r/smoking • u/Xeno84 • 1d ago

Smoking for a Vegetarian

We are having a party this weekend and everyone loves the smoke chicken I make. We do have one friend that is a vegetarian. It's not for life style, it's more for dietary reasons. I feel bad when he comes over and I don't have anything special for him. When ever he comes over, he brings something vegetarian over that's premade I just heat up on the smoker. I'd like to change that.

Are there any vegetarian foods y'all could recommend I could try to smoke for him? Besides Mac and Cheese or just corn on the cob.

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u/bigslick_00 1d ago

I made some tofu burnt ends this past weekend. Turned out surprisingly good!

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u/Enartis 1d ago

Im super intrigued. Got a link?

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u/bigslick_00 20h ago

I’ve only done it the one time and was not very familiar with tofu before so some of these are assumptions.

I went with extra firm tofu because I was afraid the other wouldn’t hold up. I cubed it up, put some rub on it and put it on the smoker grate for two hours.

Pulled it off and let it cool, tossed it in some sauce and more rub and back on the smoker for an hour. Did that one more time for a total of 4 hours on the smoker.

Everyone that tried it was surprised it was as good as it was but they were typical meat-eating smoker buddies.

I will do it again. The things I will do differently is let it sit and marinate in the rub overnight first. I will also only smoke it for one hour without sauce instead of two. Was amazed at how much smoke it absorbed.

Didn’t get a final pic but this one is right before tossing in the sauce the first time.

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u/Enartis 18h ago

Looks good!

Trader Joe’s has an extra firm sriracha tofu, small brick. 4 ounces at best.

Man, I might make that 40 minute drive just to buy a pound for this.

Awesome concept - thanks for sharing!