Baked Tofu cubes

My friend Jill is a great cook and cooks mostly vegetarian food. Its rather yummy! She gave me this tofu recipe and it is delicious! It is extremely versatile. I usually use this tofu when I am making a vegetable stir fry, but you can also cut the tofu into different shapes and use in a bunch of different things...Try chucking some in a leafy green salad. Or stir fry them with eggplants and sesame seeds to make another stirfry.





Ingredients
1 16 oz block of extra firm tofu
1/2 cup soy sauce
a dash of brandy or brown sugar

Make a marinade by mixing the soy sauce and the brandy in a bowl.


Drain and rinse the block of tofu. Set it on a clean dish towel (you can use paper towels in a pinch) on a rimmed dinner plate. Place another plate on top. Weigh it down with something heavy--a dumbbell, a heavy can of tomatoes, anything will do. I used a heavy iron skillet and 3 cans of pasta. Let it sit for 15-30 minutes. This will press out some of the liquid.

Cut the tofu into pieces. You can made any shape you want, some of the shapes I have made are:

• Cubes for croutons
• Flat squares for sandwiches
• Thick sticks for dipping
• Thin sticks for stir frys

I usually go with cubes or flat squares (This way I can cut the flat squares them down to strips, or I can keep them as cubes).

Place the cut up tofu in a shallow dish, add the marinade. Let the marinade sit for at least 30 minutes, flipping a few times so that the marinade is absorbed evenly. The longer you let the tofu marinate, the deeper the flavor will be.

Preheat your oven to 350.  Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil and coat with oil or a nonstick spray. Cook for 10 minutes, then flip the cubes over and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Continue the cooking and flipping process every 10 minutes until the tofu is baked as you like it. The longer you bake it, the more the tofu will shrink, the texture will become chewier and the flavor will become more concentrated.

Remove from oven and cool.

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