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Home » Family Meals » Crispy Tofu Fajitas

Crispy Tofu Fajitas

August 4, 2014 by Ciara Attwell, Updated August 5, 2019

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Delicious crispy crunchy marinated tofu in a soft floury tortilla and filled with your favourite toppings!

crispy tofu with polenta If there’s one  dinner which goes down a storm every time in my house, it’s fajitas! So when Cauldron challenged bloggers to create their favourite street food recipe using one of their products I knew instantly that it had to be these little parcels of delight!

I decided to use a packet of the Original Tofu in my recipe as I like the fact that you can alter it’s flavour with whatever marinade or sauce you chose. I also liked the fact that you can coat it and bake it to make the tofu wonderfully crispy. The slight crunch of the tofu goes so well with the soft floury tortilla.

vegetarian fajitas vegetarian fajitasYou can load these fajitas with any of your favourite toppings. We had:

– grated cheese

– tomato and onion

– sweetcorn

– shredded lettuce

– fresh lime juice

crispy tofu fajitas tofu fajitas flourI also made a coriander and yoghurt dip. We usually have a slightly spicy salsa on our fajitas but I fancied something a bit different this time and the cool yogurt dip went really well with the subtle flavours in the marinate tofu.

The marinade isn’t set in stone either. I kept it quite mild as my fussy eater doesn’t like anything too spicy, but you could jazz it up with more chilli or other mexican flavours.

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crispy tofu with polenta

Crispy Tofu Fajitas


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  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Cuisine: European
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Delicious crispy crunchy marinated tofu in a soft floury tortilla and filled with your favourite toppings


Ingredients

Tofu

  • 1 packet Cauldron Original Tofu

Marinade:

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 tbsp coriander, chopped
  • 1 tbsp chilli powder (made into a paste with a little water)
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp oregano
  • juice of 1 lime

Coating:

  • 100g cornmeal (or breadcrumbs)

Coriander Sauce:

  • 100g greek yoghurt
  • 1 bunch coriander

Fajitas and Fillings

  • 8 flour or corn fajitas
  • Fillings of your choice

Instructions

Press the Tofu

  1. Remove the tofu from the packaging and pat it dry with kitchen paper. Line a plate or board with kitchen paper and place the tofu on top. Line with more kitchen paper on top and then place something heavy on top of it. I used a chopping board with a bottle of water on top of that! Leave for 20-30 minutes until as much liquid as possible has drained from the tofu. You can replace the kitchen paper half way through if it gets too wet.

Marinate the Tofu

  1. Mix the marinade ingredients together in a bowl. Cut the tofu into bite sized pieces and add to the marinade, mixing well to ensure all the tofu has been coated. Cover with cling film and refridgerate for at least 30 minutes.
  2. The tofu can be marinated for several hours so you can do this step ahead of time and just keep it in the fridge until you are ready to cook the tofu.

Bake the Tofu

  1. Preheat the oven to 180c and line a baking sheet with baking parchment.
  2. Sprinkle the cornmeal onto a plate. Remove the tofu pieces from the marinade and toss in the cornmeal, coating as much of the surface as possible.
  3. Place the coated tofu onto the baking sheet in a single layer and bake for 30-40 minutes, turning once.

Make the Sauce

  1. Make the coriander sauce by blitzing the greek yoghurt and coriander in a food processor until smooth.

Load your Fajitas

  1. Bring all the ingredients to the table and get building your fajita with your favourite toppings!
1 Serving (not including fillings of your choice)5661.9 g997.7 mg20.1 g3 g76.2 g3.6 g22.6 g

crispy tofu**DISCLAIMER**  For the purpose of this competition I was sent a voucher to purchase a Cauldron product of my choice.

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Comments

  1. Toni says

    February 17, 2018 at 9:55 am

    I’d never really liked tofu before as I was put off by the texture but adding the crispy coating made such a difference and fajitas are a favourite in our house so these are just perfect for us!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. Kirsten says

    August 6, 2014 at 8:32 am

    I’ve never thought of using tofu this way, it looks yummy!

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      August 6, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      Thanks Kirsten!

      Reply
  3. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says

    August 4, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    I love tofu, but I haven’t had it in fajitas like this before. Great recipe 🙂

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      August 4, 2014 at 9:20 pm

      Thanks Dannii!

      Reply
  4. Mandy says

    August 4, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    Nothing like assembling your own dinner! These sound lovely.

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      August 4, 2014 at 5:49 pm

      Thank you Mandy!

      Reply
  5. Helen says

    August 4, 2014 at 8:22 am

    These look great, I’ve never thought of coating tofu, I will definitely give these a try with some wing sauce & semolina, thanks for the idea!

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      August 4, 2014 at 8:30 am

      Ouuu that sounds lovely!

      Reply

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