The Best Vegan Breaded Tofu Recipes with Panko
These breaded tofu recipes are lightly marinated then cooked in the oven until crisp and golden. These recipes are the perfect meal centerpiece, crisp salad topping, or easy snack. These are perfect for weeknight meals or for snacks and can be made in the oven OR air fryer.
Most of these recipes use Panko breading or Shockingly vegan pre-made breading mixes you can find at the grocery store.
Simple and delicious crispy baked Panko Fish sticks! One of my favorites.
Panko Breaded Tofu Fish Sticks Recipe
VEGAN FISH MARINADE:
3-4 Tbsp Rice vinegar or some white wine/ cooking sake
3-4 dashes of liquid smoke (optional but recommended)
6 Tbsp Crumbled Nori Dried Seaweed sheets or kelp granules (swipe to see what I use)
3-4 Tbsp Caper liquid (from the jar)
2 Tbsp Old Bay Seasoning
Salt & pepper
PANKO TOFU BREADING:
2 Firm tofu packages (pressed for at least 30 minutes to get rid of any excess moisture)
Plant-based milk
All-purpose flour
2 cups Panko crumbs
DIRECTIONS
I would highly recommend preparing the tofu the night or morning before. This simply means cutting your pressed tofu into strips and placing them in a casserole dish or large bowl and coating them with the rice vinegar, liquid smoke, nori/kelp, caper liquid, salt & pepper, and Old Bay Seasoning.
When you are ready to cook, take out your marinated tofu strips. Then preheat your oven to 400 F. I highly recommend using parchment paper to line your sheet. Makes things so easy.
Have a bowl with your plant-based milk, a plate with all-purpose flour, and another plate with your panko crumbs.
Dip your fish strip into the milk, flour, then milk again, and lastly, roll it around in the panko. Set each finished fish strip on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Cook for 30-35 minutes, flipping halfway through.
For more information on how to turn your vegan panko breaded tofu fish sticks into a a stunning meal of it’s own check out my recipe below.
Panko-breaded Black Sesame tofu Ahi Tuna Sticks
Panko Breaded Tofu Recipe for Tofu Ahi Tuna Sticks.
This was a super fun recipe to create! On top of making breaded tofu taste fishy, I wanted to adjust the color. The color manipulation is optional as it doesn’t make a large difference taste-wise.
The influence behind this dish is more from Hawaii and Japan. It feels healthier with the added black sesame seeds as well!
Spicy Nashville Vegan Breaded Tofu Nuggets
Breaded Tofu Nuggets spicy Nashville style.
The key to any AMAZING breaded tofu nugget recipe is the prep work you put into your tofu before cooking it. In most of my posts to do with vegan tofu chicken, I recommend checking out this video on creating delicious tofu pieces before breading, spicing, and baking.
This method is surprisingly easy and will change the game when it comes to your breaded tofu nuggets.
So, after you’ve done this method to your tofu, then you are ready to start making some epic vegan nuggets!
Panko Breaded Tofu Katsu Nuggets/ Strips
Panko breaded tofu katsu nuggets.
This is such a fun way to mix up your usual vegan nugget game! Of course, always prep your chicken tofu according to the video above. Then mix things up by creating this incredibly soul-satisfying comfort recipe for those cold dark winter nights.
I’m getting hungry just typing about it.