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
Hoisin Tofu and noodles with from scratch hoisin sauce GF
Cashew Tofu GF
Hoisin Tofu Mushroom Stir fry GF
Black Pepper Tofu and celery GF
Crispy Korean Fried Tofu – Rabbits and wolves
Tofu in Curries
Butter Tofu – Tofu in butter masala sauce. GF
Cauliflower and Tofu in Green Masala Sauce GF
Achari Tofu GF
Vegan White Korma with tofu and Veggies GF
Marinates, Baked Tofu
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
Sundried Tomato, Mushroom, Tofu Quiche – Oh she glows
Appetizers, Rolls, Wraps, Sandwiches
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 BLT – My Darling Vegan
GF Vegan Fried Chicken with Tofu! – Mary’s test kitchen
Tofu in Soups
Hot and sour Soup – Vedged Out.
Cassie Thuvan Tran
Can’t decide which recipe I would want to start first because they all look absolutely spectacular! The tofu in sunbutter sauce must be fascinating. It looks to die for, so I’d probably try this with peanut or almond butter too!
Richa
Thanks!
Karan
Thank you so much for your help! I truly appreciate it!
Karan
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful Tofu recipes! I recently ate at my favorite Vegan/Vegetarian restaurant. I had a pumpkin seed crusted tofu sandwich to die for! Any ideas on how to coat it in a similar way?
Richa
try this one with pumpkin seed meal instead of all breadcrumbs. https://www.isachandra.com/2012/01/porcini-crusted-tofu-with-shallot-gravy/
Molly B Nolan
Thanks for so many tofu recipes in one place!
Richa
Thanks!
paisley rose
Thanks Yummy 😋
Ingrid Scott
Thank you for all those Tofu recipes, I love Tofu and always need more ideas! 🙂
Richa
Awesome!
mary
Thanks for the wonderful crop of tofu recipes! When I first turned vegan I ate way too many grains and not enough tofu – these are really helpful!!