mylunch ([info]mylunch) wrote,
@ 2008-07-18 21:25:00
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Entry tags:banana bread, box, jackfruit, mango, marinated & stir-fried tofu, stir-fried teriyaki chicken, tofu, zucchini & onion stir-fry

Lunch Box 578: The dark side of tofu
This lunch is almost an outtake. I present it here so you can learn from my misfortune.

The stir-fried teriyaki chicken and zucchini & onion stir-fry are both perfectly all right. However, the marinated, stir-fried tofu - which is below the soy sauce bottle - came out weird. My fridge occasionally has localized ice ages, and the block of tofu was frozen solid. I thawed and cooked it, but the freezing had made the texture strange and spongy. That wouldn't be a problem, except the sponginess allowed it to soak up way more of the teriyaki sauce than I had expected, making it a bit stronger-flavored than I like. So - don't let your tofu freeze, and if you do don't marinate it for very long.

On the other side I have mango and jackfruit, the flavors and textures of which differ more than the colors, and banana bread.

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Frozen tofu
(Anonymous)
2008-07-30 01:20 am UTC (link)
Sometimes I deliberately freeze my tofu to get that texture. It is good for making breaded, fried tofu "fish" sticks because it comes out sort of flaky like fish.

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