Fried Tofu

Good for lots of things - but especially the oriental salad and my mom's stir fry.

(This is one of my mom's recipes, so the amounts are more along the lines of a pinch and a smidge, but experiment and see what works best for you):

• Tofu
• Flour
• Paprika
• Garlic Salt
• 1 gallon zip lock bag
• Oil
  

Squeeze all the water out of the tofu (be careful not to break it), then cut the tofu into cubes.
Put the flour, paprika, garlic salt (and any other seasonings you want) into a 1 gallon zip lock baggie.
Shake it to make sure everything is mixed.
Add the tofu to the baggie and shake until everything is coated. It's fun - sing while you are shaking! :)
Heat the oil in a large pan -- make sure the oil is at least as high as the tofu to make the frying easier.
Once the oil is hot (you can tell it's hot by putting a wooden chopstick into the oil and seeing if the oil around the chopstick bubbles immediately) add the tofu.
--A little note - the hotter the oil is when you put the tofu in - the less oil will be absorbed into the tofu--
Fry the tofu until it is browned on all sides.
Drain the tofu on paper towels to get rid of some of the excess oil.