Blackenedtofu Food

VEGAN BLACKENED GRILLED TOFU

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Slice the pressed tofu block into 4 pieces of about 1-inch thickness each.
• Place soy sauce in a shallow dish and add the tofu. Marinate, covered and refrigerated for at least 30 minutes, turning once or twice to marinate evenly.
• Gather the blackening seasoning ingredients.
• In a small bowl, combine the paprika, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, oregano, and thyme. Mix well.
• Prepare a medium (350 F to 375 F) gas or charcoal grill fire. Oil the grill grates to create a nonstick surface. Remove the tofu from the soy marinade and dip each piece into the blackened seasoning spice mixture, making sure the tofu is generously coated on both sides.
• Grill the tofu until it has blackened on both sides, about 8 to 10 minutes total.

BLACKENED TOFU

Steps:

• Combine salt and seasonings in a small bowl and mix well.
• Brush each piece of tofu with melted butter and dredge each slice in spice mixture, patting it firmly into tofu.
• Pour a teaspoon of melted butter onto each slice of tofu; place tofu, butter side down, in a hot frying pan.
• Stand back and fry for 2 minutes; turn tofu over and fry for another 2 minutes.
• Keep fried tofu in a warm oven until they're all ready to serve.

BLACKENED TOFU

Steps:

• Drain the tofu and cut into 1/2" slices. Drain on wire cookie rack with two heavy pans on top for weight. The weight of the pans will help in removing the excess water from the tofu. Drain at least 30 minutes but up to 45 minutes.
• Melt the butter and set aside in shallow dish.
• In coffee mill or food processor, blend all the spices together to a fine powder.
• Place the spice mixture on a piece of wax paper. Stir in the flour with the spices.
• Heat some butter in a cast iron skillet on medium to medium-high heat, but DO NOT burn.
• Dredge the tofu slices one at a time in the melted butter then in the spice mixture.
• Fry tofu slices on one side for five minutes, until blackened but not burnt. Turn over and fry another 5 minutes until blackened.
• Season with salt to taste. Serve lemon wedges on the side for drizzling.
• Makes an ideal appetizer if cut up into strips. Really tasty with Tabasco sauce!
• Red beans and rice would complement this perfectly!

CRISPY BLACKENED TOFU

Steps:

• Preheat a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Slice the tofu through the center so that you create two separate slabs. Then, cut each of those slabs in half to make 4 steaks. I cut them into triangles, but do as you prefer.
• Place the tofu in a dish with a flat bottom. Then, pour in the soy sauce and let the tofu marinate for at least 15 minutes.
• Add the blackened seasoning spice onto a plate or dish with a flat bottom. Press the tofu into the spices and rotate until all sides are covered fairly well.
• Cook in a hot nonstick skillet for 3-5 minutes per side. I love using cast iron for this recipe.

BLACKENED CATFISH

Steps:

• Preheat a cast iron skillet to medium high with peanut oil.
• Mix dry ingredients together. Cover both sides of catfish with the seasoning mix and place in skillet.
• Cook on one side for 4 minutes and turn when cooked halfway through. Cook for another 4 minutes on the other side. Remove from pan and serve with Cajun remoulade.
• Mix all ingredients together well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

BLACKENED TUNA

Steps:

• Generously coat tuna with Cajun seasoning.
• Heat oil and butter in a large skillet over high heat. When oil is nearly smoking, place steaks in pan. Cook on one side for 3 to 4 minutes, or until blackened. Turn steaks, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or to desired doneness.

BLACKENED COD

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients together in a small bowl to create blackening powder. Then moisten the sides of each cod filet (either with water or cooking spray), and coat with blackening powder.
• Heat 1 Tbsp. of oil per filet in a skillet over medium-high heat. Once the oil starts to smoke, add the cod fillets and cook them for about 3 minutes on each side, or until fish is opaque and can be flaked with a fork. -.
• Remove from pan and serve hot.

BLACKENED TUNA STEAKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 deg.
• Mix first 7 ingredients in small bowl.
• Place steaks on baking sheet, brush on both sides with 1 T. oil. Sprinkle top of each with seasoning.
• Heat heavy large skillet over high heat until very hot. Add remaining 1 T. oil; swirl to coat.
• Place steaks seasoning side down in skillet. Cook until very brown on bottom (about 1 min) return steaks, browned side up to baking sheet.
• Place in oven; bake until done (about 8 min).

BLACKENED FISH

Steps:

• Mix first 8 ingredients together, and drench the fish in the mixture.
• Drizzle with melted butter and sauté in a very hot (not burning), heavy (cast iron!) skillet until blackened, only a few minutes per side.
• Turn and repeat on other side.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

BLACKENED FISH

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together paprika, dry mustard, cayenne pepper, cumin, black pepper, white pepper, thyme and salt; set aside. Heat a heavy cast iron pan on high heat until extremely hot, about 10 minutes.
• Pour 3/4 cup melted butter into a shallow dish. Dip each fillet into butter, turning once to coat both sides. Sprinkle both sides of fillets with spice mixture, and gently pat mixture onto fish.
• Place fillets into hot pan without crowding. Carefully pour about 1 teaspoon melted butter over each fillet. Cook until fish has a charred appearance, about 2 minutes. Turn fillets, spoon 1 teaspoon melted butter over each, and cook until charred. Repeat with remaining fish.