Deep-Fried Bean Curd¡¡
Ingredients:


14 oz (400 g) fresh bean curd (tofu)
1/4 tsp scallions, chopped
1/4 fresh ginger, chopped
1 tbsp salt, or to taste
1 tsp rice wine
3 cups (750 ml) vegetable oil for deep-frying; uses about 3 1/2
oz (100 ml)
2 tbsp (30 g) flour
2 eggs
1/4 tsp MSG

Directions:




1. Cut the bean curd into 1/4 inch (6 mm) diamonds. Spread on a dish
sprinkle with the scallions, ginger, MSG, salt, and rice wine. Let marinate.
Beat the eggs.

2. Heat the oil in a wok to about 210oF(100oC), or until small bubbles
just appear around a piece of scallion green or ginger when tossed into the
oil. Dip the bean curd into the flour and then into the egg. Add to the oil
a few pieces at a time. Deep-fry until brown. Remove and drain well. Place
in a dish. Garnish with cooked green leaves and serve.




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Nicholas Zhou wrote:
Deep-Fried Bean Curd¡¡

Now that sounds healthy -- just what these chubby, depressed vegans need.

Ingredients:
3 cups (750 ml) vegetable oil for deep-frying; uses about 3 1/2
oz (100 ml)

You can estimate how much oil is absorbed by the tofu by measuring the
leftover oil. Three cups of vegetable oil contains 5760 calories. Each
missing tablespoon raises the tofu's caloric content by 120. Tofu
already has over 50% calories from fat. A hundred grams of plain tofu
has 76 calories.

Nutritional Data for 100 grams of TOFU; RAW, REGULAR
Mean value per 100.00 grams edible part; 0.0% refuse
Portions: 1/4 BLOCK = 116.00 gm, 1/2 C = 124.00 gm
51.8% Cals from fat, 39.8% Cals from protein, 8.3% Cals from
carbs.
http://tinyurl.com/u2v3

Prepackaged fried tofu is also listed in the USDA database. One-hundred
grams of fried tofu has 271 calories. Your recipe called for 400g.

Nutritional Data for 100 grams of TOFU; FRIED, PREPARED
W/CALCIUM SULFATE
Mean value per 100.00 grams edible part; 0.0% refuse
Portions: 1 PIECE = 13.00 gm, 100 gm = 100.00 gm
62.5% Cals from fat, 24.2% Cals from protein, 13.3% Cals from
carbs.
http://tinyurl.com/u2vi

By comparison, one McDonald's Big Mac has 600 calories and 300 of those
from fat. True, tofu won't have cholesterol, but the protein:fat ratio
is still about the same.

2 tbsp (30 g) flour
2 eggs

Hey, eggs aren't vegan.

snip

Don't take this personally, Nicholas. I'm going to start analyzing other
recipes when they're too fatty or too sugary. Many recipes offered in
this group are categorically unhealthy, even for "vegans." It's time
these people shape up.

Yes. Did you see the sentence "Dip the bean curd into the flour and then
into the egg"? We do have eggs in this recipe.

Nicholas


"WorldsWorst" wrote in message
...
Eggs???
"Nicholas Zhou" wrote in message
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Deep-Fried Bean Curd¡¡
Ingredients:


14 oz (400 g) fresh bean curd (tofu)
1/4 tsp scallions, chopped
1/4 fresh ginger, chopped
1 tbsp salt, or to taste
1 tsp rice wine
3 cups (750 ml) vegetable oil for deep-frying; uses about 3
1/2
oz (100 ml)
2 tbsp (30 g) flour
2 eggs
1/4 tsp MSG

Directions:




1. Cut the bean curd into 1/4 inch (6 mm) diamonds. Spread on a
dish
sprinkle with the scallions, ginger, MSG, salt, and rice wine. Let
marinate.
Beat the eggs.

2. Heat the oil in a wok to about 210oF(100oC), or until small
bubbles
just appear around a piece of scallion green or ginger when tossed into
the
oil. Dip the bean curd into the flour and then into the egg. Add to the
oil
a few pieces at a time. Deep-fry until brown. Remove and drain well.
Place
in a dish. Garnish with cooked green leaves and serve.




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"Nicholas Zhou" wrote in message
...
Yes. Did you see the sentence "Dip the bean curd into the flour and then
into the egg"? We do have eggs in this recipe.

Nicholas

Dude, did you read the group name "alt.food.vegan"?

You can just replace the eggs and flour with cornstarch/cornflour.

"WorldsWorst" wrote in message ...
Eggs???
"Nicholas Zhou" wrote in message
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Deep-Fried Bean Curd¡¡
Ingredients:


14 oz (400 g) fresh bean curd (tofu)
1/4 tsp scallions, chopped
1/4 fresh ginger, chopped
1 tbsp salt, or to taste
1 tsp rice wine
3 cups (750 ml) vegetable oil for deep-frying; uses about 3
1/2
oz (100 ml)
2 tbsp (30 g) flour
2 eggs
1/4 tsp MSG

Directions:




1. Cut the bean curd into 1/4 inch (6 mm) diamonds. Spread on a dish
sprinkle with the scallions, ginger, MSG, salt, and rice wine. Let
marinate.
Beat the eggs.

2. Heat the oil in a wok to about 210oF(100oC), or until small
bubbles
just appear around a piece of scallion green or ginger when tossed into
the
oil. Dip the bean curd into the flour and then into the egg. Add to the
oil
a few pieces at a time. Deep-fry until brown. Remove and drain well. Place
in a dish. Garnish with cooked green leaves and serve.




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Eggs???
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Deep-Fried Bean Curd¡¡
Ingredients:


14 oz (400 g) fresh bean curd (tofu)
1/4 tsp scallions, chopped
1/4 fresh ginger, chopped
1 tbsp salt, or to taste
1 tsp rice wine
3 cups (750 ml) vegetable oil for deep-frying; uses about 3
1/2
oz (100 ml)
2 tbsp (30 g) flour
2 eggs
1/4 tsp MSG

Directions:




1. Cut the bean curd into 1/4 inch (6 mm) diamonds. Spread on a dish
sprinkle with the scallions, ginger, MSG, salt, and rice wine. Let
marinate.
Beat the eggs.

2. Heat the oil in a wok to about 210oF(100oC), or until small
bubbles
just appear around a piece of scallion green or ginger when tossed into
the
oil. Dip the bean curd into the flour and then into the egg. Add to the
oil
a few pieces at a time. Deep-fry until brown. Remove and drain well. Place
in a dish. Garnish with cooked green leaves and serve.




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Once you deep fry tofu, you have turned it into something VERY unhealthy. Anytime
you have tofu, ask to have it steamed, or at most, stir fried with as little oil as possible.

Bob


MrFalafel wrote:

You can just replace the eggs and flour with cornstarch/cornflour.

"WorldsWorst" wrote in message ...
Eggs???
"Nicholas Zhou" wrote in message
...
Deep-Fried Bean Curd¡¡
Ingredients:


14 oz (400 g) fresh bean curd (tofu)
1/4 tsp scallions, chopped
1/4 fresh ginger, chopped
1 tbsp salt, or to taste
1 tsp rice wine
3 cups (750 ml) vegetable oil for deep-frying; uses about 3
1/2
oz (100 ml)
2 tbsp (30 g) flour
2 eggs
1/4 tsp MSG

Directions:




1. Cut the bean curd into 1/4 inch (6 mm) diamonds. Spread on a dish
sprinkle with the scallions, ginger, MSG, salt, and rice wine. Let
marinate.
Beat the eggs.

2. Heat the oil in a wok to about 210oF(100oC), or until small
bubbles
just appear around a piece of scallion green or ginger when tossed into
the
oil. Dip the bean curd into the flour and then into the egg. Add to the
oil
a few pieces at a time. Deep-fry until brown. Remove and drain well. Place
in a dish. Garnish with cooked green leaves and serve.




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Beach wrote:
Once you deep fry tofu, you have turned it into something VERY unhealthy. Anytime
you have tofu, ask to have it steamed, or at most, stir fried with as little oil as possible.

Correct! It's much healthier to squeeze out the water and bake it before
using if one wants the firmer, crispier texture without excess calories
and threat of free radicals from deep fried foods.

Beach wrote in message ...
Once you deep fry tofu, you have turned it into something VERY unhealthy. Anytime
you have tofu, ask to have it steamed, or at most, stir fried with as little oil as possible.

Bob


Everything in moderation. If enjoying fresh cooked falafels is wrong
then I don't want to be right.

Deep fried tofu is great. I have a great recipe for 'British Style
faux Fish and Chips' that I make a couple of times a year. Great
treat. In moderation.

I drive fast, drink beer, go to smokey pubs, visit loud nightclubs and
eat deep fried food. All in moderation. I call it 'enjoying life to
the fullest'.

I'd rather die at age 75 and enjoy each minute of those years than
live to be 105 surviving on steamed vegetables and hiding from life
and flavour.

But it's all about different strokes for different folks, right?

I'm inspired by a comedy routine that Bill Hicks did many years ago:

"Ever seen that commercial Yul Brynner did right before he died? 'I'm
Yul Brynner and I'm dead now because I smoked cigarettes.' Okay.
That's pretty scary, but they could have done that with anyone. How
about Jim Fixx! Remember the big runner who died while jogging! 'I'm
Jim Fixx and I'm dead now and I don't know what the **** happened. I
jogged every day, ate nothing but tofu, swam 500 laps every morning.
Yul Brynner drank, smoked and got laid every night of his life. I'm
running around a dewy track at dawn, and Yul's passing me on his way
home in his big, long limousine, cigarette in one hand, drink in the
other, two girls blowing him. Where did I go wrong ?!'

"Yep, they're both dead. But what a healthy-looking corpse you were,
Jim--look at the hamstrings on that corpse. Look at the sloppy grin on
Yul's corpse!"

I do enjoy stir fired tofu and tofu in soups. But I also enjoy malt
vinegar soaked tofu in beer batter that's been deep fried served with
chips along with a few beers.

Life is too short to waste on dull food.


Beach wrote in message ...
But stir fried tofu is so healthy and and so is tofu in soup. Why not enjoy nature with
pleasure? To me eating and working out is part of our daily habits.



MrFalafel wrote:

Beach wrote in message ...
Once you deep fry tofu, you have turned it into something VERY unhealthy. Anytime
you have tofu, ask to have it steamed, or at most, stir fried with as little oil as possible.

Bob


Everything in moderation. If enjoying fresh cooked falafels is wrong
then I don't want to be right.

Deep fried tofu is great. I have a great recipe for 'British Style
faux Fish and Chips' that I make a couple of times a year. Great
treat. In moderation.

I drive fast, drink beer, go to smokey pubs, visit loud nightclubs and
eat deep fried food. All in moderation. I call it 'enjoying life to
the fullest'.

I'd rather die at age 75 and enjoy each minute of those years than
live to be 105 surviving on steamed vegetables and hiding from life
and flavour.

But it's all about different strokes for different folks, right?

I'm inspired by a comedy routine that Bill Hicks did many years ago:

"Ever seen that commercial Yul Brynner did right before he died? 'I'm
Yul Brynner and I'm dead now because I smoked cigarettes.' Okay.
That's pretty scary, but they could have done that with anyone. How
about Jim Fixx! Remember the big runner who died while jogging! 'I'm
Jim Fixx and I'm dead now and I don't know what the **** happened. I
jogged every day, ate nothing but tofu, swam 500 laps every morning.
Yul Brynner drank, smoked and got laid every night of his life. I'm
running around a dewy track at dawn, and Yul's passing me on his way
home in his big, long limousine, cigarette in one hand, drink in the
other, two girls blowing him. Where did I go wrong ?!'

"Yep, they're both dead. But what a healthy-looking corpse you were,
Jim--look at the hamstrings on that corpse. Look at the sloppy grin on
Yul's corpse!"

"Nicholas Zhou" wrote in message .. .

2 eggs
1/4 tsp MSG

Since the name of the group is alt.food.VEGAN it might be nice if you
posted vegan recipies.

Steve