Soft Tacos With Scrambled Tofu and Tomatoes
Updated Feb. 1, 2023

- Total Time
- 25 minutes
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Ingredients
- 114-ounce can tomatoes, drained
- 2large garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 1serrano or jalapeño chile, seeded if desired and chopped (more if you like things really hot)
- 1tablespoon canola oil
- 1small or ½ medium onion, chopped
- 1teaspoon lightly toasted cumin seeds, ground
- Salt to taste
- 112-ounce box medium or firm silken tofu, drained
- Soy sauce to taste
- ¼cup chopped cilantro
- 8corn tortillas
- Salsa
Preparation
- Step 1
Combine the tomatoes, garlic and chile in a blender, and blend until smooth.
- Step 2
Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high, and add the cumin. Stir together, and when the pan is quite hot, pour in the blended tomato mixture. It should sizzle. Cook, stirring, about five minutes, until the sauce is thick, dark and fragrant, and your spoon leaves a canal when you run it down the center of the pan. Add salt to taste.
- Step 3
Add the tofu to the pan, and mash it into the sauce using the back of your spoon. Add the soy sauce, and continue to cook for another five minutes, stirring and mashing the tofu. Stir in the cilantro. Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Step 4
Heat the tortillas and place two on each plate. Top with the tofu mixture and serve, passing salsa on the side.
- Advance preparation: Unlike scrambled eggs, scrambled tofu keeps well for a couple of days. You can reheat it — I even like to eat this dish cold for a quick lunch.
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Loved it! I followed the recipe exactly, and only changes I would consider making for next time are to either use more tomato or less tofu. I found that the lovely tomato flavor was getting a little muffled
If tofu isn't one of your favorite things, try this with ricotta.
Mexicans call it requesón. It adds dairy to the recipe and its
quite yummy.
This was great. It would be good with a hard taco shell or even as a dip with taco chips.
This was very wet and did not easily make a taco. It would be an acceptable soup.
Added extra tomatoes and wound up with a pasta sauce. Whoops
So simple, and very tasty. Definitely toast the cumin. Also made guacamole to add as a topper.