Keep tasting the marinade to your liking, I like to add more peanut butter and soy sauce. Garnish with some spring onion and enjoy this sweet and sour tofu recipe!
Sweet and Sour Tofu
Make a tofu fan out of anyone, with this sweet and sour tofu recipe. Crunchy, salty, delicious!
Equipment
- 8 wooden skewers
- 1 baking dish
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp soy sauce use more if you like
- 2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter this is the minimum amount, sometimes I add up to ½ cup!
- ½ tbsp chilli flakes optional
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp coconut milk
- 1 medium onion- finely chopped
- 2 small cloves or 1 large clove of garlic (crushed)
- approximately 1/2 pound or 500 grams of firm tofu diced into 1 inch pieces.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 C or 400 F. Place about 8 wooden skewers in water to soak. We do this so that while in the oven, the skewers do not burn.
- Line a baking dish with foil, and top with a rack (see video!)
- saute the onion with the crushed garlic in 2 tbsp oil (I like to use sesame oil or peanut oil, vegetable oil works fine too) until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Combine the chilli flakes, brown sugar, lemon juice, peanut butter, coconut milk, and soy sauce until well incorporated.
- Stir in the onions and garlic, then add in the tofu chunks.
- When everything is well mixed, skewer the tofu, and place on the rack.
- Bake for 3-4 minutes on each side. (this means you’ll have to turn the tofu 4 times.)