Vegan recipes: Turkey-Lurkey’s Teriyaki Tofu

Vegan recipes: Turkey-Lurkey’s Teriyaki Tofu

Serves 6

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

- 1 1/2 pound firm tofu
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 or 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 or 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
- 2 or 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 10 bamboo skewers

Cut the tofu into strips about 1/4 inch thick and 3/4 inches wide. Place them on a lightly oiled cookie sheet. Sprinkle with the soy sauce. In a cup,mix together the nutritional yeast, onion powder, and garlic powder, and shake the mixture over the tofu strips.

Bake for 15 minutes, then flip over, and bake for 10 more minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Brush the baked strips with the teriyaki sauce and olive oil, then thread on the skewers. Heat under the broiler for 5 minutes.

Do not allow to burn. Serve on a bed of brown rice or with toothpicks as hors d’oeuvres.

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Quick Vegan Glossary

quick vegan glossary

 

Quick Vegan Glossary

Vegan: People who choose animal-free foods are vegans. Vegan foods are free of animal products including poultry, red meat, dairy, eggs, and fish.

Nutritional Yeast: Flavorful golden flakes or powder give a delicious cheesy taste and texture to gravies, sauces, casseroles, and salad dressings. Sprinkle on pasta and soups like parmesan, use for breading, whip with vegan buttery spread or vegetable oil in mashed potatoes, and add to stir-fries. Nutritional yeast is non-leavening and does not cause yeast infections.

Seitan: High protein food made of wheat gluten with a meat-like texture. Seitan is sold in many food stores in oven-ready and ready-to-eat forms, and is the grilled, baked, and sizzling “meat”in many vegetarian entrees. Like stirfried shitake mushrooms and grilled Portobello mushrooms, seitan makes giving up meat a lot easier that you think.

Tempeh: Highprotein, somewhat meat-like food with a nutty flavor made from fermented soybeans. Delicious cubed or thinly sliced in stir-fries.

Tofu: This versatile soybean product and meat replacement can be breaded, marinated, stir-fried, and baked in many different ways. A good source of protein and calcium, tofu (also called bean curd) absorbs the flavors of sauces and spices. 

It can be found in just about any supermarket in 1-lb packages ranging from extra-firm for meat-like textures, firm or soft for vegan scrambled eggs, and silken textures for puddings, mousses, pumpkin and cream pie fillings.