Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes
About:
Hello, all! Guess what? I’ve got another first! I don’t know why it had never occurred to me to do so, but until a couple of nights ago, I had never thought to broil tofu. I have always baked it, fried it, or grilled it. So, I decided to give broiling tofu a try. And guess what? It’s pretty good! It’s definitely easier to crisp the tofu by broiling it instead of baking it. If you like your tofu crispy like I do, then you’re definitely going to need to try this. This is a pretty basic recipe and can be adapted however you want. It doesn’t take long and it’s very simple.
Ingredients:
1/2 block tofu, drained or pressed
Olive oil
Italian seasoning
Cajun seasoning
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Salt
Pepper
Non-stick cooking spray
Preparation:
- If necessary, preheat broiler.
- Take your drained, half block of tofu and cut it into long, but thin, slices.
- Spray a small baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and fit the tofu pieces into the dish. Arrange the tofu slices so that they do not overlap and are not touching each other.
- Drizzle olive oil onto the top of the tofu pieces and brush the olive oil onto the surface of the tofu.
- Sprinkle the top of the coated tofu with Italian seasoning, Cajun seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. This is your call; add however much of each seasoning that you like. I like a lot of seasoning, (as you can probably see from the photos) so I sprinkled the seasonings onto my tofu like a duck on a June Bug (if you’re not from the southern United States you might not get that simile, but that’s OK, I forgive you).
- Place the baking dish into the oven and broil for 9 minutes.
- After the 9 minutes, remove the baking dish from the oven and flip the tofu. Brush olive oil onto the newly exposed side of tofu. Sprinkle the seasonings onto this side of the tofu as well.
- Return the baking dish to the oven and broil for another 9 minutes.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
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