Blackbird Foods Crispy Tofu Review: Original & General Tso
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NEW Crispy tofu from Blackbird Foods! I tried it, and I’M OBSESSED!
I am a tofu lover. I’ll eat it cold and plain, but my favorite form is simple, fried tofu. Blackbird Foods just launched the PERFECT restaurant-quality crispy tofu, and you can make it at home!
You probably know Blackbird Foods from their INCREDIBLE frozen vegan pizza, wings, and seitan products. The tofu is their newest innovation, and I’m already hooked. Looking for my review on Balckbirdie mini pizzas and wings? Find that here.
Blackbird Foods makes Original and General Tso’s Crispy Tofu. These come frozen, but thaw, and they’re an easy mealtime solution- just add veggies and grains! Depending on serving size and preparation method, these contain anywhere between 9 and 23 grams of protein and are ready in 4-8 minutes.
The Original Crispy Tofu is flavorless and can be made as-is and served with a dip as an appetizer, made your own by adding a sauce, or tried my favorite way with just garlic and salt. When prepared, this tofu is spongy on the inside and crisp and crunchy on the outside, soaking up any flavor and sauce it is combined with.
The General Tso’s Tofu surprised me! I was anticipating a sweet heat, but instead it was sweet and umami with just a slight tinge of spice. This may be my favorite of the lot, and I cannot wait to get my taste buds on more! This flavor gives take-out fake-out, so I paired it with rice, stir-fried veggies, and scallion pancakes for the full effect.
If you haven’t tried tofu yet, this is a great intro! I always recommend trying tofu fried with salt and garlic for first-timers, or to experience it in a traditional Chinese dish. With Blackbird Foods’ new crispy Tofu, you get the best of both worlds! This is currently an online exclusive, but with luck, we will see it in stores in the near future. To make it worthwhile, you can save $20 on your first order with my link. I will also get $20 off my next order if you use my link, so thank you! And thank you so much to Blackbird Foods for sending me this tofu to try, along with a mini rice cooker and rice! Making this post was super easy with the head start I was gifted!
Tofu Fest in SF – Saturday, June 13th, 11 AM-5 PM, $5 Entry
Whether tofu is your thing or something brand new to your palate, there is an event in San Francisco you won’t want to miss! Saturday, June 13th, is the annual Soy & Tofu Festival! Food vendors, tofu samples, cooking demos, workshops, shopping, entertainment, and so much more await at this year’s Tofu Fest! Admission is just $5, and the festival is held indoors at the event center at St. Mary’s Cathedral
San Francisco, from 11 AM to 5 PM. While this is not a vegan event, there is a TON of vegan fare. I will see you there!
Tofu FUN FACT!
Tofu dates back over thousands of years in China, but did you know that in America, its first known reference appeared in a 1770 letter Benjamin Franklin wrote to a friend about “tau-fu,” calling it a Chinese cheese?
“My ever dear Friend:
I received your kind letter of Nov. 29, with the parcel of seeds, for which I am greatly obliged to you. I cannot make you adequate returns, in kind; but I send you, however, some of the true Rhubarb seed, which you desire. I had it from Mr. Inglish, who lately received a medal, of the Society of Arts, for propagating it. I send, also, some green dry Pease, highly esteemed here as the best for making pease soup; and also some Chinese Garavances, with Father Navaretta’s account of the universal use of a cheese made of them, in China, which so excited my curiosity, that I caused inquiry to be made of Mr. Flint, who lived many years there, in what manner the cheese was made; and I send you his answer. I have since learnt, that some runnings of salt (I suppose runnet) is put into water when the meal is in it, to turn it to curds.
I think we have Garavances with us; but I know not whether they are the same with these, which actually came from China, and are what the Tau-fu is made of. They are said to be of great increase.
I shall inquire of Mr. Collinson for your Journal. I see that of East Florida is printed with Stork’s Account. My love to good Mrs. Bartram, and your children. With sincere esteem, I am ever, my dear friend, Yours affectionately, B. Franklin.”
To John Bartram, Reprinted from William Darlington, ed., Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall (Philadelphia, 1849), pp. 404-5.London, Jan. 11, 1770. From The Franklin Papers
Blackbird Foods Original Crispy Tofu Ingredients: Organic Tofu (Filtered Water, Organically Grown Non-GMO Soybeans, Natural Coagulants [Calcium Chloride (Nigari), Calcium Sulfate]), Canola Oil. Contains: Soy, Wheat
Blackbird Foods General Tso’s Crispy Tofu Ingredients: Organic Tofu (Filtered Water, Organically Grown Non-GMO Soybeans, Natural Coagulants [Calcium Chloride (Nigari), Calcium Sulfate]), General Tso’s Sauce (Sugar, Water, Soy Sauce [Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt], Red Wine Vinegar, Modified Food Starch, 2% Or Less Of Ginger Puree, Garlic Puree, Salt, Molasses, Spice, Xanthan Gum, Paprika Extract [Color]), Canola Oil. Contains: Soy, Wheat
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