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I’m kind of terrible with tofu and thick sauces; even with extra firm tofu that I’ve pressed and frozen/unfrozen, I manage to make it crumble about 90% of the time, so this is always wizardry to me.
Granted, I don’t deep fry it because it’s such a huge pain to deep fry so that’s probably my problem…
Do you think that seitan would hold up well with this? I’d think it’d mimic chicken well, while the tofu is moreso the paneer replacement.
I dunno, Tofu is literally soy paneer made in the same way I feel like it is its most natural replacement lol
I buy the extra firm and press it for an hour to get as much moisture out as I can. Then toss it in some corn starch and make until it's crispy.
Tofu/Paneer is usually added at the end of the cooking process exactly for the reason you described, not making it crumble. And instead of deep-frying, you can shallow fry the tofu cubes on a frying pan, just so the sides are browned. You could also air-fry the cubes instead to achieve similar browning. And since the tofu is already cooked after frying, you can add it at the end and give it a gentle stir to mix it in :)
I find medium firm tofu holds together better when cooking in sauces like this. It's less brittle than firm tofu and has some give under pressure so it bends/squishes instead of crumbling.