It’s vegan, gluten-free, protein-packed, and requires just 30 minutes and 6 ingredients. Let us show you how it’s done!
What is Gochujang?
Gochujang is a red chili-based sauce that’s spicy, savory, and slightly sweet. It’s popular in Korean cooking and traditionally fermented to develop the flavors, but there are also ways to make it more simply (and quickly) — which you know we’re all about. Here, we use it in combination with other ingredients to coat crispy baked tofu!
How to Make Crispy Baked Gochujang Tofu
For the crispiest crispy tofu, we start off with super firm (high protein!) tofu and crumble it into bite-size pieces with jagged edges. Then we coat them with oil and bake until golden and slightly firm! While the tofu crisps in the oven, we make our Korean-inspired sauce by combining gochujang (preferably homemade, but store-bought is fine, too) with lime juice, maple syrup, cornstarch, and water. After heating on the stove, the sauce thickens up and is ready to coat the tofu in sticky, savory perfection. YUM. All together now! The crispy baked tofu joins forces with the gochujang sauce, and it’s ready to enjoy. We hope you LOVE this Korean-inspired gochujang tofu! It’s:CrispySaucyQuick & easySavorySpicy& SO versatile!It makes a simple and delicious plant-based meal when paired with rice and cabbage apple slaw, and it would also be delicious in lettuce cups or served with our Crispy Kimchi Rice Fritters!
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