Ingredients
- One block extra-firm tofu
- 3 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Press the tofu for 30 minutes.
- Mix soy sauce and olive oil together in one container; mix seasonings and corn starch together in another.
- Add pressed tofu, cut into cubes, to the soy sauce and olive oil mix.
- Shake the container a bit just to get the tofu nicely coated in the liquid.
- Add seasoning + corn starch mix and shake more until everything’s coated.
- Preheat air fryer to 375°F or 190°C.
- Cook for 15 minutes; shake halfway through.
- Enjoy your air-fried estrogen cubes!
I parboil the tofu cubes in salted water for a few minutes, wait for it to cool and then coat in corn starch and pan fry for about 5 minutes before flipping for another 5 minutes.
Thanks I will try this. I was thinking about deep frying wok prior to this.
I generally try and shoot for ways that don’t take a bunch of oil. If you’re concerned about the other sides not getting crunchy you can go for a more rectangular cut.
Rectangular cuts are easier with a slab of tofu too and I prefer crunchy tbh
An air fryer is a smaller, more efficient, convection oven. If you have an oven with a fan/convection setting, especially if it has a broiler mode that it’ll let you turn on at the same time, you’ll get similar results. Just with more preheating needed and some tweaking to the recipe.
I don’t have an oven either unfortunately.