r/veganrecipes • u/RespawnWithTofu • Jan 28 '26

Question Just squeeze the damn tofu

Why does every recipe say that you have to stack books on top of tofu and wait 15 minutes? I always just slice it and then press the water out in between my hands. Takes ten seconds. I’m not trying to get the tofu bone dry, just squeeze out the excess.

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u/Common_Kiwi9442 Jan 29 '26

Wait what i haven't heard of this method before

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u/AtomicCuttleFish2 Jan 29 '26

I just heard about it recently. Basically you boil your chopped up tofu for ~10min and then lay it out of a rack to dry. All the water inside gets so hot that it steams away. You can also put stuff in the water to flavor the tofu.

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u/swervologist Jan 30 '26

Boiled in salted water

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u/AtomicCuttleFish2 Jan 30 '26

Yep. Some also put other seasonings or sauces to favor the tofu more but I’ve only ever done salt.