And they just straight up fucking ignore me when I tell them how to make it less shitty. Like this guy who just straight up dumps plain unmarinated tofu into the deep fryer, causing it to just shrivel up, dry out, have shit texture and no flavor, and then he's surprised when people don't eat it. Literally all he'd have to do to make it 20x better is marinate it in nothing but diluted soy sauce, it would absorb flavor and develop a good tasting savory crust when fried. But noooope! It takes literally no effort but he's not doing that
This chicken marsala I'm eating right now is dog shit and I KNEW it'd be dog shit because all he did was cut the chicken thighs in half, dredge it (in flour insufficiently seasoned) and deep fry it and then toss it in a sauce that was so thin it immediately ran off
Holy fucking fucked to death shit, how hard is it to rub the chicken the night before and let it develop some flavor? As it is, it's flavorless chicken with flavorless breading in a sauce that IMO shouldn't be allowed to call itself a sauce (i think if your sauce doesn't stick to shit there's no fucking point in using it)
But if I say anything about how the quality of food is the reason people aren't coming in to eat people act like i'm an asshole
Also gotta press the tofu in the marinade so it draws it in like a sponge.
Boil for a minute in salt, then press, then marinate
I haven't found that to be very necessary but i'll do it for things like making vegan feta cheese
I just parboil my tofu with salt and let it rest in a collander before I fry or use it in a stir fry.
Yeah this is the Chinese method as far as I'm aware and it's what I do
I don't have half a functioning brain when it comes to cooking, never thought about trying that 😅 I'll keep it in mind for my next attempt with tofu!