Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Vegan General Tso’s Tofu

Vegan General Tso’s Tofu. This General Tso's tofu is savory, sweet, spicy and so delicious it will likely go straight onto your regular dinner rotation. It's also pretty quick to make and super high in protein. So basically, you are going to love it!

I served my General Tso's tofu with rice and steamed broccoli. If you have cooking wine or white wine, you can use that instead of beer. To make this vegan General Tso tofu recip, you'll need a little over an hour. You can have Vegan General Tso’s Tofu using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vegan General Tso’s Tofu

Prepare 1 block of tofu (medium).
Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
You need 1/4 tsp of pepper.
It's of For the sauce.
You need 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.
It's 3 tablespoon of apple vinegar.
It's 2 tablespoon of raw sugar (I just used white sugar).
You need 1-3 tablespoon of sambal (just to your liking) * very spicy *.
You need 1/3 cup of vegetable stock.
Prepare 1 tsp of cornstarch.
You need 1 tablespoon of chili sauce (loa gan ma).
You need 3-5 of dry thai chilies or 1 tablespoon of red pepper flakes.
You need 1 tablespoon of minced garlic.

First you'll prepare the tofu and sauce and let them marinate (separately) in the fridge. The tofu is crispy and flavorful, the sauce is not too sweet and not too spicy, just thick and rich, the way I remember it. Home Healthy Recipes Vegan General Tso's Tofu Recipe & Video. So I'm so so happy to bring you another healthy, easy & vegan dish to you!

Vegan General Tso’s Tofu instructions

Drain water from tofu, wrap in paper towels to soak up the water, put something on top of it to hold it down, it will soak the the moisture faster that way, set aside..
Start making the sauce.
In a small bowl, add soy sauce, vinegar, samba,sugar,cornstarch,vegetable stock, mix, set aside..
Back to tofu, unwrap, and cut. Cut in the middle, then flip the two pieces on to is sides and cut them again, then cut into rectangles.(after I had it cut 4 times I put 2 on top of each and cut in rectangles as you see in the last picture).
Salt and pepper tofu add to air fryer on 390 for 15 mins, half way shake them well... (can do in oven on 360 on wire rack till golden brown).
Done..
Notes-Make sauce, don’t heat pan up before adding anything. Turn heat on after the sweet chili sauce, peppers flakes, and garlic are in the pan..
Make sauce right before tofu is done. On med heat, in frying pan, add chili sauce, garlic, and dry Thai chilies,cook for about a min while stirring, then add the vegetable stock mixture (Stir the vegetable stock mixture before adding,) this will bubble up and become thicker stir constantly, add the tofu, mix and make sure all tofu is coated with sauce. Remove from heat..
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Sever over rice and any steamed vegetables..
Notes- this is the kinda of tofu I used, I never cooked with it before, I did go though two rounds, soaking up the water, as you can see my towels was too wet, and I just did it again. I did have cheap paper towels too. I used a plate and a can to add some weight, that work out great. It did take a little longer in my air fryer, because my tofu still had moisture in it..
This was my first time cooking tofu and using some of these sauces that was hard to find I ended up finding stuff at Kroger’s,Walmart didn’t have any of it! I didnt have the peppers I couldn’t find them so I used red pepper flakes..

You know the best part of this recipe? Even though I've eaten General Tso's Tofu before and loved it, I've never tried to make it at home. Which is pretty surprising given the number of times I eat tofu per week. If you love sticky, sweet, spicy food then you'll enjoy this recipe for Vegan General Tso's Tofu from the Chloe Flavor cookbook. Bake the tofu or pan fry, add blanched veggies and make a sandwich or wrap.