Marinated Tofu Salad

Jodie came home from work yesterday with a packet of tofu, I have never cooked or even tasted tofu so this was completely new to me. Darren said that it tasted of absolutely nothing so that was a good start!, he has a friend who is vegan and apparently she marinates the tofu before cooking so that was the way I decided to go, as it is flavourless I decided on strong flavours for the marinade in the hope that it would soak up the flavours well. I marinated it for a few hours to be on the flavour safe side! and stirred it every so often.

The longer it is marinated the more flavourful it was, I tend to think it needs strong flavours to help flavour the blandness of the tofu.

Ingredients

195 g Tofu cut into small squares

1 tbsp soy sauce

2 tsp hot sauce, I used buffalo wing sauce

1 tsp sweet soy sauce

2 cloves garlic, crushed

olive oil to fry
salt and pepper to season

salad of your choice

Method

1. Combine soy sauce, hot sauce, sweet soy sauce and garlic in a bowl, add tofu, mix to combine. Cover and refrigerate for a few hours, stirring every so often to marinate the tofu evenly.

2. Heat 1-2 tsp olive oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the tofu and marinade and cook until golden on all sides. Toss salad in some balsamic vinegar. The cooked tofu can be added to the salad hot or cold.

I would definitely use it again in salads, I will try it with a variety of flavour combinations, maybe lemon pepper, spicy Jalapeno or curry.

Enjoy

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