Vegan Tofu Sticks
These Vegan Tofu Sticks are very crispy, spicy, and absolutely easy to make. The best thing is that they are guilt free and super delicious baked sticks.
Ingredients
Tofu Sticks
- 16 oz Tofu extra firm
- 3/4 cup Italian breadcrumbs panko
- 1/4 cup Corn starch
- 1/4 cup Water
- 1/2 tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder freshly ground
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Oil
Dipping Sauce
- 3 tbsp Tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp Schezwan chutney
- 1/2 tbsp Soya sauce
- 2 tsp Sesame oil
Instructions
Pressing The Tofu
- Wrap a block of tofu in a clean cotton towel or paper towel. Put it on a large plate.
- Place a cutting board over the tofu and press it with something heavy like a pestle and mortar or heavy frying pan. You can keep some heavy food packets as well.
- Let the tofu sit for about 20-30 minutes. Remove as much water as possible by pressing the tofu.
- Place the tofu on a cutting board and slice it into 2 halves in the middle to reduce the thickness.
- Keep both the slices on top of each other and slice into 6 pieces lengthwise as shown in the picture to get 12 pieces.
Tofu Sticks
- Sprinkle some salt, black pepper, and paprika on the tofu slices, coat each slice every well, and set aside for 10 minutes.
- On a baking tray, spread some oil with a brush. Set it aside.
- Spread some breadcrumbs onto a plate.
- In a deep plate or wide bowl, mix cornstarch and some water to form a lump free thin slurry.
- Preheat the oven to 400℉/200℃
- Dip the tofu in the cornstarch slurry until coated well with a spoon.
- Next, cover the tofu with breadcrumbs with the help of a fork. Remove any excess crumbs and place it onto a baking pan.
- Repeat with all the tofu pieces and transfer them to the oven to bake.
- Bake the tofu sticks for 30-35 minutes by turning them halfway through until they turn golden brown and crispy on top.
Dipping Sauce
- In a small bowl, add all the dipping sauce ingredients, and mix well.
Notes
- You can use white flour instead of cornstarch in the recipe while making the slurry.
- If you don’t have Italian breadcrumbs then use regular panko breadcrumbs. Add some paprika, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, dried basil, and dried parsley in them. Add 1 tsp each - paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, basil, parsley, and ½ tsp salt.
- You can coat the tofu sticks with some crushed corn chips or corn flakes by adding some seasonings.
- Shallow fry the tofu sticks in a wide pan with 2-3 tbsp oil. You can deep fry them in a pan by adding ½ cup oil or air fry them.