Recipe: Kentucky Fried Tofu

Kentucky Fried Tofu

For four servings:

1 pound firm tofu, rinsed and patted dry.

Seasoning mix:
1 1/2 cups nutritional yeast flakes (such as Red Star)
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. dried parsley
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. dried tarragon
1/2 tsp. dried dill
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. curry powder
1/4 tsp. dried mustard
1/4 tsp. ground or crumbled dried rosemary
1/4 tsp. celery seed

[of course, if you dislike any of these spices, leave it out, but the nutritional yeast is essential to the flavor]

Dredging mix:

2/3 cup milk (can be lowfat milk or soy milk)
2 tsp. lemon juice
About 2/3 cup whole wheat (or white, of you must) flour, as needed.

Plus: vegetable oil for frying.

Cut the tofu horizontally into three slabs. Wrap each slab in paper towels and press gently to extract as much moisture as possible. [What I usually do, however, is wrap it and weight it with plates, sort of they way eggplant is done]

Mix the ingredients for the seasoning together well in a wide shallow pan or bowl -- or you could put the mix in a bag. Make sure the ingedients are well combined.

Mix the milk and lemon juice together in a bowl. Put the flour into another bowl or into a bag.

Take each strip of tofu and cut it into four pieces -- nuggets, triangles, or whatever you like. Dredge each piece in the flour, either by dipping it in the bowl of flour or by shaking it in a bag of flour (if you use the bag you can do several pieces at a time). Then, working one piece at a time, dip each piece in the soured milk, and coat it thoroughly with the seasoning mix -- either by dredging it in a bowl or pan of the mix or shaking it in
a bag of the mix.

Put a layer of oil in a large skillet and heat over medium heat. When the oil is hot, place tofu pieces in a single layer into the pan (which means it will probabluy be necessary to fry them in more than one batch). Brown on one side, then turn and brown on the other. Drain immediately on paper towels. For subsequent batches, add a bit more oil to the pan and let it heat up before putting in the tofu pieces.

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