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Salt and pepper tofu.

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30+ terrific tofu recipes

Nutritious, affordable and convenient, tofu is the ultimate healthy convenience food. Dress it up with some chilli, soy and herbs, and you have yourself a delicious supper – or bulk out your meat dishes for extra protein and flavour.

31 recipes
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EASY

Scrambled curried tofu with spinach and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Chilled silken tofu dressed with ginger and crispy chilli sauce.
EASY

Karen Martini's chilled silken tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Serve this spicy Sichuan stir-fry with steamed greens and rice.
EASY

Karen Martini's ma po tofu with chicken and wood ear fungus

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Spring soba noodle salad.
EASY

Karen Martini's soba noodle salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Poached chicken, cucumber and silken tofu salad.

Neil Perry's chicken and silken tofu salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Salt and pepper tofu.
EASY

Salt and pepper tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Skip the fish sauce to keep this broth vegetarian.
EASY

Big, clear vegetable soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry serves this Korean-style braise with short-grain sushi rice.
EASY

Neil Perry's Korean-style braised chicken with tofu

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Hetty McKinnon's vegan laksa.

Vegan laksa noodle soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon
Speedy, vegan -friendly pho.
EASY

Vegan pho with charred broccoli and tofu

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon
Prawns, wakame and ponzu on tofu.

Prawns, wakame and ponzu on tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Simple steamed scallops and tofu with a spicy dressing.
EASY

Neil Perry's spicy steamed scallops and tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Serve this miso and sake braised chicken and tofu with rice or noodles.

Neil Perry's sake-braised chicken and tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Roast pumpkin, fried tofu and coconut laksa.

Pumpkin, fried tofu and coconut laksa

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve this tofu dish hot or cold.
EASY

Steamed silken tofu with black vinegar and chilli oil

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Fuchsia Dunlop's mapo tofu
EASY

Fuchsia Dunlop's mapo tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Fuchsia Dunlop
This sticky stir-fry should convert tofu skeptics.
EASY

Maple, soy and sesame tofu with brown rice and greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
One-pot nasi goreng served with crispy fried shallots, sambal oelek and soft-boiled eggs.
EASY

One-pot chicken nasi goreng

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Mushroom larb.
EASY

Adam Liaw's mushroom larb

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Beef ma po tofu.
EASY

Beef ma po tofu recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Ma po tofu jaffles with mayonnaise and chilli.

Ma po tofu jaffles

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's black pepper tofu with eggplant.
EASY

Black pepper tofu with eggplant

  • < 30 mins
Kylie Kwong's refreshing silken tofu with vegetables, chilli and ginger.
EASY

Refreshing silken tofu with vegetables, chilli and ginger

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
Because tofu has no pronounced flavour of its own, it can take pungent and strong dressings.

Deep-fried silken tofu with black bean, chilli and coriander

  • Kylie Kwong
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Vegan pad Thai noodles.
EASY

Vegan pad Thai noodles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Spicy hot beef and tofu.
EASY

Spicy hot beef and tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
This tofu dish is ready in five minutes.
EASY

Silken tofu with onion and garlic

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's stir-fried silken tofu with black vinegar.
EASY

Stir-fried silken tofu recipe with black vinegar and mustard greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Beef Black bean and silken tofu

Beef, black bean and silken tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Melissa Leong's mapo tofu.

Cheat's mapo tofu

  • < 30 mins
  • Melissa Leong
Eat your greens: Green tea noodle bowl with broccoli and edamame.
EASY

Green noodle bowl with broccoli

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/30-terrific-tofu-recipes-20220708-h24y8i.html