorb everything. If you are marinating it, press it then dry fry it first and it will take on even more flavour.

 

[Noni Juice]

Love fried tofu, dry the wet stuff and coat in some flour and fry, then add to your stir fries and fap everywhere.

 

[Razor-BladE]

I didn't know you had to press tofu! I wondered why the fried tofu is a lot firmer. I've never cooked with it myself, but when my rents buy/cook it, they buy fresh tofu and just bung it in a soup.
I don't really like it like that. Fried tofu all the way

 

[Freefaller]

Tofu is my food "hell". Can't stand the stuff. It's just everything about it says wrong to me

 

[tintin82]

I find it best to squeeze it with a ton of plates and bowls on top, then cut to small cubes and fry in a very very hot pan.
Just need to find a tofu press to cut down the mess!

 

[PapaLazaru]

Had some in part of a dish the other night. I just don't get it. I would rather eat egg whites.

 

[ThieveryCorp]

You don't have to press the tofu, it depends on how you're cooking it. If it fresh, it's pretty tasty in clear broths/soups.

If you're doing a stir fry, the pre-fried tofu is a better option.

 

[Stupot_]

Has anyone had the cubes of tofu you get mixed in with wagamamas?

What would be the best stuff to get to replicate this? I bought some wet tofu a while ago and like jonny, it crumbled when I mixed it in to a stir fry!

Second go I fried it separately beforehand so it toughened up a bit and then added it. Still not great though... Should I be buying pre fried stuff?

 

[monkeyspank]

just squeeze the water out, cut it and fry it separately and add it before serving. It stays how you cut it.