Sesame Miso Soba with Crispy Tofu – Leels Cooks

  Let’s pretend summer is here already so we can eat all of the cool, refreshing and light foods, okay? OKAY?! I’ve also been making a lot of unintentional vegetarian meals lately, not sure why, not unhappy about it though. As long as it’s delicious, no complaints! Feel free to sub out any of the vegetables with your favourite, and you can also sub the tofu for any other protein you’d prefer. Shredded rotisserie chicken would go very well with this. What you need: 1/2 brick of firm tofu, cubed 2 sleeves of soba noodles 1/2 cup cucumber, thinly sliced … Read more

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Cooks / Crispy / Leels / Miso / Sesame / Soba / Tofu

Score Your Tofu Before Marinating For More Flavor

Vaaseenaa/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you think tofu is bland and boring, you should reevaluate how you prepare it because bringing sensational flavor to your tofu game is unbelievably simple. In fact, several techniques are similar to the steps in preparing animal-based proteins. One such key method is scoring your tofu. By creating shallow cuts across the tofu’s surface, you significantly increase the surface area for your flavorful marinade to seep into. Consider the crevices created from scoring your tofu to be flavor reservoirs … Read more

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Flavor / Marinating / Score / Tofu