Hoisin Tofu is kind of sweet, kind of spicy, and sure to make even confirmed tofu skeptics question their bias against it.
This isn’t tofu masquerading as chicken or ham or hotdogs.
(I remember eating ‘mock chicken’ at a restaurant years ago that was complete with a mock pocky skin. Never again. That is what gives tofu such a bad name!)
This dish has those unmistakeable cubes that can’t be anything but, so there’s no hiding it. You put that down on the table and some of your kids might squirm. But they’ll come round.
It’s quick and easy.
Just cut your tofu into cubes, pour the sauce over, and bake for 25 minutes. Serve with rice and some steamed veggies and you’ve got a healthy meal on the table.
- 1/4 cup / 60 ml hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon / 15 ml orange juice concentrate
- 1- 1/2 teaspoons / 7.5 ml soy sauce
- 1-1/2 teaspoons / 7.5 ml Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon / 15 ml sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon / 15 ml brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon / 2.5 ml ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon / 15 ml sweet Thai chili sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon / 3.75 ml five spice powder see note
- 1 lb / 454 g medium or firm tofu
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F / 176 degrees C.
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Combine all ingredients except tofu in a small bowl and mix thoroughly.
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Place tofu in an 8x8-inch / 20x20-cm baking dish and pour sauce over.
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Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
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Serve hot over rice.
*Five Spice Powder is a combination of fennel, cinnamon, cloves, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns. It has a very distinctive taste. You should be able to find it in the spice section of larger supermarkets, or in Asian grocery stores.
I love hoisin sauce and I love tofu, so this dish is right up my alley! Thanks for sharing this great recipe!
Thanks for leaving a comment 🙂 I’m sure you’ll enjoy this recipe – I hope you give it a try 🙂
Tofu with hoisin sauce is a great combination. Nice and simple to make too.
It’s hard to go wrong with hoisin 🙂 This really is easy to make, and not expensive (which is nice at this time of year 🙂 )
Thank you for unapologetically using tofu as … drum roll …. tofu.
This looks great!
Thanks 🙂 I’m not a fan of fake meat products – things usually taste much better when they are not pretending to be something else, I find 🙂
Haha Ok you got me! I might consider trying tofu again…. I’m not a big fan but if there’s hoisin in the game I can’t ignore the idea :p
cheers!
I hope you will try tofu again 🙂 All my kids like this dish (even my carnivore), so there’s that. (I love the name of your blog, by the way 🙂 )