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    Healthy 5 Ingredient Baked Tofu Snack Recipe, (5 สูตรทำขนมเต้าหู้อบ)

    August 15, 2016 By Mod Shed 8 Comments

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    Baked Tofu Snack

    Tofu Snack with Sweet Chili Sauce

    Tofu Snack with Sweet Chili Sauce

    Once in a while, I decide to not eat any meat or meat product for 2 - 4 weeks for health and religious belief reasons.  I am not vegetarian, but I enjoy tofu.  There are so many times that I chose tofu instead of meat for so many reasons.

    What is tofu?

    Tofu or bean curd is made from soybean.  It is another choice for a protein substitution for anyone who do not eat meat.  Tofu has a different colors and textures and comes in many varieties.  Normally, tofu is an opaque white color unless it's been mixed with the other ingredient such as eggs.  In that case it will have a slightly yellow color.  Always check the ingredients on a package to make sure you find a right kind of tofu.  Some restaurants serve a smoked tofu which has a dark brown skin and light brown inside.  Different textures include soft or silk, firm, and extra-firm tofu, but the extra firm tofu is the most popular kind for most recipes.

    Tofu Snack with Sweet Chili Sauce

    Tofu Snack with Sweet Chili Sauce

    Tofu is very typical in the Thai kitchen.  You can substitute tofu for your choice of meat in most Thai restaurants so almost any recipe that has a protein can be made vegetarian.  Some may know that the golden crispy tofu which is often served restaurants is deep fried which is higher in calories.  When I worked at Thai restaurant, I had some customers who concerned about their calories intake requested soft tofu instead of deep fried tofu.   I would recommend this when going out as deep fried things are almost always detrimental to your health.

    Tofu Snack

    Tofu Snack

    Tofu is my comfort food.  When I was too exhausted from working at the Thai restaurant, I would make myself crispy tofu and dipped it with soy sauce or sweet chili sauce.

    How I Made Modified My Comfort Food to Make it Healthier

    At home, my husband and I hardly ever cook any deep fried food.  For tofu I had to come up with a way to have my tofu but not the typical deep fried way you see at so many recipes.   I threw tofu in an oven to make it crispy before I put it in my food.  It was a quite big amount of baked tofu, and I thought I could use it for several meals.  But no, it ended up pretty much as my snack.  I couldn't stop eating it and that's how my new snack recipe was born.

    Tofu Snack with Sweet Chili Sauce

    Tofu Snack with Sweet Chili Sauce

    Tips for preparing my baked tofu snack

    A firm, extra firm, or super firm tofu is the best kind of this recipe.  It depends on how you like the texture of the tofu.  Firm tofu has the most fluffy texture among these types of tofu.  I like firm and extra firm tofu because its texture is not too dense like super firm tofu.  It absorbs a marinate sauce better than the super firm one.   Some tofu brands have a strong odor of soybean.  If you do not like it, I would suggest you wash the tofu very well before you cook it.  Squeezing water out of the tofu is necessary for the recipe.  I put the detail along the printable recipe at the bottom.

    Preparing Tofu Snack

    Preparing Tofu Snack

    Preparing Tofu Snack

    Preparing Tofu Snack

    I want the baked tofu snack has most of the flavor possible, so I add Sriracha for spice, rice vinegar for sour and tangy, and Tamari for saltiness.  I do not add any sugar in the recipe because there is already sugar in the ingredients.

    Using an air-fryer

    If you want to try using an air fryer for this.  It totally works.  We worked up the whole recipe, check it out here.

    5 Ingredient Air-fried Tofu Snack With Thai Sweet Chili Sauce

    Here is my tofu snack recipe.

    5 ingredients Baked Tofu Snack
    Recipe Type: Snacks
    Author: HealthyThaiRecipes
    Prep time: 15 mins
    Cook time: 10 mins
    Total time: 25 mins
    Serves: 8
    Unstoppable high protein snack in a low price and it is easy to make.
    Ingredients
    • • 2 (16 oz.) packages extra firm tofu
    • • ½ tablespoon olive oil
    • • ½ tablespoon rice vinegar
    • • ½ tablespoon Sriracha sauce
    • • 1 ½ tablespoon GF Tamari low sodium
    Instructions
    1. Wash tofu and dried it with a dry cloth.
    2. Cut tofu vertically and then slice it in a half. So the tofu is not too thick.
    3. Then cut each tofu into four pieces.
    4. Stack paper towels in several layers and lay sliced tofu on the paper towels. Cover the tofu with other layers of paper towels. Place some heavy objects like 5 lbs flour bag, soup cans, cast iron on top of the paper towels and let them sit for 10 minutes.
    5. Prepare a sauce while waiting for tofu by mix olive oil, rice vinegar, Sriracha sauce, and Tamari together.
    6. Turn on an oven at 400 degrees broil.
    7. Take the objects on top of the tofu out and cut each tofu into four pieces.
    8. Mix the sauce with tofu.
    9. Place a parchment paper on a cooking sheet and set the tofu on it.
    10. Put tofu in the oven for 10 minutes.
    11. Eat the tofu snack itself or with Thai sweet chili sauce.
    Serving size: 1 (4 oz.) Calories: 112 Fat: 5.9g Saturated fat: 0.8g Unsaturated fat: 0.7g Trans fat: 0.0g Carbohydrates: 3.2g Sugar: 0.4g Sodium: 198.8mg Fiber: 1.2g Protein: 10.4g Cholesterol: 0.0mg
    3.5.3226

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    Comments

    1. rita seitner says

      October 31, 2017 at 6:28 pm

      i just bought my first piece of tofu.
      this is the only recipe i have.
      do you have more for snacks?

      Reply
      • Adam Shed says

        November 03, 2017 at 9:30 am

        Not right now but we just added it to our queue to do. Make sure you are subscribed and you will get all our new recipes emailed to you as soon as I hit the publish button. You won't miss it that way. We have a few ideas for another one. 🙂

        Reply
        • Rita Seitner says

          October 16, 2018 at 5:35 pm

          Please send me the Tory snack recipes when you develop them.
          First time I have ever been cited on the internet.
          You have a fan for life
          [email protected]

          Reply
      • Elizabeth W says

        February 20, 2018 at 4:55 pm

        Try this yummy recipe for “mock chicken tofu” from Down to Earth:
        https://www.downtoearth.org/recipes/appetizers-sides/mock-chicken-tofu

        Reply
    2. Debbie Moss says

      December 24, 2017 at 11:20 am

      The recipe says 1 1/2 GF Tamari Low Sodium. Is it teaspoons or tablespoons?

      Thank you!

      Reply
      • Adam says

        January 01, 2018 at 11:52 am

        It is the tablespoon. You're very welcome and thank you for pointing out our error.

        Reply
    3. Jessica L says

      October 30, 2021 at 5:56 pm

      Mine didn't come out crispy? 🙁
      Don't know what I did wrong

      Reply
      • Mod Shed says

        November 07, 2021 at 12:23 pm

        First, make sure that you drain water from the tofu as much as you can. Second cook the tofu 5 minutes more. Hope it'll help! 🙂

        Reply

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