Cooking with tofu can sometimes be a pain because it has such a high water content that in can take forever to sauté it to a good texture, and can actually make the other ingredients you're cooking with soggy too.
Texturizing your tofu is basically squeezing out a lot of the water before cooking with it so that you don't have to cook the water out to get a great texture.
It's simple, you need a cutting board, some paper towels and clean hands. Take "firm" style tofu and cut it into about three equal sized blocks. Now simply take each piece in both hands and, over your sink, squeeze the tofu until water comes running out of your hands. Do this with all three blocks and then put the tofu back on the cutting board.
Using a few paper towels, cover the tofu and press it against the cutting board until the towels are soaked.
Your tofu is now a 'chunkier' texture and will cook way faster.
Throw some onions and taco seasoning in a little simmering olive oil and your ready for some "tofu ground" that will rock!
Dan
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