Beer Battered Buffalo Tofu Recipes

BUFFALO TOFU WINGS

Steps:

• Remove tofu from its wrapping and drain the water. Use a tofu press or create your own at home. To create your own, wrap the tofu in a clean kitchen towel or folded paper towels. Place tofu on a plate and top with heavy objects. This could include a cutting board and some books, cans of food, jars of nut butter, etc. Anything heavy will do the trick. Let tofu sit for 15-30 minutes. After, remove the objects and unwrap the tofu. Most of the moisture will have soaked into the towel.
• Slice the block of tofu into rectangular strips. I recommend creating 9-12 strips.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine flour, plant-based milk, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together. Add plant-based milk and whisk together once more.
• Add panko breadcrumbs to a bowl.
• Using a fork, dip one strip of tofu in the wet batter. Flip to coat the other side. Tap off any excess batter. Immediately dip the battered tofu in the breadcrumbs. Toss a few times to evenly coat the tofu. Transfer to the baking sheet. Repeat until all strips are coated.
• Bake tofu wings for 25 minutes, flipping once halfway through.
• Combine buffalo sauce and butter in a bowl. Microwave for 1 minute to melt the butter, then mix together.
• Remove tofu wings from the oven. Dip one wing in the buffalo sauce. Flip to coat both sides. Tap off any excess sauce. Repeat with all wings.
• Serve the buffalo tofu wings immediately OR bake the wings for another 15 minutes. For crispy wings, I recommend baking them again. Serve with celery sticks and vegan ranch dip. Enjoy!

BUFFALO TOFU 'WINGS'

Steps:

• Slice tofu into 6 slices. Lay flat onto a clean kitchen towel. Fold towel over to cover tofu completely. Cover with a baking sheet and set a 3- to 5-pound weight on top. Press tofu for about 30 minutes.
• Combine cornstarch, flour, bouillon, garlic powder, and cayenne powder in a shallow bowl. Pour soy milk into another bowl.
• Cut each slice of tofu in half, for 12 'wings' total. Dip each slice in soy milk; roll into the cornstarch mixture. Place coated slices on a plate.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the coated tofu slices. Fry, flipping halfway, until crispy on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes total. Add hot sauce and margarine to the saucepan and stir to coat the tofu.

BEER BATTERED TOFU

Steps:

• Mix beer and flour in a bowl until you have a thin batter. Sometimes this uses more or less flour. Just adjust until it looks like a thin pancake batter.
• In a second bowl, mix remaining 6 ingredients.
• Cut tofu into 1/4 inch thick slices. I got about 10 or 12. Place slices on 1 piece of paper towel then place a couple of paper towels on top of the slices and pat to dry a little.
• Heat oil in heavy skillet or cast iron pan until one drop of water splashed in spits around the pan.
• Carefully dip slices of tofu in beer batter shaking off the excess. Place in cornmeal mixture and tap each side to get coating to stick.
• Place in hot oil and fry until golden about 3 minutes each side. Remove from pan and place on paper towels to drain.
• Serve with tartar sauce or sweet chili sauce.

BEER BATTERED BUFFALO TOFU

Steps:

• In a small sauce pan, heat your earth balance on low to medium. once melted, add your hot sauce and emulsify until combined. set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine your creamy cucumber ingredients, doesn't matter what order, and whisk gently together. put in fridge to cool.
• Heat your deep fryer to 375 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl combine your batter ingredients. whisk together until blended well.
• Slice your tofu into 2 in x ½ in fingerlings. Roll each skewer into the flour, to the batter to the panko. Add 2 or 3 into the deep fryer and fry for 4-6 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove, drain and let cool. Do this until you have approximately 14-16 fingerlings. Once they are cooled, you can slide the skewer into them.
• Serve with buffalo sauce on the side as well as the creamy cucumber sauce, celery sticks and of course a cold beer.
• enjoy!