Before I was put on my rather limiting gluten, dairy and egg free diet we used to make this super easy and yummy sweet and sour tofu dish often.
We like to serve the tofu with roasted veggies – we’ve tried broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, zucchini, mushrooms and Japanese eggplant. You can eat the sweet and sour tofu with the carb of your choice – quinoa, rice, stir fry noodles – they all work really well.
If you don’t like tofu you can use cubed chicken as well. I’d just cook the chicken for a bit longer and make sure that it’s properly cooked through.
Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Tofu
1 block of extra firm tofu (I prefer using organic and non-GMO)
1 egg (beaten)
1/4 cup of corn starch
3/4 cup of brown sugar
4 tablespoons of ketchup
1/2 cup of white vinegar
1 tablespoon of Tamari sauce
Instructions to Make Sweet and Sour Tofu
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Prepare a baking pan by lining it with aluminum foil and spraying with olive oil spray.
Cut tofu into long strips. I find working with tofu strips a bit easier than working with cubes.
Place the cornstarch in a large ziplock bag and then add in the tofu. Mix everything up and make sure to cover the tofu with the cornstarch.
Beat the egg in a medium sized bowl.
Set up your counter in the following order: tofu coated with cornstarch, bowl of beaten egg and prepared baking dish already sprayed with olive oil spray.
Dip the tofu strips (that have been covered in cornstarch) into the beaten egg and then place them on the baking dish.
Next make the sweet and sour sauce by combining the brown sugar, vinegar, Tamari sauce and ketchup in a medium sized bowl.
Once the sauce is well combined, pour it over the tofu and place the tofu in the oven to bake for 25 minutes.
The sauce will caramelize and get sticky from the brown sugar. Trust me, this sauce is super yummy. Once cooked you can layer the quinoa/rice/noodles, then mixed veggies and top with the tofu and sauce.
If you like the sound of this recipe you should give my honey baked chicken with quinoa a try!
What a fun recipe and it sounds scrumptious! Thanks for sharing with us on Throwback Thursday!
Mollie
Thanks Mollie!
This sounds really good! I need to buy some Tamari…I am not sure what exactly it is, but it keeps showing up in recipes lately! Found you at the Everything Kids Link party!
Hi Rachel – Tamari is basically gluten free soy sauce. You should be able to find it in the Asian food aisle near the soy sauce on other Japanese items.
I love sweet and sour dishes. I have tried tofu before but not as much as I would like to as I know it is really good. This is recipe seems very yummy and also easy to do even for someone like me that is not very good in the kitchen. I will make a note of this recipe and give it a go. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe at #KCACOLS my lovely! I hope you can join us again on Sunday, 🙂 x
Thanks Franca! It’s worth a try since it’s easy and the clean up is pretty decent as well. Thanks for hosting #KCACOLS each week 🙂
Oh man, I LOVE sweet and sour chicken! You know, I’ve never had tofu before, and I’ve always been a bit afraid to try it haha. But, this recipe looks so good-maybe I’ll give it a go! Thanks for sharing (: #kcacols
Tofu is so easy and versatile this recipe in particular is pretty easy to make. Great for a tofu newbie!
I have never had tofu in my life but this sounds very interesting. I do enjoy sweet and sour chicken so I wonder if I would like this. It does sound pretty simple and easy. Thanks for sharing the recipe! #KCACOLS
Thanks Sarah – tofu is great and so easy to cook.
I looooooooove tofu and I like sweet & sour, so I’m definitely going to try your recipe! Probably tomorrow.
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thanks Winnie! Let me know how it goes
I didn’t know that you could make this at home! Well, I guess I figured you could. But, I never really thought about how to do it. Thanks for laying out all of the steps so clearly and giving me the chance to try it myself! My husband would love this!
Thanks Gina! I hope you and your husband enjoy the dish
I’ve actually never tried tofu…but this has me wanting to. Yum. I love DIY sweet n sour 🙂
Tofu is great – it’s very versatile and easy to work with. This is a great first recipe to try. I hope you enjoy it. Just make sure you get “extra firm” otherwise it might be very mushy 🙂
Looks yummy, I am definitely going to try it! I love tofu and it’s so healthy as well #KCACOLS
Thanks so much! Hope you like the recipe
Looks yummy… Oh I love sweet and sour whether it’s chicken or pork, however I have not tried it on tofu though which is very interesting. Thanks for sharing this very detailed recipe. #KCACOLS
Thanks Cheryl – hope you enjoy it!
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