Frankentofu! - a yummy, quick, vegan, gluten-free tofu recipe • Valerie's Recipes

A pan of Frankentofu – yum!

This is a simplified nod to Golden Crispy Tofu — a recipe that I love! Instead of putting (gluten-free) breading on the outside of each piece of tofu, this recipe aims at the same flavor, but the ingredients are all mashed together, which makes the prep for this recipe much quicker and neater. Yum!

I named it Frankentofu because, like Frankenstein’s monster, it is cobbled together out of pieces! :)

Frankentofu! - a yummy, quick, vegan, gluten-free tofu recipe

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

30 mins

This quick yummy tofu recipe is delicious! It is also gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan. Yum!

Author: Valerie Mates

Recipe type: dinner

Cuisine: American

Serves: Serves 3

Ingredients

1 package of extra-firm tofu -- around 14 to 16 ounces
EITHER 2 1/2 cups of not-very-sweet puffed breakfast cereal (I like Barbara's Bakery Brown Rice Crisps - but watch the price if you are ordering on Amazon, or Love Grown Power O's - in the unsweetened original flavor)
- OR 1 1/2 cups of Panko breadcrumbs (gluten-free or not, as needed)
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 teaspoon dried, powdered or rubbed sage
1/3 teaspoon dried thyme
1 1/3 teaspoons smoked paprika
6 tablespoons gluten-free flour, or regular flour if you are not gluten-free (I use 2 tablespoons each of garbanzo flour, teff flour, and quinoa flour - but any gluten-free flour mix should be fine)
EITHER 1/2 cup of vegan milk
- OR 1/2 cup cow's milk
- OR 2 teaspoons of almond butter and 1/2 cup of water
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard (I like Annie's Dijon Mustard)
2 tablespoons oil (I like organic canola oil)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Oil an 8x8 inch or 9x9 inch square pan. (I adore Trudeau silicone pans for this, but any pan should work.)
Put all of the other ingredients into a bowl, including the whole (rinsed off) block of tofu, the breakfast cereal, and everything else.
Use a potato masher to mash and stir the ingredients, until everything is mashed evenly together. The idea is to break the tofu into pieces and mix everything together, but the finished mixture should still have a bumpy texture.
Press and smooth the mixture evenly into the pan. A silicone spatula works well for this.
Bake for 25 minutes.
If you let the Frankentofu stand for 10 minutes now, it will be neater to cut and more cohesive, but I sometimes skip this step in order to eat faster.
Cut into six pieces.
Serve with Creamy White Dressing on top, or unsweetened yogurt, or sour cream, or the vegan equivalent -- and something green!