Adapted from this recipe.
I made this for supper tonight, it turned out quite tasty-tangy and crispy.
Orange Sesame Tofu
1 Egg Replacer (like EnerG, I use a homemade one though)
1/8 cup cornstarch
1/8 cup sesame seeds
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 pound tofu
1/8 cup canola oil
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tbs maple syrup
2 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
1. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg replacer, cornstarch, sesame seeds, salt and pepper until well combined. Add tofu to the bowl, and toss until well coated with the mixture.
2. Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large non-stick skillet. When oil is hot enough, add tofu and cook until golden and crispy. Flip, and cook the other side. Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate to drain some of the excess oil.
3. Wipe the oil off the skillet with a paper towel. Add orange juice, soy sauce and maple syrup to skillet, and boil until mixture turns syrupy. (I found that my mixture wasn’t turning syrupy enough to my liking so I added a tiny bit of the cornstarch mixture so a sauce would form) Return the tofu to the skillet, and stir gently to coat the tofu with the sauce, about 1 minute.
you said the magic word: CRISPY! yummay!
oooh, you did an EXCELLENT job adapting that shrimp recipe from Martha Stewart, into a delicious VEGAN dish!! yum!!
god, this looks good. i could eat that at least every week.
Thanks for the compliments, all!
that looks delicious!
All of the food looks wonderful.
Did you dip the tofu in the cornstarch mixture before frying?
Oops, I forgot to mention that part! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, dawn, I’ll update the recipe.
I’m dying to make this!
I made this & it was so so so good! I posted a bit about it here: http://theurbanhousewife.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-my-kitchen-recipe-roundup-mememememe.html
That is so awesome, Melisser! I’m glad it worked out for you, yours looks absolutely delicious! 🙂
Oh, man, this was really tasty. I made a couple substitutions & it still came out great. It’s a keeper.
Yay! I’m so happy to hear you liked it!
Hey, can’t wait to make this recipe, was curious what do you use to make your homemade egg replacer?
Hey Brent, hope you like it!
Here’s the recipe I use for a homemade Ener-g…
1 c. potato starch
3/4 c tapioca flour
2 tsp baking powder
Combine all the ingredients and store in an airtight container.
To use:
1 & 1/2 tsp powder + 2 tbs water= 1 egg
Thanks! I’ll go ahead and whip it up right now ^_^
Oops actually I have no tapioca powder is their anything I could substitute for this, and is it possible to substitute corn starch for potato starch? thanks.
I don’t see why not, give it a try! As for tapioca flour…according to cook’s thesaurus, it can be substituted with cornstarch so perhaps maybe just use 1 & 1/2 tsp of cornstarch plus the water for the egg replacer? I haven’t tried this but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work. Good luck!
Success! a beautiful experience 😛
Congrats! Glad you liked it!
Hi there
I found pics of this recipe on Melisser the Urban Housewifes page and I just had to try it. So I got the recipe of your blog and made it tonight. YUM!!! Even my meat loving husband loved it and wants it again 🙂 thanks for creating such a great dish
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