UK: Cheap tofu in Sainsburys and quick(ish) tofu preparation

[johnbaldy]

Ok - for a quick(ish) hit of protein here's what I do.

Grab one of these:


cut into slices
splash on some soy sauce onto one side (two sides is fine but I'm lazy)
brush with a little oil
grill until crispy on one side
turn the strips over
give a liberal sprinkle of some of this:

brush with a little oil
grill until the other side is crispy.
eat (usually in a sanwich with ketchup).

It takes about 15 minutes to cook on my grill. Do you have a quick way to prepare tofu? - 'cos I just bought loads (and loads) because its only 75p a slab (half price) in Sainsburys at the moment.

30g of protein in each slab according to the packet - and a little more in the bread.

[Talyn]

nice recipe, john

my current tofu recipes consist of mashing up and frying with a little oil, then adding either vegan mayonaise or tofutti garlic and chives cream cheese, then sunflower seeds and spinach or kale. amazing!

it has been half price for about 2-3 weeks now!
not sure about the logic behind it, but who cares! i'm loving it

[johnbaldy]

Sounds good Talyn - thank you.

Do you add the spinacjh/kale raw - or cook it first please?

John.

[Talyn]

i add it at the end, so it cooks for a couple of minutes, just enough to sweat out the water so its not so bulky

[johnbaldy]

Nice one. Thank you.

[chloe]

oh yes that sounds good, i love garlic mayo, and kale is one of my favourite foods on the planet, tofus also not bad but i deffinately dont eat it as much as i have in the past.im too waylaid by all these fake meats available here in the uk, like 'schnitzel' and fake bacon!!

[Thomas Campbell]

I just bought ten packets. Scrambled tofu is the cro-mags of breakfasts.

[maxxx]

Chinese supermarkets tend to do very large blocks of firm/silken tofu for around £1. Great for making a scrambled tofu breakfast or cornmeal coated tofu.

[Thomas Campbell]

Chinese supermarkets tend to do very large blocks of firm/silken tofu for around £1. Great for making a scrambled tofu breakfast or cornmeal coated tofu.

At my local Chinese supermarket they have a great offer 350g blocks of silken tofu 89p, 3 for the price 2.