my buddy carpet makes the best scrambled tofu.  ever.  he puts on shows up in manchester and without fail will make this for touring bands and hungover buddies.  as a result it’s gotten a little bit world famous.  or so i like to tell him.

it’s seriously one of the things that i miss most about being in brighton.  thankfully i bullied him into sending me the recipe so i can make it myself.  still, it’s not quite the same without his dumb face next to it.  bless.

anyway, here’s what he had to say for himself…

ingredients:

  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 1 green pepper, roughly chopped
  • 5 medium mushrooms, chopped however you like
  • 280g block of tofu
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp turmeric
  • 1 tbsp paprika (smoked if you can get it)
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • dash cayenne
  • dash black pepper

“in a large pan/wok fry the onions in some sunflower oil for about 4/5 mins until they’re translucent, then add the green pepper and mushroom. while you let these cook for a bit get your block of tofu (you may need to press it to get some of the liquid out but i don’t usually bother) and chop up into 1cm squares.

“after the peppers and mushrooms have fried for 4/5 mins add the tofu and fry it all for a couple more minutes. then you want to add in the soy sauce, i’ve put 2 tbsp but i usually just put a few good glugs from the bottle in.   add to this your turmeric, paprika, thyme, and cayenne/black pepper to your taste.  give it a good stir so everything is coated in all the spices and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

“then you’re pretty much ready to go, you can leave it on a low heat while you prepare anything else in your breakfast or serve straight away (ilike to serve it on toast with at least beans and linda m sausages, for the ultimate breakfast add home fries and tempeh bacon, mmmmmmmmm).”

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