Description
These tofu nuggets are incredibly delicious and versatile. You can use them in salads as a snack or side-dish, fill a wrap, o chopped to serve some tacos. Texture-wise they are crispy, crunchy, but tender on the inside.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16oz firm tofu
- ⅓ cup corn starch
- ¼ cup any non-dairy milk
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- ¼ cup oil, for cooking
For the Homemade Buffalo Sauce
- ½ cup vegan butter, melted
- ½ cup hot sauce
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce (check it is vegan friendly, if necessary)
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400F and grease a baking tray with oil.
- Chop your tofu into bite-size pieces, irregular pieces will resemble more the chicken appearance, but you can also do sticks or cubes.
- Prepare three small bowls with the following ingredients combined: one with 1/3 cup cornstarch, one with non-dairy milk, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 teasppoon garlic powder, and one with panko breadcrumbs and 1 tablespoon cornstarch.
- Now, you’ll need to coat each piece of tofu with cornstarch, then with the non-dairy milk mixture and finally with panko mixture. It is essential to cover tofu evenly in each layer for a very crispy nugget.
- Place nuggets on the prepared baking tray. Drizzle some oil on top of them to get nice and golden nuggets.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 400F, or until nuggets and golden brown and crispy.
- To make the homemade buffalo sauce, melt butter in the microwave for 45 seconds. Add the rest of the ingredients and combine.
- Place nuggets in a medium bowl and toss them with the homemade buffalo sauce. Enjoy!
Notes
- Cornstarch can be replaced with tapioca starch or chickpea flour. The chickpea flour provides a different taste, though.
- If you’d like to make this recipe gluten-free, you can replace panko breadcrumbs with almond flour. It won’t be as crispy but still very delicious.
- To get the best out of this recipe, I advise you to choose good-quality vegan butter.
- To make the buffalo sauce hotter, add ¼ tsp of cayenne pepper.
- These nuggets can be either baked, pan-fried, or you can use your air fryer. You can choose your favorite way!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: recipes
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7-8 nuggets
- Calories: 528
- Sugar: 6.2 g.
- Sodium: 1604.2 mg.
- Fat: 32.4 g.
- Carbohydrates: 44.9 g.
- Fiber: 3.8 g.
- Protein: 15 g.