{"id":252360,"date":"2024-06-10T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-you-really-need-to-start-marinating-your-tofu\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T01:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T01:14:01","slug":"why-you-really-need-to-start-marinating-your-tofu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-you-really-need-to-start-marinating-your-tofu\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Really Need to Start Marinating Your Tofu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>When it comes to flavor, tofu doesn\u2019t have the best reputation. And it\u2019s unsurprising; without other ingredients, tofu is pretty bland and lacking in flavor. But that\u2019s why this healthy, centuries-old protein is rarely eaten plain. When it comes to tofu, a good, flavorful marinade is your best friend. In fact, the right combination of seasoning and sauce takes a dull ingredient and transforms it into a food you will want to eat over and over again. Trust us, it\u2019s a game changer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">Jump to the recipes<\/p>\n<h2>Why should you marinate tofu?<\/h2>\n<p>On its own, tofu has a very neutral, bland flavor\u2014but this isn\u2019t actually a bad thing. Its lack of strong flavor means that tofu is the perfect blank canvas. Its soft, spongy texture means that it soaks up the flavor of whatever spices or sauces you\u2019re marinating it in beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting here that it\u2019s always worth pressing the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/vegan-guides\/how-to-marinate-tofu-recipes\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at vegnews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to flavor, tofu doesn\u2019t have the best reputation. And it\u2019s unsurprising; without other ingredients, tofu is pretty bland and lacking in flavor. But that\u2019s why this healthy, centuries-old protein is rarely eaten plain. When it comes to tofu, a good, flavorful marinade is your best friend. In fact, the right combination of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":252361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[386],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why You Really Need to Start Marinating Your Tofu - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/vegan-guides\/how-to-marinate-tofu-recipes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why You Really Need to Start Marinating Your Tofu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When it comes to flavor, tofu doesn\u2019t have the best reputation. 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