Oven Fried Tofus

What You Need:

• 16oz block (1 pound) tofu
• 1/4 cups soy sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 clove of garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon roasted sesame seed oil
• 1/4 cup unbleached white flour
• 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• spices to please your fancy (i like paprika, zatar mix, garlic powder, cumin...)
• 1-2 tablespoons sesame seeds (I like to use black sesame seeds)

What You Do:

1. Slice the tofu into 1/4 inch slices all the way across, then cut those slices in half. You should end up with little rectangles about 2 inches by 1 1/2 inches or so.
2. Mix together the soy sauce, water, garlic and sesame oil. Pour it into a pan and place the tofu in there to marinate. I like to marinate these overnight if I can, flipping them once or twice, but an hour would be OK too.
3. Preheat the oven to 425F
4. Mix together the rest of the ingredients in a deep little bowl.
5. Pour some oil onto a non-stick cookie sheet. You want just more than to coat...not a pool or anything.
6. Dredge the marinated tofu cuties, through the breading mixture and place on the cookie sheet. Repeat with all the tofus.
7. Place the cookie sheet in the hot oven and turn the tofus over after they start to turn golden.
8. I like mine really brown and chewy, so you might need to add more oil as they bake and make sure to keep turning them over.