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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Corn Crusted Tofu w/ a Chile Kick



"Cooking is like love; it should be entered into with abandon or not at all." - Harriet Van Horne

I borrowed & adapted this one from Veganomicon - one of my favorites:)   CareBear's veggie friends were right - this is a great cookbook.  One of the authors has a blog that looks pretty rad: http://www.theppk.com/blog/......speaking of which there is a recipe on here I saw for Rad Whip -Vegan of course - that I have to try out soon:) - check it out!


And if you have a craving for some delicious crispy spicy cornmeal tofu, you have got to try this!! Even if you don't particularly like tofu, I think that you will really enjoy it.  Try it out as part of your dinner, or as a great appetizer or snack  - yum:)

Corn Crusted Tofu w Chile
1.  Drain and press a package of firm tofu.  Cut it up into long thin strips, and then cut these strips diagonally so that you have a bunch of tofu triangles.
2.  In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of almond/soy/etc. milk and 2 Tbsp. of corntarch.  Mix it up well until it's all dissolved.
3.  In another bowl, combine 1 cup of corn flour or corn meal, 2 Tbsp. of chile powder, 1 tsp. cumin, 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper, 1 tbsp. grated lime zest and 1 and 1/2 tsp. of salt.  Mix it up.  (You can also eliminate the chile powder and the pepper if you want it less hot:).
4.  Get everything together:


Now heat up a Tbsp. or two of vegetable oil in a large skillet to fry the tofu.   First dip it in the wet mix, then in the cornmeal mix, & into the skillet:

..........it's a little blurry, but you get the idea:)

5.  Fry 'em up evenly on both sides, & then drain on a paper towel to get rid of the excess oil.


ENjoy! 

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