As summer weather begins to fade around here, I start turning to more "warming" foods and recipes, hence, southern fried tofu wedges!
Start with a 1 pound block of extra firm tofu, rinsed drained and patted dry. Cut it horizontally into 3 equal slabs, then cut each slab into 4 triangles. (My math genius tells me this will give you 12 wedges in all!)
I then make an "assembly line" of my ingredients so I can whip these bad boys up in seconds flat!
Put 2/3 cup of flour on a plate. Put 2/3 cup of plain soymilk with 2 tsp. of fresh lemon juice in a bowl and stir. Finally, put a cup or so of bread crumbs, some nutritional yeast (optional), salt, pepper, dried oregano, basil, dill, parsley and any other dried herbs you wish to use together on a flat plate and combine well.
Now all you have to do is dip each piece of tofu in the flour and coat well, then dip in the soured soymilk again coating well, and finally coat in the breadcrumb mixture and then set aside until all pieces are coated! (Just like the days of my childhood helping mom with her breaded porkchops-except these are cruelty free and much healthier for you!)
Lastly, coat a large skillet with veg oil and heat on medium. When hot, add the tofu wedges in a single layer. Cook until the bottoms are well browned then flip and do the same for the other side. When you remove the tofu from the skillet be sure to place on a paper towel lined plate to blot off any excess oil. Then add your favorite condiments and voila! We like to use hot sauce, barbecue sauce and honey in our house, but not all at the same time!
These can be eaten with a fork but we also like to just pick em' up with our fingers, dip and eat! Little ones seem to like this form of eating, too!
