If you have firm tofu (instead of extra firm tofu), you should allow some extra pressing time (about 10 minutes on top of the recommended 10 minutes). You want the tofu to be able to hold its shape and not fall apart when baked. When marinating tofu, using extra-firm tofu is your best bet. We wanted to make something extra festive for this holiday roasted tofu, so we use maple syrup and pumpkin spice mix, to add that holiday note we are looking for. If you are looking into perfectly crispy cubes without a tofu marinade that can be added to Thai yellow curry, red curry, or green curry, use our crispy tofu cubes recipe. I like making different marinades for my tofu one of my favorite and easy daily has a base of ginger, soy sauce, and fresh garlic. You can also choose to add some oil like toasted sesame oil into your marinated tofu this will make it crispy. Tofu marinades should have some umami flavors like balsamic vinegar (rice wine vinegar or even apple cider vinegar work well), regular soy sauce (you can use coconut aminos or tamari sauce for a gluten-free option), and onion powder, then you need spices (like pumpkin spice, cinnamon, or ginger), something sweet (like maple syrup, or molasses), and something acid like lime juice! Voila! Tofu Marinade! plated glazed baked tofu What goes into a good marinade?

You can serve this marinated tofu recipe with maple glazed carrots, white steamed Jasmin rice, and garnish with toasted sesame seeds, chopped chives, cilantro, or parsley leaves. Carefully remove the tofu blocks from the parchment paper with a spatula and plate them. crisscross and bake tofu face up brush marinade on the bottom of the tofu block brush marinade on top baked tofu marinade Brush or pour extra glaze on each of the three baking phases. Continue baking for 15 minutes crisscrossed face down.Bake for 15 minutes crisscrossed face up.After 15 minutes, flip them again to add leftover marinade to the cut part and bake for 5 minutes until crispy and golden brown. Then bake the tofu block cut side up for 35 minutes, flipping the tofu blocks halfway through to add extra marinade on the bottom part. Submerge the cut tofu block into the glaze.

mix tofu marinade ingredients tofu marinade before simmering marinated turned into glaze Mix the marinade ingredients and simmer them to turn the tofu marinade into a glaze. Crisscross the blocks of tofu without going all the way through. Cut the block of tofu into 3-inch (8 cm) and 1-inch (2.5 cm) thick blocks. (only if you are handling large tofu blocks). Press the tofu blocks for at least 15 minutes.