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oven baked tofu vegan recipes

when we bought bulk beans & millet this weekend we also picked up some local tofu to enjoy with the rest of our local foods. we decided that oven baked tofu was a super tasty quick meal (i prepped the tofu & let it marinate it while we were @ work yesterday) which would be most awesome since we were both busy monday evening (i had a friend coming over to hang out and dan had band practice). i made a few tiny tweaks to our baked tofu recipe, and we enjoyed our tofus with some local corn, green beans, and a little cuc-tomato-red onion "salad". this meal was super stellar! oven baked tofu is one of our favorites and it was soooooooooooo good with all the fresh local veggies!

 

ingredients for marinade:

2 tbsp nutritional yeast

1 tbsp liquid braggs/tamari/soy sauce

¼ cup water

2 tsp olive oil

1 tsp stone ground mustard

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 tsp sriracha (optional, but the sriracha gives it a little kick!)

1 tbsp vegan worcestershire sauce

1 tsp mild miso paste

 

other ingredients:

⅓ plain rice milk (or any plain non-dairy milk)

1 block extra-firm herbed tofu (plain tofu would work well, too)

 

ingredients for the “breading”:

¼ cup whole wheat flour

⅓ cup cornmeal

2 tbsp nutritional yeast

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp poultry seasoning (or a little sage, rosemary, & thyme)

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp chili powder

½ tsp onion powder

½ tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

½ tsp black pepper

 

what you'll need:

- medium mixing bowl

- small mixing bowl

- 9x13 baking pan

- container + lid (large enough to marinate all the tofu)

- oil cooking spray (or a little olive oil)

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what'cha gotta do:

drain & press the tofu, removing as much water as possible. while you're pressing the tofu you can start making up the marinade.

combine all the marinade ingredients in your "marinating" container; mix well. slice up the pressed tofu. we sliced ours into 16 thin slabs (about 1½ wide and about ½ to 1 thick - it varies according to the size of your tofu block). add all the slices to the container with the marinade, cover and chill for at least an hour (we marinate ours while we're at work, or sometimes overnight).

once the tofu is well marinated put all the ingredients for the breading in your medium mixing bowl and place each piece of tofu into the bowl, coating it with breading. pour rice milk into the small mixing bowl and quickly dip each breaded tofu slice into the rice milk and then return it to the breading bowl for a second coat of awesomeness (don’t forget to coat the ends & the sides of your little tofus). as you finish coating each tofu slice put them in the baking pan that's been lightly greased with a little oil cooking spray. once all your tofus are breaded bake them on 350 (no need to preheat) for 30 minutes, turning over half way through the cooking time. remove from heat & enjoy! or save them for later as they're just a tasty the next day, and also really yummy in wraps or on biscuits or sammies!

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