Why You Should Freeze Tofu

A happy accident

Sawaddee Ka 🙏🏼

Recently I asked my husband to put away groceries and “freeze all the protein.” Later I opened the freezer to find my tube of silken tofu hard as a rock. Well, he wasn’t wrong cuz tofu IS protein, but unlike meat, frozen tofu doesn’t just thaw back into smooth silky tofu. It turns into an entirely different animal (pun intended).

I knew that frozen tofu was a thing people do in parts of China and Japan, but had never done it myself because it’s not something Thai people do. So it was a good opportunity to explore a new cooking technique.

I found it to be such a fascinating thing that I wanted to share all my learning in a YouTube video and blog post: The Science of Frozen Tofu and 4 Ways to Cook It.

In this video I talk about:

• What happens to tofu after freezing and why

• Why you might want to do it on purpose

• How to cook with frozen tofu

• And a rant 😉

Have you cooked with frozen tofu before? Share your ideas with us!