45 Best Tofu Recipes! Stir-fries, Marinated, Curries, Sandwiches & More

45 Best Tofu Recipes to Try. Stir-fries, Marinated and Baked, Curries, Pasta, Crispy Breaded Tofu, Sandwiches & More. No Bland tofu! Gluten-free Options. Delicious Vegan Tofu Recipes.

Tofu is an interesting ingredient. In the initial years when we transitioned to eating vegan, I used to dislike tofu. That was probably because of the tofu I tried in restaurants which was bland or just fried and added to things. No marination, no spices or herbs. Then, I started cooking with it myself and the challenge was to see if would like tofu. Challenge accepted and then some.

Try my Indian butter tofu, Orange Tofu, Cajun Baked Tofu, lemon asparagus pasta, Chili garlic baked tofu, Tofu in Amritsari sauce and then try the rest of the recipes as well.

What is Tofu?

Tofu is basically bean curd. It is made by curdling soy milk (milk from soybeans) and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The process is similar to making cheese curds from dairy milk.

During transition, I didn’t particularly eat much Tofu or miss eating it. There were plenty of beans, lentils and legumes in our diet. Tofu is easily more available in restaurants and when travelling, so its a good protein to get to like. And that’s what happened when I started to prepare it in various ways.

If you are avoiding soy, you can use other protein subs in most of these recipes, such as chickpea tofu, cooked chickpeas or beans, roasted veggies, seitan, meat subs etc. Most recipes have the alternatives mentioned to make them soyfree when possible.

Tofu in Stir-fries

Orange Tofu GF

Sticky Ginger Sesame Tofu GF

Hoisin Tofu and noodles with from scratch hoisin sauce GF

Cashew Tofu GF

Indian Chilli Sauce Tofu GF

Hoisin Tofu Mushroom Stir fry GF

Black Pepper Tofu and celery GF

Tofu in Sunbutter sauce GF

Crispy Korean Fried Tofu – Rabbits and wolves

Tofu in Curries

Butter Tofu – Tofu in butter masala sauce. GF

Tofu Lababdar GF

Tofu Amritsari Masala GF

Cauliflower and Tofu in Green Masala Sauce GF

Methi Malai Tofu Paneer GF

Achari Tofu GF

Mango Curry Tofu GF

Palak Tofu Paneer GF

Vegan White Korma with tofu and Veggies GF

Marinates, Baked Tofu

Baked Chili Garlic Tofu GF

Tofu and eggplant baked with soy lime sauce GF

BBQ Tofu Bowl with veggies and quinoa GF

Marinated Baked Tofu over crunchy salad GF

Cajun tofu Bowl with cilantro lime rice GF

Peanut Butter Baked tofu and Cauliflower GF

General Tsos Tofu GF option

Tofu Short Ribs  – Isa Chandra

Crispy Baked Teriyaki tofu – Connoiseurus Veg.

Tofu in Pasta Sauce, Pizza

Lemon Asparagus Pasta GF option

Sriracha BBQ Tofu Pizza with almond pepperjack 

Deep Dish tofu Tofu Ricotta Pizza

Tofu Ricotta Veggie Lasagna

Sundried Tomato, Mushroom, Tofu Quiche – Oh she glows

Appetizers, Rolls, Wraps, Sandwiches

Crispy Breaded Tofu

Deconstructed Summer rolls GF

Tortilla Roll ups with Dairy free tofu herb cream cheese GF

Breaded Tofu with sweet chili sauce

Curried Tofu Banh Mi GF option

Tofu Scramble Breakfast Burrito GF option

Tofu Veggie Kebabs with Gochugaru GF

Tofu Egg Salad

Tofu BLT – My Darling Vegan

Easy Indian Tofu Scramble GF

GF Vegan Fried Chicken with Tofu! – Mary’s test kitchen

Fresh Spring Rolls GF

Tofu in Soups

Turmeric Miso Soup GF

Egg drop Soup GF

Hot and sour Soup – Vedged Out.