Sweet Chili Crispy Tofu Burgers
I don’t know why it took me so long to make a tofu burger. I often struggle with bean-based veggie burgers, because they tend to get mushy. With tofu there’s no such issue, just marinate them well and you are good to go!
This burger packs a lot of flavour with tangy cucumber slaw, creamy avocado, spicy sriracha mayo and crunchy marinated tofu.
Sweet Chili Crispy Tofu Burger
Ingredients
- 4 bread rolls of your choice I used ciabattines
- 1/2 avocado
Tofu Burgers
- 1 block of tofu (300-400 gram) pressed
- 3-4 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 100 gram panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp flour
- 80 ml water
- 1 tbsp sriracha
- 3 tbsp neutral oil
Tangy slaw
- 100 gram pointed cabbage
- 1/3 cucumber
- 1 tbsp vegan mayo
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp agave syrup can be subbed for other sugar types
- large pinch of salt
Sriracha Mayo
- 3 tbsp vegan mayo
- 1 tbsp sriracha
- 1 tbsp sugar syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. In the meantime, slice the pressed tofu in 4 equal slices and marinate them in the soy sauce and sesame oil. Place the slices on a lined backing tray and put in the oven for 20 minutes. Flip halfway.
- While that's in the oven, make the slaw. Thinly slice the pointed cabbage and the cucumber. Add to a bowl with the other ingredients, stir well and let sit for at least 10 minutes.
- Make the sweet sriracha mayo by whisking the three ingredients together.
- Prepare your breading station. In a shallow bowl, whisk the flour, sriracha and water together. It should be a consistency that easily drips of your fork. Then grab another plate and dump the panko crumbs on it.
- Take the tofu out of the oven and wait a moment until you are able to handle the hot patties without burning your hands. Heat up the oil in a frying pan. Next, take each patty and first dip in the flour-mixture and then roll out in breadcrumbs until fully covered. Then plop each patty in the pan to fry. They take about 5 minutes per side on medium heat, but since you don't have to worry about salmonella, just bake until golden brown.
- Assemble the burgers by taking your bread rolls, adding the slaw, then the burger, sauce and sliced avocado. And dig in!