Let’s find out 5 irresistible recipes for cooking the tofu in air fryer: colorful skewers, foil tofu, Mapo tofu, beer tofu and a delicious mix with broccoli in Teriyaki sauce. Taste and lightness in every bite!
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Tofu is one of those foods capable of dividing the spirits like few others. Pilastro of oriental cuisine, it carves out an important space in western kitchens from the 80s, and today it represents one of the ingredients most appreciated by vegans and vegetarians (it is soy based). Divisive food, we said: there are those who love it and those who, at the first taste, find it completely underwater.
The secret? Propose it only to those who appreciate it! Too obvious? Okay, let’s move on to the secret number 2: knowing how to cook it in the right way (who would have said it?), By making use of the appliance of the moment, the notorious air fryer. Thanks to the miraculous air fryer, we can get crunchy dishes outside and soft inside, without overdoing the oil.
Here are five recipes to transform an ingredient so discussed into a true protagonist of the table.
Tofu and vegetables skewers
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Cut the tofu into cubes and do it marinate for 20 minutes in a bowl with soy sauce, sesame oil and paprika. In the meantime, cut the vegetables into pieces and skews everything on wooden skewers, alternating tofu and vegetables. Arrange the skewers in the aery fryer basket and cook at 180 ° C for 12 minutes, turning them halfway through cooking. Sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.
Tofu al Cartoccio
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Cut the tofu into slices and place it on a sheet of parchment paper. Condish it with soy sauce, tomato, olive oil, chopped garlic and ginger, then add the sliced spring onion. Close the foil and cook in air fryer at 190 ° C for 15 minutes. Open the foil carefully: the perfume will be irresistible!
Mapo Tofu (simplified version)
Ingredients:
Procedure:
In a bowl, mix the vegetable ground (previously hydrated) with the soy sauce and the chilli paste. Arrange everything in the air of the air fryer and cook at 180 ° C for 8 minutes, mixing halfway through cooking. In the meantime, cut the tofu into cubes and melt the corn starch in the broth. Add the tofu to the ground, pour the broth and cook for 5 minutes. Serve hot with white rice.
Beer tofu
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Cut the tofu into slices and leave it marinated for at least 30 minutes with beer, mustard, honey and pepper, then drain and lay it in the basket of the air fryer. Cook at 190 ° C for 10 minutes, brushing with the marinade halfway through cooking. The result? A mix of flavors that will be able to amaze you.
Fried tofu
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Ingredients:
Procedure
Cut the tofu into thin slices. Immerse them in a bowl with unsweetened soy milk, so that they soak well.
In another bowl mix the breadcrumbs with all the spices. Pass each slice of tofu in the mix of breadcrumbs, waging them well.
Arrange the slices in the air fryer, add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and cook at 180 ° C for about 15 minutes.
Ready: crunchy outside, soft inside.
Enjoy your meal!
