I truly tried out this recipe about three weeks in the past and I might deliberate to jot down about it then, however that was after I took my week-long break from running a blog. I utterly forgot about it till I made it once more a few days in the past and I noticed I by no means posted it.
Spoiler: I preferred it sufficient to make it again–twice–since then.
I purchased silken tofu on Amazon and it got here in a field of 12. On the time, I had no thought what to do with it! However I might eaten fairly a bit of additional agency tofu by then and actually cherished it, so I needed to provide the silken tofu a go. Just a few weeks in the past, I attempted the recipe for chocolate pudding with the silken tofu and it was SO good. I used to be very skeptical of this “tofu scramble” thought, although.
After I was reducing weight, I ate a number of scrambled eggs. They have been particularly handy for a fast dinner after I was residence on my own. I used to make them with butter and cheese… and now that I do not eat eggs, butter, OR cheese, how on earth was this tofu scramble going to remind me of scrambled eggs?
Nicely, in response to what I learn on a number of web sites, the important thing ingredient is black salt (additionally referred to as kala namak). I might by no means heard of it, however it supposedly had a sulfur-like odor/style, paying homage to eggs. Sounds interesting, proper? (“Sulfur-like” is just not actually what I am going for when I’m in search of one thing to eat!) However I ordered some from Amazon as a result of I actually do love attempting new issues.
The black salt is definitely pink and never black… positively prettier this fashion.
I attempted this recipe from My Plantiful Cooking–and I *actually* preferred it! I ate it on a toasted slice of Dave’s Killer Bread with vegan butter. I am going to hyperlink to it once more on the finish of the publish.
The substances are actually easy: silken tofu, dietary yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, turmeric, and black salt.Â
The directions are tremendous straightforward, too. First, you combine up the spices…
(Now that I do know I like this, I’ll make a giant batch of the seasoning to maintain within the pantry and make it even quicker. I make a number of recipes from It Would not Style Like Rooster as a result of I’ve two of her recipe books. I attempted her tofu scramble seasoning after this one and I didn’t prefer it. I am glad I attempted this one first, in any other case I’ll not have tried making a scramble once more.)Â
Then you definately add the tofu block to a skillet (heated with oil):
Observe: I am actually good at cooking scrambled eggs and one in all my cooking pet peeves is when eggs are stirred an excessive amount of whereas cooking. Somewhat than fluffy items, they wind up being dry and crumbly. I used to be curious how this tofu was going to prove compared to eggs. Nevertheless, I went into this considering of it as “tofu scramble” and never “vegan scrambled eggs”–because I wish to name it what it’s. And evaluating tofu and and eggs is like evaluating apples to elephants. Utterly various things. I solely care about whether or not it tastes good, no matter what it is referred to as.
Anyway, the recipe specified to interrupt into giant chunks at first (“giant” is all relative, so I simply figured this dimension was good):
Then you definately let it prepare dinner for 6-8 minutes with out the seasoning and with out “scrambling”–so it is going to launch the water from the tofu whereas not making it dry and crumbly. I simply turned the items a few instances after which added the seasoning combination.
From there, you simply gently break it into smaller items to include the seasoning with out making it *too* crumbly.
It regarded extra crumbly than eggs (no less than how I prepare dinner them) however the texture was delicate and never dry in any respect. I may have saved greater chunks, however I needed the seasoning to be uniform all through. I toasted a bit of Dave’s Killer Bread (SO good!), added some vegan butter, then topped it with the tofu and a few additional black pepper.
Once more, I used to be VERY skeptical of consuming this, but in addition simply as curious. It actually stunned me! I preferred it so much–I instantly had Noah attempt a chunk and he agreed. I would not try to idiot anybody into considering it is precise eggs, however I believed it was as related as you would get. And from tofu?!
I used to be speaking on the telephone with somebody and noticed Jerry was consuming some sourdough toast with only a few bites left. I motioned for him to cease consuming so he may attempt it as properly. I put a few of the scramble on his toast and watched as his face registered the shock. He stated it was actually good, and positively one thing to maintain the substances readily available for a handy meal. All three of us could not consider how a lot the black salt made the tofu style like eggs–without an amazing sulfur-smell.
Tofu continues to shock me every time I eat it. And I simply hold liking it an increasing number of! (You probably have a favourite tofu recipe–of any kind–please share. Jerry, Noah, and I’ve actually embraced it and need we would began consuming it sooner. Noah’s not vegan (and even vegetarian) however he actually likes tofu.
Jerry began a plant-based weight-reduction plan as a problem to himself for the month of August–not at my request–and he stated it was a lot simpler than he imagined. It is now been two months and he is persevering with to eat plant-based indefinitely! I’ll have him write a visitor publish about it.
