Tempting Tofu Bacon
Sliced tofu cooked up to resemble a smoky bacon-like flavor. Delicious served as vegan BLTs and Reuben sandwiches. Save leftovers for a tasty pizza topping too.
Servings: 3 Servings
Calories: 207kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb firm tofu or extra firm tofu
- 3 Tbs nutritional yeast
- 3 Tbs soy sauce I used gluten-free
- 1 1/2 tsp liquid smoke
- 1 Tbs oil I’ve used olive oil and avocado oil
Instructions
- Remove tofu from package and drain the liquid off. Lay a clean kitchen towel on the workspace. Slice tofu into strips about the size of bacon, thick-cut or thin doesn’t matter. Lay tofu strips on a towel to allow soak up additional moisture.
- Mix the soy sauce and liquid smoke together in a small dish, like a custard dish. Set aside. Measure out the nutritional yeast and set it aside.
- Fry tofu strips in oil on low to medium heat for about 10 minutes. Tofu will show some nice browning.
- Flip tofu and continue to cook the opposite side about 10 minutes more. I actually flip the tofu a couple of times while it is cooking…maybe I am just anxious, but do allow some nice browning on each side as well as firming up of the tofu strips. As the tofu is cooked and becomes firmer it is easier to flip, but be careful not to overcook.
- When tofu is cooked leave in the pan but remove from heat.
- Pour the soy sauce mixture over the tofu and move around so all sides are nicely coated. Sprinkle the yeast over all and stir, flip, and move the tofu strips around to get a good coating of the sticky substance on both sides. I like to return the pan to a little heat at the end to just set the coating.
- Serve as is or in a sandwich. Slice up and top a salad or pizza. It’s good warm or cold so pack a sandwich for lunch!
Notes
** Nutritional count is tofu only not bread for sandwiches.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 207kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1017mg | Potassium: 188mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 193mg | Iron: 3mg