I’ve never actually made tofu because I don’t cook often, but today it was on sale for $0.88/lb (limit 4) so now I have 4 pounds (1.8 kg) of tofu (3 firm, 1 extra firm) that I have no idea what to do with. The oven/stove at my place is broken, so I just have a microwave, but fwiw it has a convection option.

I know there’s something about cutting it into cubes and pressing out the moisture, and I know it’s really good at absorbing flavor but doesn’t have much on its own, but that’s about all I know. I guess I can look up recipes, but idk how to adapt them to a microwave and also online recipes are a pain because of SEO.

Thanks.

  • large_goblin [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    14 days ago

    My three go to easy tofu recipes:

    Mapo tofu

    Matar “paneer”

    Tofu scramble (can also become imitation scrambled eggs)

    I do them all vegan. You’ll find plenty of recipes for each one and I can also share my own.

    • catcek@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      mapo tofu is sooooo easy and genuinely the best way to just use up a whole block when it gets close to expiry x]