Best Scrambled Tofu Recipes

SCRAMBLED TOFU

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat, and saute green onions until tender. Stir in tomatoes with juice and mashed tofu. Season with salt, pepper, and turmeric. Reduce heat, and simmer until heated through. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese to serve.

12-MINUTE SCRAMBLED TOFU VEGAN FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Set the tofu on a large cutting board and mash with a potato masher or fork until it's crumbled. Set aside.
• Place a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil. When hot, add the onion. Saute until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute.
• Add one tablespoon of the sesame oil, then add the ginger, smoked paprika, turmeric, and mashed tofu. Cook, stirring until the spices are well-incorporated, about 2 minutes.
• Increase heat to medium-high. Add the remaining sesame oil and the rice. Cook, stirring frequently, until the rice sizzles and is thoroughly warmed through, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the corn, peas, and Tamari (or soy sauce) and cook until the veggies are warm, about one more minute.
• Taste and add additional Tamari or soy sauce if desired.
• Serve topped with chopped chives or other herbs of choice, chopped scallions, or even a little crumbled bacon for the carnivores' portions if you like. We like to pass the Sriracha with this fried rice, as well.

SCRAMBLED TOFU WITH TOMATOES, SCALLIONS AND SOY SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the oil in a deep skillet over medium heat. When hot, add the tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until their juices release and they begin to dry out slightly, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Crumble the tofu with your fingers and add it to the pan along with the scallions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tofu is heated through and dried out a bit, 5 to 10 minutes. Serve, drizzling with soy sauce at the table. Note: To make Scrambled Tofu With Corn, Tomatoes and Basil, use olive oil instead of neutral oil and reduce the amount of tomatoes to 1 cup. Substitute 3/4-cup corn kernels for the scallions and stir in some chopped fresh basil before serving. Skip the soy sauce and drizzle with a little more olive oil at the table if you like.

SCRAMBLED TOFU

Steps:

• Crumble tofu with your fingers.
• Combine with nutritional yeast.
• Mix together soy sauce, turmeric, onion powder and garlic powder; add to tofu mixture.
• Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray.
• Add tofu mixture to skillet.
• Cook over medium to high heat, turning with an egg turner or spatula, for several minutes.
• Add salt and pepper.
• VARIATION: If desired, you can make Vegetable Scrambled Tofu.
• Before adding tofu to the skillet, saute 2 sliced mushrooms, 1 T chopped onion and 1 T chopped green pepper.
• Add tofu and continue as above.
• To add additional color use a bit more tumeric. It is what supplies the color.

SCRAMBLED TOFU MIX (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in an airtight jar or Ziploc bag.
• To serve: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet. Crumble 1 12 oz. box of extra-firm silken tofu into a large bowl and mix in 1/4 cup (or more) Scrambled Tofu Mix. Mix until tofu is well coated, but do not mash the tofu too much. A plastic spatula works best. You want it to resemble the texture of scrambled eggs. Add to skillet and brown. Serve with salt, pepper, hot sauce, and extra nutritional yeast, if desired. Attach instructions to jar if giving as a gift.
• You can add any veggies you like. Simply sautee them before adding the tofu mixture to the skillet or use cooked, leftover veggies.

SCRAMBLED TOFU ON TOAST

Steps:

• Crumble the tofu and fry it in the vegetable oil and butter until evenly cooked.
• Add the turmeric, herbs, and salt and pepper to taste. Saute a further few minutes.
• Serve on crispy wholemeal toast spread with butter.
• This is the basic recipe... you can also add grated cheese, fried mushrooms, sweet or hot peppers, onions, garlic, or anything you like to this mixture to make it to your taste! Experiment and enjoy!

ANY-TIME-OF-DAY SCRAMBLED TOFU BURRITOS

Steps:

• Drain the tofu and cut into 1/2-inch slices. Blot well between layers of paper towels.
• Heat the margarine in a medium skillet. Add the tofu and mash with a potato masher or large fork.
• Stir in the salsa and curry powder to taste, then cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, until heated through. Turn up the heat and cook a little longer if there is excess liquid that needs to evaporate.
• Divide the scrambled tofu mixture among the tortillas, placing it in the center of each in a kind of oblong shape, and leaving room at each end. Sprinkle some cheese over the tofu (3 to 4 tablespoons for each tortilla).
• Microwave each burrito for 30 to 40 seconds, or until the cheese is melted. Fold two ends over the tofu mixture, then roll up the rest. Repeat with each burrito, then serve at once.
• menu suggestions
• See the suggestions for the previous recipe, Tofu Rancheros (page 58), which work just as well with this dish.
• nutrition information
• Calories: 314
• Total Fat: 16g
• Protein: 11g
• Carbohydrates: 34g
• Fiber: 3g
• Sodium: 840mg

ANNA'S SCRAMBLED TOFU

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tofu, olives, and garlic. Cover skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until tofu is lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Add nutritional yeast and tamari; stir until coated and nutritional yeast is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes.

DELICIOUS SCRAMBLED TOFU

Steps:

• Crumble tofu with hands.
• In a skillet mix tofu and everything except the tomatoes together well. Heat for 5 to 8 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and then continue heating until thoroughly heated (about 5 to 8 minutes more.

SCRAMBLED TOFU WITH HERBS AND CHEESE BY DEBORAH MADISON

Steps:

• Drain the tofu, wrap it in a towel, and press while you gather the rest of the ingredients.
• In a medium skillet, heat olive oil and butter.
• When oil and butter are hot, crumble the tofu into the pan in pieces about the size of scrambled egg curds.
• Sprinkle with the turmeric, season with salt, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until dry and firm (but not hard), for 3-5 minutes.
• Add the herbs and cheese, taste and season with pepper.
• Serve with a dash of paprika over the top.

SCRAMBLED TOFU WITH VEG AND BASMATI RICE

Steps:

• Rinse the rice in a sieve under cold running water.
• Heat up a tablespoon of olive oil in heavy based pan until it's very hot. Add rice and fry gently for 1 minute. Add the pint of cold water, bring to the boil then turn down to lowest heat clamping lid on tightly. Do not open the lid for next ten minutes, so set your timer.
• While this is going on, heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and add the onions. Then add the spices and tofu and keep stirring it. After the tofu has coloured a bit and gone squishy, add the rest of the veg and keep stirring.
• When the timer goes off, check the rice. It should look puckered with little holes. Stir it to check if there is any remaining water hiding underneath. If there is, keep it on the heat uncovered for 5 minutes to evaporate the water.
• Once there is no water, add the veg and tofu to the rice and stir. Add the soy sauce and taste. Add more chili, garlic or Chinese 5 spice, salt or pepper as per your liking, then eat it. I think this makes enough for 4 people, 3 very hungry people, or one husband.

SCRAMBLED TOFU

Steps:

• Combine ingredients for SPICE BLEND and set aside until needed.
• In skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Saute onions for 3 minutes, until softened; add the mushrooms, saute for 5 minutes; add the garlic, saute for 2 minutes.
• Add the SPICE BLEND and mix it up for 15 seconds or so. Add 1/4 cup water to deglaze the pan, scraping the bottom to get all the garlic and spices.
• Crumble in the tofu in big chunks and mix well, being careful not to crush it; use a lifting motion when stirring it around; you want it to remain chunky. Allow to cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding splashes of water if necessary to keep it from sticking too much. Lower the heat a bit if you find that the tofu is sticking.
• Add the lemon juice.
• Add the nutritional yeast and mix it up.
• If the mixture is sticking to the pan, add spashes of water. The moistness really depends on how much water the tofu was retaining before you added it.
• Grate the carrot into the tofu mixture and fold.
• Serve with guacamole and salsa and potatoes and toast and tempeh bacon.
• VARIATIONS:.
• Tofu Rancheros: Add 1 cup of salsa at the end, cook for 1 minute extra.
• Asian-Style Scrambled Tofu: Add 2 tablespoons of minced ginger with the garlic, use peanut oil instead of olive oil, substitute shiitake mushrooms, and omit the thyme and nutritional yeast. Mix in 1 cup of thinly sliced scallions at the very end.

SCRAMBLED TOFU WITH COLLARDS AND TURMERIC

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic, onion, turmeric, and ginger until vegetables are tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in collard greens and 2 tablespoons water and cook until greens are bright green and tender, about 2 minutes.
• Add crumbled tofu and cook, stirring, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

SCRAMBLED TOFU & TOMATO

Steps:

• Simply crumble the tofu in your hands into a bowl. Now chop and quickly fry off the onion and dice the pepper and do the same. Now dice the tomatoes and throw these in with the tofu and a pinch of tumeric. Grind in your pepper and salt and cook until the tofu is warm and ready. Right at the last throw in some torn basil leaves and serve! I like to serve it on some toasted, sprouted bread and with some baby spinach leaves drizzled with olive oil.

SOFT TACOS WITH SCRAMBLED TOFU AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes, garlic and chile in a blender, and blend until smooth.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high, and add the cumin. Stir together, and when the pan is quite hot, pour in the blended tomato mixture. It should sizzle. Cook, stirring, about five minutes, until the sauce is thick, dark and fragrant, and your spoon leaves a canal when you run it down the center of the pan. Add salt to taste.
• Add the tofu to the pan, and mash it into the sauce using the back of your spoon. Add the soy sauce, and continue to cook for another five minutes, stirring and mashing the tofu. Stir in the cilantro. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Heat the tortillas and place two on each plate. Top with the tofu mixture and serve, passing salsa on the side.