Crispy Tofu with spicy peanut marinade
Being vegetarian, I try to find many different ways to increase my protein intake. One of the very common option is to include soy products to vegetarian diet like Tofu. My kids love tofu. I was not a big fan of it before, but as I play around with it more and more, I seem to like it more!
Tofu itself is very bland, it does not have any taste. Which makes it a good candidate for marinade. There are so many marinade options for tofu. This recipe uses peanut butter, sriracha sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger and garlic. I like to prepare this ahead of time. I marinate tofu for couple of days. It tastes so much better if you marinate it overnight. And all you have to do is to just make it crispy on a pan with little oil. You can use this marinated tofu as it is like finger food or use it in fried rice, noodles, curry or on a buddha bowl!
Peanut Tofu
Ingredients
- 14 oz Extra Firm Tofu
Marinade Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter
- 2 tbsp Sriracha Sauce
- 2 tbsp Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tsp Grated Ginger
- 1 tsp Minced Garlic
- ¼ tsp Salt or to taste
Instructions
How to squeeze tofu?
- Wrap tofu in couple of paper towels. Place a Weight on the wrapped tofu. Your weight should be heavy enough to press down evenly across the top of the tofu, but not so heavy so as to cause the tofu block to crumble.
Marinate Tofu
- Mix all marinade ingredients together until smooth.
- Add big cubed tofu to the marinate and mix it very gently making sure to not break the tofu.
- Let tofu marinate for anywhere from 30 min to 6-8 hours. Even keeping it in the fridge to marinate over night is fine too if you want to prepare ahead of time! The longer it marinates, the batter it taste!
Cook Tofu
- Heat 2 tbsp of peanut oil in a big flat pan and crisp marinated tofu, flipping each cube frequently and very gently making sure you don't break it. Enjoy it as it is like finger food or use it in fried rice, noodles, curry or on a buddha bowl!
