Tofu Jerky. It’s what’s for lunch.

6 pieces of jerky is roughly 6 ounces of  fresh tofu.  Some baby carrots and you have a high-protein, low calorie, yet filling lunch.

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And yes, I had already eaten a few before I took the picture.  Do remember to drink plenty of water with it, there is a bit of salt here.

Tofu Jerky 2015

Well, I’m back.

It’s been a long time since I made tofu jerky.  Life got in the way.  And the last time I tried to make it, well, it went wrong.  I didn’t use a strong enough marinate and the tofu went bad.  It was nasty.

Anyway, despite all that, and this blog getting hacked more than once, I still have one of the top 10 links for Tofu Jerky on my old page (chairthrower.org/tofujerky) but If you go to the link for the original recipe it’s all there now.

I made it today and my kids helped.  I did three pounds of tofu and the following, simplified recipe:

1 cup soy sauce
2 T liquid smoke
2 cloves garlic
1 T maple syrup
1 t ground black pepper

I marinated it in the refrigerator overnight.  It’s drying now:

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The kids are excited about it–it’s been so long, the kids don’t even remember having it.   Our 6 year old did not remember seeing the food dehydrator before.

I’ll probably make the stuff more often now.  I’ll also do some tweaking to the recipe.  I now realize I can probably get about 4 pounds of tofu at once into my food dehydrator, and I could do different recipes at a time.  Just looking around the net at some of the other recipes that have sprung up in the last 5-10 years, there’s experimentation to be done with smoked paprika, tomato paste, etc.

Perhaps I can regain my rightful place as the leading tofu jerky site on the net.  It may be an uphill battle, but I will try.