CRISPY BAKED BUFFALO TOFU WINGS

Spicy, delicious, and indulgent-tasting these crisp baked buffalo curd wings create the proper appetiser for your next party and ar glorious on a salad!

If you set your buffalo curd wings on a dish, will that create it the healthiest meal of your life or what? As I may eat this meal non-stop (and have had it a vi times this month already!), that certain would be a pleasant perk.

The manner you management the warmth level once creating buffalo sauce is by adding additional or less [vegan] butter to the recent sauce. If you wish a milder sauce, add additional butter! If you wish it spicier, add additional sauce or less butter. Easy peasy.

If you don’t bake the curd wings long enough, they’ll find yourself a touch soggy once tossed with the buffalo sauce. thus provide them as long PRN to form an additional crisp breading before adding the recent sauce!

Enjoy the buffalo curd wings hot out of the kitchen appliance with some creamy sauce for dipping. They’re good for a celebration appetiser, or for a munchies vogue dinner. They conjointly bring the foremost epic vegetarian raincoat and cheese!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb extra firm or super firm tofu
• 6 tbsp cornstarch, arrowroot, or tapioca starch
• 1/4 cup plant milk

BREAD CRUMB MIXTURE

• 1 cup panko style bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp fresh minced parsley
• BUFFALO SAUCE
• 6 tbsp (90g) red cayenne pepper hot sauce, ideally Franks RedHot
• 3 tbsp (35g) vegan butter
• 1/8 tsp granulated garlic
• 1/8 tsp salt

TO SERVE

• Vegan bleu cheese or ranch style dressing
• romaine, sweet peppers, croutons, avocado for salad

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 425 ºF and lightly grease a large rimmed baking sheet.
2. If using extra-firm tofu press out the extra water: Slice your tofu into 6 width-wise slabs and wrap in a lint-free towel or paper towel. Place some weights over the wrapped tofu, like a heavy cast iron skillet or books atop a baking sheet. Let drain for about 20-30 minutes before continuing.
3. Cut your tofu into 18 'wings' or ~1/2" sticks. Cut the block of tofu into 6 slices width-wise if you haven't already for pressing, then slice each of those slabs into 3 slices lengthwise.
4. Put the cornstarch (/arrowroot or tapioca starch) in one bowl, the plant milk in a second bowl, and mix together the bread crumb mixture in a third bowl. Pour some of the bread crumb mixture onto a plate.
5. Dip each tofu 'wing' into the starch, followed by the milk, then roll in the breadcrumbs on the plate. Place the wing onto the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the remaining 'wings.' Use one hand for the starch and bread crumbs and your other for the milk to keep breading from clumping on your fingers. Add more of the breadcrumb mixture to the plate as needed.
6. Bake the prepared tofu at 425 ºF for 25 minutes, flip, then bake an additional 10-15 minutes until the tofu wings are nice and crispy.
7. While they're baking, make the buffalo sauce. Melt the vegan butter and stir in the hot sauce, granulated garlic, and salt.
8. Put the tofu wings in a large mixing bowl and toss with the buffalo sauce to coat. Serve immediately.
9. Leftover buffalo tofu wings can be re-crisped in the oven.

Recipe From : The Curious Chickpea