Saucy Baked Black Bean Tofu Dinner Bowls
This oven baked black bean tofu is chewy - never mushy! - and has a salty, umami-rich sauce. Just 5 minutes of hands on time and less than ten ingredients, plus an option to turn it into an easy sheet pan dinner with broccoli
Ingredients
- 12 ounce block of extra firm tofu
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons black bean sauce I used Lee Kum Kee brand
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing cooking wine or other rice wine
- 1 teaspoon tamari or soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- ½ teaspoon pure cane sugar or maple syrup
For serving, optional
- 2 green onions thinly sliced on the diagonal, dark green tops only if low FODMAP
- 1 pound broccoli steamed, sauteed or roasted; 3/4 cup is low FODMAP!
- your favourite whole grain or noodle rice, soba, millet, wheat berries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C) and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Pat tofu dry and slice into 1/2 inch (1cm) slices. Then cut each slice into 4 triangles by cutting in half and then half again diagonally.
- In a medium bowl, gently toss tofu with oil, salt and pepper and place on baking sheet. If baking broccoli, toss florets in another tablespoon of oil and arrange on another sheet.
- Roast for 30-35 minutes, turning halfway through cooking, until browned and crisp on outside. Meanwhile, in the same bowl, whisk together black bean sauce, Shaoshing wine, tamari, sesame oil and ginger.
- Carefully add roasted tofu back to the bowl, toss with sauce and serve with broccoli and a grain or noodle.
Cook your grain once the tofu is in the oven!
Notes
Need an even more hands off dinner? Turn this into a sheet pan dinner!
Cut 1 pound (450g) of broccoli into florets, toss with another tablespoon of oil, salt and pepper and roast on a separate sheet at the same time as the tofu. Just be sure to put the tofu on the rack closest to the heat source for a better texture!
I highly recommend doubling the sauce recipe, and then just toss the whole thing with half the sauce before serving. Serve the remaining sauce alongside.