How to Make Oven Baked Tofu With the Perfect Crunch
“This is a really tasty way to have tofu, if you get it right it’s the best!”
Ingredients
340 gm Firm tofu
1 ½ tsp Tamari soy sauce
10 tbsp Nutritional yeast
Method
Remove tofu from packaging and give it a squeeze to drain it. Slice it into thick pieces (so you will be able to make cubes from it later), and place between paper towel and put something on top to help the water come out, like a plate or a frypan or something.
Preheat oven to 180 ° C, with a fan if your oven has it.
Grab a large mixing bowl, chop the tofu into cubes and throw them in. Then measure out 1 ½ tbsp tamari soy sauce and put in the bowl. Mix the tofu all around then add in nutritional yeast flakes bit by bit stirring as you do. You want to get it to the point where the nutritional yeast has soaked up all the soy sauce and is covering the tofu nicely. Then put some baking paper on an oven tray and lay down the tofu cubes nicely spaced and put in the oven.
Try to check the tofu and rotate the cubes every 15 minutes, set a timer otherwise you’ll forget its in there!
Depends on your oven, but around 45 minutes to an hour should do it, don’t overcook it haha!
Once you are happy with the level of crunch you can serve.
Notes
Serves 2
I had to use way more yeast flakes this time than intended because of the amount of soy sauce I added, but this recipe turned out the best its been yet, however I say that most times I make it! There is no limit to the amount of yeast flakes you can use, you just want to get it to where the yeast flakes are covering the tofu and its dry, then it will have a really nice umami taste at the end.
That amount of soy sauce for this recipe between two people will equal 1000mg sodium each, which is about the maximum you would want to be adding to a lunch and dinner meal each day in order for sodium to not to be too high in relation to the suggested daily target for sodium.
What We like About It
Tofu is a good plant-based source of protein.
This recipe is very versatile, I usually fry up some vegetables in a wok while the tofu is cooking and serve it together.
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References
Xyris. (2024). Foodworks [Computer Software]. https://foodworks.online/
