I work in food service in a natural foods store, and the trick to getting tofu firm, not mushy, is baking it first. We do that for all tofu we use. You just cut it how you want to, spray a baking sheet with oil, and bake on 375 for about 15 minutes, more depending on how firm and crispy you want it. Anyway, I baked it, coated it in the egg and bbq sauce mixture, rolled in flour mix and fried. It was great.
This is THE BBQ tofu recipe!!! I live in memphis and I swear it's better than any other BBQ anything out there. I did bake for 15 minutes before coating in egg/sauce and flour mix and frying. The tofu was very crispy at that point. I cooled pieces on paper towel to soak up some oil and then coated with Corky's BBQ sauce and placed on a well greased pan and put back in the oven for about 5 minutes. (I'm not sure about broiling) When they came out of the oven I thought they were ruined because they were no longer crispy but I'm telling you the texture is right on! All the consistency of chicken wing meat without big veins hanging out chunks of cartilege and other assorted nasty things associated with actual meat. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for the first tofu recipe I actually like better than the real thing!!!!
The ingredients list flour/salt/pepper but the instructions never tell what to do with them they are crucial to the crispiness. So after rolling in the egg white mixture roll in flour/salt/pepper mixture then fry will be crispy and absolutely delicious! My husband loved this and I didn't even do the last step adding more BBQ sauce didn't need it!
We loved this! But you do have to bake the tofu first as another reviewer suggested otherwise your tofu will not be crispy.
Great Recipe. I'm fairly new to cooking with tofu and have found getting it to be crispy has been one of the harder skills to learn. Coating the tofu with egg does the trick and if desired you can use breading and various other seasonings instead of flour and bbq sauce.
Very good and easy. Dredge the tofu first in the eggs, then in the flour/salt/pepper mix. Don't be afraid to brown this. The more it gets brown, the more it gets crispier.
I really liked this recipe! I used teriyaki sauce instead of BBQ and it was also very good. I didn't freeze the tofu beforehand but I don't need the "meaty" texture. It was very fast and easy to make with little clean-up required.
DELICIOUS! I've been trying to figure out how to make the tofu crispy and this did the trick!
Very good. I hadn't heard of freezing tofu for a meatier texture. I will use that trick with more recipes now. Thanks!
Very good but a bit time consuming. I possibly might make this again.
