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5 Ingredient Easy Tofu

The most incredible vegan simple easy tofu that is loaded with flavor, bbq sauce and only 5 ingredients needed. This is the easiest most flavorful tofu requiring no soaking, no pressing and no marinating overnight!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time13 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bbq tofu, easy tofu recipe, easy tofu recipes, easy vegan tofu recipes, simple tofu
Servings: 12 slices
Author: Brandi Doming

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat an oven or air fryer to 400°F and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
  • To an 8 x 8 square, baking dish or something similar, and the coconut aminos, barbecue sauce, chili powder, and black pepper. Just grind several rounds of frsh black pepper into the sauce. Stir to mix
  • Pat the tofu really well with paper towels to make sure it’s dry. Cut the tofu into no thicker than1/4 inch thick strips. 
  • Place each piece in the sauce laying flat and then rotate each piece several times until coated well. 
  • Place each piece onto the lined paper, making sure some of that sauce is sitting on top of each piece. Spoon or brush extra sauce on top if needed. This is how to ensure the tofu is really flavorful. You’ll see that each piece is very saucy.
  • Bake for about 15 minutes until they’re looking extremely golden brown, and just starting to char along the edges. Be careful not to burn it.
  • Remove from the oven & cool for five minutes to firm up the tofu, as it will seem too soft at first straight out of the oven.
  • While the tofu is baking, use the extra leftover sauce from the tofu & cook over the stove (adding a few tablespoons of water to it) over medium low, whisk and cook just until thickened. This creates a thick flavorful sauce to drizzle over the finish tofu. YUM. 
  • I love to serve this tofu as the main protein to my meal & serve it with sweet potatoes or quinoa or rice and then a green veggie. I often do a bunch of spinach & kale cooked down over the stove with minced garlic and lemon.