General Tso's Tofu

Yummy yummy. Taste just like General Tso's but a little lighter. Ate it with brown rice and veggies. This was my first time having tofu and I think I'll try it atleast once a month. Took me about 1 hour =( to make. Just had to update, I couldn't wait to make this again! I've been craving it so I'm making it for lunch today. I doubled the sauce this time since it was so yummy.

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I loved this! I doubled the sauce and used extra firm tofu that I had frozen and then thawed. I cut it in 1/2 in pieces. I forgot to buy fresh ginger so I used dried. Thanks for a great recipe.

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I've made this twice now, the second time with 2 tablespoons sugar because my husband thought it was too sweet. Much better with only 2. Next time I'll double the sauce because it seemed like was just barely enough. This was also my very first tofu recipe, and it's definately a keeper.

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I made it twice already and it's great each time. First time I got a box of Extra Firm but thought it was too hard so next time bought Firm tofu. I like it MUCH better with Firm because it has a crunchy outside but soft inside. Next time I'll try it with less sugar and less cornstarch, but great recipe overall!

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Having always had an absolute loathing of tofu it was quite a step for me to try this. I am SO glad I did!! Being aware in the past that tofu often ends up tasting just of..well..tofu, I combined part of another recipe I found on the Zaar and pressed and marinated the firm tofu as per Asian Style Savoury Baked Tofu. I then cooked the rest of the recipe as stated - though I halved the sugar and added sugar snap peas, red pepper, mushrooms, zucchini and carrots to make it a more substantial stir-fry. ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!! I am converted :-)

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Awesome flavor! I had trouble with the coating sticking to my tofu cubes. I really liked how the clumps of eggy cornstarch tasted in the sauce though, and in the future will probably just skip the tofu and make cornstarch eggs in the sauce over rice. In spite of the texture, it tasted awesome.

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This is my first review and my first tofu recipe. This was a great success! I made this for my taste-challenged mother and she loved it as well. Thanks!!

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This is the best tofu recipe ever! I followed the directions exactly, it was simply perfect. I will definitely make this again!

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Since becoming a vegetarian 9 years ago, I haven't eaten anything quite like this. The flavor was excellent, and I enjoyed the tougher texture of the pre-frozen tofu. I hope that it is as good reheated.

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I agree with Kavita. I think that there is too much cornstarch mixture for what you're cooking. I used a box of extra firm cubed tofu, froze it, thawed and drained it, and squeezed all the moisture out and dumped the tofu into the egg (we used egg beaters), and then added the cornstarch. I think we need less of that egg/cornstarch mix because the tofu doesn't get coated well by the sauce, and it had a very distinct cornstarchy flavor which I did not like as much, but I def. think that after we adjust it a bit, we'll be eating it for dinner all the time.

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Excellent! Next time I'll make more sauce- it's very good.

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I used asparagus instead of broccoli and regular onions instead of green in an effort to use what I had on hand. This is a pretty good recipe, although I don't think I'll make it on a weeknight again as I made a big mess with the cornstarch, egg, and frying.

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This was my first time cooking with tofu and this was a good recipe to start with. I could still tell that it was tofu, but I thought it had good flavor. Mine really fell apart, but I think that was my own fault not the recipe (I used silken tofu). I had a hard time rating it, because I didn't have much reference to tofu. Great weeknight meal. So easy too. Thanks for the keeper.

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Awesome tofu recipe! Goes together in a flash too! I used 2 teaspoons of oil to fry the tofu in and found it to be plenty, then I just used cooking spray to saute the green onion mixture in an effort to cut back on the oil. Several items are included in the directions but not included in the list of Ingredients. I served with garlic cauliflower; however, there was barely enough for the three of us. As another reviewer noted, I think smaller chunks of tofu would have been better to distribute the sauce. All in all, wonderful new tofu recipe for my files, thanks!

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Fantastic. The sauce is so tasty, it's such a keeper! I used Cauldron marinated tofu bites to skip the pre-frying and stirfried veg before adding the sauce and hubby and I LOVED it. Thank you!

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Man! This recipe is tasty! I made this as a lower salt alternative to my husband's high salt take-out. He loved it and the toddler liked the 'tofu nuggets' without the sauce. Sine no review would be complete without substitutions...I didn't have any green onions so, I sauted 1/4 of a yellow onion to add some texture to the sauce. Tonight, we are adding baby corn to the steamed broccoli. Thanks for posting!

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Wow! This was amazing!! I had never made tofu at home and was a little worried that it would turn out ok, but I didn't need to worry, as it turned out fantastic! The sauce was very good, although I did half the sugar. I also used extra-firm tofu, and it turned out great. The family loved this and asked me to double it next time as there wasn't enough! Thanks so much for posting an easy, yummy way to make tofu! We will definitely be making this again and again!!

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Did not know tofu could be so good! The recipe is perfect.

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Loved it a lot and will make again and again. My only reservation and why I haven't given 5 stars is that I used half the amount of sugar called for in the recipe and that was plenty sweet enough for our tastes. Also took others advice and kept the tofu pieces fairly small. Otherwise I kept everything as is and it was a great hit. Thanks.

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Fantastic recipe...I've made this quite a few times already.

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