Recipe: Peanut Butter Barbecued Tofu
The inspiration for this recipe came from The Peanut Butter and Company Cookbook, specifically from its Peanut Butter Barbecue Chicken recipe. However, due to my reluctance to gather up all the ingredients for the homemade BBQ sauce and general hatred of cleaning the grill, I altered the recipe to fit my taste and schedule. Enjoy:
Peanut Butter Barbecued Tofu
(Serves 1-2)
Ingredients:
6 oz. firm tofu, sliced and patted with a paper towel to remove excess moisture
2 T. BBQ sauce of choice (such as Annie’s, or my favorite, Whole Foods’ 365 brand)
1 T. The Heat Is On peanut butter, or regular smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup water
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. With a hand blender, process the peanut butter BBQ sauce and water until smooth.
3. Pour half of the BBQ/peanut butter mixture into an oven-safe dish. Place tofu in the dish, and turn to coat. Pour remaining sauce over the tofu.
4. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 15 minutes.
5. Remove aluminum foil, and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes.
Notes:
-While the recipe calls for Peanut Butter and Company’s The Heat Is On peanut butter, you can easily substitute normal smooth peanut butter, with a dash of hot sauce mixed in. Or, if you’d rather keep the heat factor to a minimum, just use peanut butter, sans any additional flavoring.
-If you’d like to have intense BBQ flavor, feel free to marinate the tofu in the sauce for an hour or so before baking.
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Yay! I’m always looking for things to make with The Heat Is On. I have an unopened jar at home waiting to be used. Thanks for the recipe!
That sounds so amazing! I love finding out new ways to use The Heat Is On
I’m thinking your PB bbq tofu looks pretty a-mazing myself.
Glad you like the pumpkin pancake recipe. Let me know how they turn out!
That sounds so interesting! I’m sure the spicy peanut butter goes good on it!
BBQ AND PB!? Loves!
Girl I lovvvvvve a good PB slathered sauce. I’ve been making so many PB sauces lately for my eats. Anything with PB, some sesame oil, a little acid of some sort and blend…yeah, it’s good. Your tofu looks juicy and slurp-able
Wow…. two of my favorite foods joined in perfect harmony! Barbecue sauce and PB?!?!? Genius!!!!
I bet the sauce would be great on a baked sweet potato. I normally top mine in just bbq sauce but this would probably work better!!!
-A
Ahh! I need to use my PB&Co. up on this
Thanks for sharing!
YUMMMM! Maybe I’ll make this instead of the cashew butter one, or maybe I’ll use cashew butter in place of the peanut butter. Oh the possibilities. Thanks for the beautiful picture
AH! I know I already blew up your Twitter, but I’m so excited about this. I knew there was a reason I’d stocked up on Annie’s BBQ sauce!
holy cow. that. is. genius.
I have a block of tofu in my fridge…
this sounds awesome
thanks caroline!
This sounds really good! Never would’ve thought to combine bbq & pb.
I am going to make this tonight! I have tofu in the fridge and thought to myself, who makes delicious looking tofu all the time? The Broccoli Hut! So I stopped by to check on your recipes to find this delicious sounding one. Thanks for posting!
I am totally making this tomorrow night!