Let's Get Cookin': Meatless Monday = Buffalo Tofu Wings

I can honestly say that if I had been this adventurous with tofu the year that I decided to be a vegetarian for lent, I may have stayed a veggie. I am perfectly honest in saying that I can tell that tofu is going to be somewhere on the weekly menu board for quite some time. It may not be every Monday as soon enough I will start working study table on Monday nights - so cooking will be limited. But for now, meatless Monday = something new and exciting with tofu!

This was another fairly easy recipe as I started it a little after 6 and was outside enjoying the beautiful night by 7. Are you ready we are going to break this one down and I am telling you we have done 4 different recipes with the FU and you need to pick one to just try!!!

You know what step 1 is by this point - cut that tofu and get it all dried out. Now I knew that I was going to be running a little later tonight because school starts this week so I cut the tofu and laid it on the paper towels this morning! Now you can see that this time around I cut the tofu in strips, last weeks was in squares, week before chunks. I literally just follow what the recipe says to determine how to cut the tofu.

Step 2 - get the corn starch out and roll each strip in the starch

Step 3 - once you have rolled each strip place it in your sauté pan and let them sear on both sides for 5 minutes

While the strips were searing I decided that I wanted to try and may my own ranch dressing - so here we go with that

Step 1 pull out the ingredients - I didn't have the parsley the recipe called for so I used thyme

Step 2 - mix it all together and put it in the fridge until ready to use!

Ok back to the tofu...

Step 4 - time to get the flava on those bad boys! I decided that I didn't need to dirty another dish so I just used the olive oil that was in the sauté pan added the red hot and let the strips sit in that while I got the cookie sheet ready!

Step 5- get them on the cookie sheet. I decided that I wanted to put them on a cooling rack on the cookie sheet so that the air could get to the bottom side. This was a great idea - however I should have put a little spray on the cooling rack so that it didn't get stuck during that baking time (which mine did - could have been disastrous but I was patient while trynig to pull them off)

Step 6 - Bake for 10 mintues, and then put them under the broiler for extra crispness

Doesn't even look like tofu right!!! Kinda looks like a french fry!

Once they were all done it was time to plate everything up! I decided that my side would be some cucumber strips! Again I can't tell a lie - this meal was excellent!!

Here is the finished product all set and ready to be devoured