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Easy Orange Tofu Recipe. Quick 30 Min Weeknight Meal. Baked Crisp Tofu with a Delicious Orange Sauce. Serve over rice/grains and with blanched broccoli or veggies. Vegan Glutenfree Nutfree Recipe Soyfree option Jump to Recipe
Weeknight meals dont have to be boring esp for valentine’s day. This Refreshing, zingy, easy 30 Minute meal is perfect to cheer up the evening. This Orange tofu comes together really quickly. Tofu is tossed in starch and baked to preferred crispyness. Meanwhile, the orange sauce ingredients all put in a saucepan to simmer. Combine the 2 and done! the Orange sauce is flavorful with ginger, garlic, orange juice and has no refined sugar. Adjust the flavors of the sauce with extra zest for more zing, extra heat or sweet, extra veg and what not. Serve with blanched broccoli or veggies, and a garnish of scallions and pepper.
For a well baked non chewy tofu, use a stoneware or thick ceramic baking dish. Keep the tofu and sauce separate until ready to serve. Toss with sauce for just a few seconds and serve immediately. Lets make this easy Orange Tofu.
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Vegan Orange Tofu Recipe
Ingredients
- 14 oz firm tofu, , pressed for 15 mins, then cubed
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, divided
- 1 tsp flour, (rice flour for crispier or all purpose)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- a good dash of white or black pepper
Orange Sauce:
- 4 garlic cloves, , finely chopped
- 1 inch ginger, , minced or 1 tbsp grated
- 2 tbsp soy sauce , or use tamari to make gluten-free
- 2 tbsp white or rice vinegar
- 1 cup preferably fresh orange juice
- 3 tbsp maple syrup, , or use sugar
- 1/4 cup water/broth
- 1.5 tbsp cornstarch, , 2 tbsp for thicker sauce
- 1 tsp sriracha or other hot sauce
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- Line a stoneware baking dish with parchment or grease. Preheat the oven to 400 deg F(205 C).
- Add cubed tofu to a large bowl. Sprinkle 1 tbsp cornstarch, flour, salt, garlic, and pepper. Close the top of the bowl with a plate or lid and shake to coat. Add more cornstarch and shake again.
- Spread in the stoneware dish. Bake at 400 deg F for 25 to 35 mins. Give the tofu a shake at the 20-minute mark.
- Blanch the broccoli if using. (Tip: I put it in a deep baking dish with water in the oven for 15 -20 mins. Take it out when moving the tofu around).
- Combine all the ingredients for Orange Sauce, except water and cornstarch in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat to bring to a boil. Mix cornstarch in the water well and add into the simmering sauce. Mix and Cook for another 2 mins to thicken. Stir well for even thickening. Taste and adjust salt, sweet, flavor.
- Add the baked tofu to the sauce and toss to coat. Take off heat. Serve with the broccoli, garnished with scallions, pepper flakes, over rice or grains.
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Would this work with extra firm tofu
yes, just press for 10 min not 15 then
I love this recipe so much. have made it over & over
wow, thanks glad you keep going back to it
Me and my non-vegetarian husband loved this recipe! The sauce was delicious, but I didn’t get the tofu as crispy as I would have liked. I think I need to perfect my pressing technique. I served it with Minimalist Baker’s “Perfect Coconut Rice,” which we had leftover in the fridge. So yummy!
sounds nice!! Practice makes perfect
Delicius and easy, Thank you!!!
thank YOU!
This is absolutely delicious! Took a bit to master the tofu (tofu needs to be as dry as possible and parchment paper!) but so worth it! The sauce is a terrific balance of sweet and tangy (not so much sour). It is so nice to have another flavor instead of just making teriyaky and garlic.
It is also such a bonus since I have Celiac and multiple food allergies that the only thing I have to omit is the pepper, but folks can add that themselves.
Thank you for sharing such a crowd pleaser – always fun when I serve and folks can’t believe this is TOFU!
exactly – thank you for stopping in.
This is another winner! My family loves this dish. Thank you for making it so easy!
extremely tasty!!!!
This was Deeelicious! My husband declared it the best tofu he had ever had.
And easy to make!
Mmmmmmm. Thank You!
wow thank you
This is a fabulous recipe. I’m sure to make it again!
thanks for popping in ♡
Better than takeout! Easy too!
thanks for popping in ♡