Tofu "Cerviche"

More and more I find myself eating tofu - it just digests so well!  When staying with my friends Mike & Tami in Chattanooga, we went to a Peruvian restaurant 
http://www.ajiperuvianrestaurant.com/Aji_Peruvian_Restaurant/Home.html
and they had a Tofu "Cerviche" on the menu - which I tried.  Excellent!   I decided to make some for myself.  The serving I had at the restaurant was very simple - small tofu cubes marinated in lime juice, salt, chopped cilantro and topped with very thinly sliced red onion.  The recipe below is what I found was closest to the recipe I had at the restaurant.


Tofu “Ceviche” Peruvian Style


Ingredients:

5 limes, juiced (3/4 cup of lime juice)
¼ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
a few drops of Worchestershire sauce
1 clove garlic, smashed, peeled and finely minced
2 tablespoons onion, peeled and thinly sliced 
14 ounces extra firm tofu, cut into small pieces (somewhere between ¼ and ½ inch bits)
¼ cup fresh cilantro, finely minced (substitute parsley if you think cilantro tastes soapy)
freshly ground black pepper and/or cayenne, to taste - optional

Directions:

Combine the lime juice and salt and whisk to combine. Add the garlic, onion and tofu and refrigerate in a covered container. Turn the container often to make certain all the tofu has a chance to absorb the seasonings. You want to marinate the tofu for at least 5 hours, but 8 hours is not too much.


Here is another recipe, where the Ceviche is more like a chip dip.  It contains more chopped veggies.

Tofu Ceviche Dip

Ingredients:
Tofu (firm/extra firm/super firm)
Celery
A Tomato
A Mango
An Avocado
An Onion
Cilantro
Lime Juice
Salt & Pepper
Tortilla Chips

Directions:
Dice tofu into very small pieces. Likewise, dice celery, tomato, mango, avocado, onion, and cilantro into same size pieces. Gently combine in bowl and toss with a little lime juice. Salt and pepper to taste. Keep refrigerated. (Even better after it marinates together for a bit.) Eat as you would a salsa -- dipping with blue corn tortilla chips or pita chips. I dare you not to eat the whole bowl in one sitting!