Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, tofu caprese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tofu Caprese is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Tofu Caprese is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Season, add the tofu and turn carefully to coat it in the marinade. Tofu Caprese Skewers- this EASY vegan appetizer recipe is just like the classic but with tofu instead of mozzarella cheese. So excited for you to try these!
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook tofu caprese using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tofu Caprese:
- Get 1.5 oz tofu (extra firm, firm or soft as desired)
- Prepare 1 tomato
- Make ready 2-3 Basil leaves
- Get Olive oil
- Make ready Salt
- Get Black pepper
So all we need to do to it is give it some flavor. This Tomato and Silken Tofu Caprese Salad recipe is a take on a recipe in David Chang's Momofuku cookbook for cherry tomatoes and silken tofu in a soy vinaigrette with shiso leaves. It's Chang's version of a caprese salad, and it's delicious (and you can see photos of it being made here ). Replace the mozzarella with tofu to make this caprese salad completely vegan, and absolutely refreshing!
Steps to make Tofu Caprese:
- Remove water from tofu as much as possible and slice when ready. (You can wrap tofu with kitchen papers and let it sit for an hour. Add weight if necessary.)
- Slice tomato.
- Place sliced tofu and tomato alternately on a plate.
- Spray olive oil over and add salt & pepper.
- Break basil leaves with fingers and sprinkle over.
- FYI - I used this extra firm tofu from Trader’s Joe.
- FYI - olive oil spray is just for convenience. Of course regular olive oil is as good!
Cut tofu to desired size and shape; set aside. In a small pot add vinegar and sugar and set it to medium-high heat.. It's a delicious and refreshing Caprese salad made with fresh basil, tomatoes and tofu "mozzarella cheese". Even if you are not vegan, this healthy salad is also great to help weight loss in summer. Support OneGreenPlanet Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content.
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