Marinate

My camera battery died before I could get a picture of the finished product…but it was a good one.

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I marinated some tofu in a mix of soy sauce, sesame oil, and red pepper flakes for a few days…

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Which produced a really flavorful end product without any work at all!  Seriously, I poured the stuff (unmeasured) into a tupperware, added the slabs of tofu and forgot about them.

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For the fastest sammie prep ever, I spread hummus on one slice, and mashed the tofu up on the other.  Threw some spinach in between and wham, bam, thank you sam(mie)! 

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Dinner served.  And it was delicious.  I hate to admit this, but the hummus wasn’t even necessary (blasphemy!) because of the tofu’s fantastic flavor. 

The only thing is that next time I may try firm tofu.  I’m curious to see if the marinade will penetrate as well.  I think it will be less spread-like and thus more portable.

Any super simple marinades you want to share??

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Comments (8)

  1. Jess

    miso paste mixed with olive or sesame oil, honey, and a little water makes a good marinade. Adding brown rice vinegar and/or sri racha is great too.

  2. Allison

    yum! what kind of bread is that? doesn’t look like my gf bread 😛

  3. Tt in nyc

    Im so lazy! My go to is “soy vay” from trader joes its cheap, and from asian grocery called “bulgolgi sauce” which is pear juice concentrate with soy and some other spices and such, i once used a bloody mary mix for my veggies and ate them roasted with horseradish hummus…. Kind of amazing!

  4. Christine @ Oatmeal in my Bowl

    What a great idea with the tofu! And I have all 3 ingredients in my cupboard. Yum! You might like making these crunchy tofu parmesan panko bites. They are SO yummy!

  5. Elise (Post author)

    those look awesome. i wonder if theres a non-dairy alternative for the parmesan…maybe nutritional yeast would work….yum! thanks for the link

  6. Elise (Post author)

    thats kinda genius!

  7. Elise (Post author)

    it has spelt flour and it was HORRIBLE on my GI system. it was ok by itself but once i added the hummus and tofu my digestive system had a hissy fit and i paid for it royally. i made the bread in my bread maker though and i dont have a recipe really. sorry!

  8. Tierney

    I use that same marinade for my tofu but I add rice wine vinegar and it’s fantastic! I bake the tofu and use it to make my own veggie sushi. Good stuff!

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