How to grill firm tofu on a kebab?

Question

I'm having a vegetarian cookoff to celebrate my newly found vegetarianism, and I was wondering how to grill tofu on a kebab with veggies, and such. Help/cooking suggestions greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Set up your tofu, pearl onions, wedges of green/red pepper, small tomatoes, 1/2' slices of zucchini and small mushrooms. Now push your skewer thru each one, placing the tofu about every 3rd or 4th piece. Pack them tightly on the skewer.
After all skewers are filled, place them on a cookie sheet that has sides on it, and pour MARINADE OF: Olive oil, wine vinegar, salt , pepper, "little garlic powder" OR finely chopped garlic, crushed rosemary (spice), and if you want a little "kick" to the food, add a little cayenne pepper. Mix well , and place skewers on cookie sheet with marinade on them, covered with aluminum foil, in refrigerator for up to 1/2 hour or so. Be sure that you turn the skewers over every 7 minutes. Make enough marinade that you'll have some left over to baste the skewers each time you turn them. (If you don't think you'll like this marinade, you can buy one of your choice at the supermarket, or make one with the spices you like, but be sure you use olive oil & a little vinegar to keep it moist. Heat the grill on HOT, THEN TURN IT DOWN TO MEDIUM LOW when you place the skewers on the grill. Turn every 8 minutes, making sure that you don't burn any part of the tofu and veggies. It should only take about 20 or so minutes to get fully cooked. Just keep watching it. P.S. You can use an Italian marinade, if you like
that flavor, and instead of using rosemary, use crushed basil,
a little oregano, garlic powder, tablespoon ketchup + some canned tomatoe sauce, salt, pepper, chopped shallots, and
parsley, and, of course the olive oil and vinegar. Whatever you use, you cannot go wrong. Just be careful and don't walk away from the grill. ENJOY!!! FOR COLOR AND EXTRA TASTE, YOU CAN PUT CHUNKS OF PINEAPPLE AND BRIGHT RED CHERRIES ON THE SKEWER, TOO.

Answer 2

If you have the time, this works out great:

2 days before grilling: get extra-firm tofu and squeeze out the excess moisture. Cut into the size you want for your kebabs, put the pieces into a container and freeze overnight.
1 day before grilling: in the morning, pull the tofu out of the freezer and put it into the fridge to thaw
day of grilling: first thing in the moring, open the container and cover the tofu in your preferred marinade (I love a maple BBQ sauce for this). Stir well to coat all the pieces, re-cover and let marinate until grilling time. If you can stir it again every 2-3 hours, so much the better.

It's really not that much work, if you think about it--just requires some advance planning. The freezing gives the tofu a wonderfully firm texture, and the long marinating infuses it with lots of flavor. Be sure to reserve some marinade for on-grill basting!

Answer 3

Oh yum--- can I come?
Make sure its the firmest you can find--- cut into nice chunks and marinate for a few minutes in a mix of oil and soy sauce. I alternate with whole mushrooms, chunks of peppers (red and green) pineapple chunks, and zucchini. Sprinkle with salt and grill until browned.
When you remove it, have a nice dipping sauce available-- I like Thai peanut sauce, or a sweet sour sauce--- whatever you like!
You can serve with rice, tabbouleh, or whatever.
One ear of corn for each person, grilled in its peels, is nice too.

P.S. good reminder in previous post--- If you freeze the tofu first, then boil it, the texture changes and it becomes very firm and chewy. Squeeze out the excess moisture before marinating--- the tofu will look kind of like a sponge, and take in more sauces. (If you just allow it to thaw without boiling, it is very crumbly... fine for a 'ground meat' substitute, but not good for firm chunks.)

Answer 4

just hang the tofu on teh kebab and cook at a little lower temp than with red meat. baste with cooking wine

Answer 5

if you go to your local albertsons, there's already Tofu Kebab's ready made. all you need it the stick/skewars. it comes seasoned and all.
all you need to do is put it on the grill and thats it. without the hassle of seasonings, etc

Answer 6

a ordinary rub will artwork basically fantastic. 3 aspects kosher salt, a million section freshly floor black pepper, a million section garlic powder, a million section oregano. in case you pick it somewhat spicier upload some paprika or chili powder. similar volume because the smaller aspects.

Answer 7

boil it first to make it firmer