How to Make Easy Fried Tofu with Sauce

Here is a tasty way to introduce tofu to your friends and family who think they don't like tofu! It has a great flavour and makes its own sauce as it cooks. The best part of the recipe is that you don't even have to measure your ingredients - it really doesn't matter much what proportions you use! Make it once, and you'll have a sense of how you might like to alter proportions for a thicker or thinner sauce next time. Serve hot, over rice or potatoes.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• tofu, extra firm
• olive oil
• onions (optional), sliced or chopped
• soya sauce (Bragg brand is best!)
• water
• nutritional yeast, such as Engivita yeast (available at health food stores)

1. Slice tofu into "steaks." I do this by slicing the brick into slabs about 0.5" (1.25cm) thick. If you prefer, you can cube the tofu. I like the steaks!
2. Heat frying pan to medium heat, then drizzle olive oil over entire bottom surface & sides. Add the sliced tofu. If you are using onions, add them now, too. Allow to brown slightly on one side, then turn and brown the second side.
3. In a cup or glass, mix 1 part soy sauce to 1 part water. For your first batch, try using a regular-sized coffee mug. Pour this liquid over your browned tofu.
4. While the liquid is still bubbling, sprinkle nutritional yeast over the entire panful of tofu & liquid. You are basically trying to use enough to make a thin paste.
   
   Stir, or move tofu around in such a way that the liquid and yeast combine thoroughly. Turn tofu if needed to ensure that there is no dry yeast left anywhere.
5. Continue cooking on medium heat for about 3-5 minutes more, or until the sauce thickens into a gravy-like texture.
6. Serve hot, over rice or potatoes!