Vegan Brown Sugar Glazed Tofu
The perfect holiday main dish. Baked tofu glazed with a delicious brown sugar glaze.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 1 Block(15oz.) Extra firm tofu, pressed
- 1/2 Cup Maple syrup
- 1/4 Cup Brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ginger, dried
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Make sure you press your tofu before hand for at least 15 minutes, but the longer the better.
- Now, slice your tofu through the side to make "steaks". Cut into 2-3 slices, depending on how thick you want them. Sprinkle both sides with a few pinches of salt and a pinch of pepper.
- Now, score your tofu steaks on one side. Slice in a crisscross pattern over the entire piece of tofu. Slice pretty deep, but make sure you don't go all the way through.
- Place the pieces of tofu onto a baking sheet sprayed with non stick spray. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Flip the tofu after 15 minutes.
- While the tofu is baking, make the glaze. Combine the maple syrup, brown sugar, mustard, cinnamon, ginger and a pinch of salt in a small sauce pan.
- Heat on medium, whisk everything together. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low. Continue to whisk, and simmer for another minute until everything has dissolved and has slightly thickened. Remove from heat. It will thicken more as it cools.
- Once the tofu has baked for 30 minutes, make sure it is slightly brown and firm and getting a little crisp. Remove from the oven, reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees.
- Now, starting with the side of the tofu that has not been scored(cut), generously brush the glaze on top, and the sides. Return to the oven and bake for 5 more minutes.
- Then remove from the oven again, flip the tofu over to the side that has been scored. If the cuts have baked back together a bit, cut back into them, then brush the tofu with more glaze, making sure to get the glaze all the way down into the cuts through the tofu.
- Bake for another 5 minutes, or until the glaze on the tofu has browned. The glaze will slightly melt off the tofu and on to the pan, this is normal. I like to scoop the super caramelized glaze off the pan and put it on top of the tofu.
- Once you remove the tofu from the oven, brush the tops with more glaze. Then serve.
Notes
This recipe will make 2-3 slices of tofu, so if you are having more guests, I would use 2 blocks of tofu and double the glaze recipe.
If the glaze gets too thick to brush or pour on the tofu while it sits, just reheat for a few seconds.
If you want a refined sugar free option, you can use coconut sugar instead of brown sugar.