Received 14:41:52 on 07/09/91, Posting # 26 ***** Subject: rec.food.veg tofu jerky From: Jerome Grimmer Article 17140 of rec.food.veg: Path: usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uf lorida!gatech!mcnc!borg!smith!kupstas From: kupstas@smith.cs.unc.edu (Eileen Kupstas) Newsgroups: rec.food.veg Subject: Tofu jerky Message-ID: <4781@borg.cs.unc.edu> Date: 8 Jul 91 17:00:29 GMT Sender: news@cs.unc.edu Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 28 I recently got a food dehydrator, and one of my first goals was to get a tolerable tofu jerky for camping. Now I think I have the start of a good recipe, so I'm posting to get hints from anyone else who might have tried this. The method I've tried is: Get VERY FIRM tofu ( I use Bean Mountian brand- it's so firm that it is almost impossible to mash with a fork for tofu burgers.) Slice into 1/8" slices Marinate in a soy, garlic, etc. marinade for about three hours (I'm going to try a vinegar barbecue sauce next time..) Put in dehydrator at about 130 (F) for about 6 hours Mine turned a nice jerky-like brown and was more chewy than crunchy - maybe I should dehydrate longer - but tasted quite good. A commercial version I have seen looks as if the tofu has been mashed and pressed into shape, so maybe that works, too. The same theory would probably work in an oven at low heat; I haven't tried that. Becoming a happier camper.. Eileen -- Abort, Retry, Fail, Panic? P According to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Don't Panic. Abort, Retry, Fail? F According to teachers at SIUC, don't fail. So what am I supposed to do? *****