Southern Fried Tofu Wrap

A flavour packed plant based wrap that's perfect for a WFH lunch or speedy, satisfying dinner

25 minutes cook

Serves 2

Mia Jacobs

Ingredients

For the southern fried tofu

180gfirm tofu

150mlsoy milk

1 tbsphot sauce

1 tspgarlic granules

a pinchsalt

100gplain flour

1/2 tspsmoked paprika

1 tspgarlic granules

1 tsppaprika

1 tsponion granules

1 tspdried oregano

to tastesalt and freshly cracked black pepper

200mlvegetable oil (for frying)

2 tspapple cider vinegar

For the sweet chilli mayo

2 tbspvegan mayo

2 tspsweet chilli sauce

to tastehot sauce

To serve

1/4red onion, thinly sliced

1 avocado

4lettuce leaves

1tomato, sliced and seasoned

4 slices of vegan cheese

to tastehot sauce

This crispy southern fried tofu wrap has everything you could want from a lunch. It's filling, flavourful and just as good as its meaty counterpart.

Method

Cut the tofu into strips (around the same size and shape as a fish finger).

In a bowl, mix the hot sauce, 1 tsp garlic granules, salt and apple cider vinegar to the soy milk and mix together. The milk should thicken slightly. Add the tofu strips and leave to marinate for at least 15 minutes.

While it marinates, mix the flour with all the seasonings (smoked paprika, garlic and onion granules, normal paprika, oregano, salt and pepper). Take the marinated buttermilk tofu, let the excess milk drip off then place into the flour, and press firmly to ensure it's completely coated. If you want an extra crispy crust, dip the battered tofu back into the buttermilk mixture then into the seasoned flour again. Set to one side.

Before frying or air frying, mix together the sweet chilli sauce, hot sauce and vegan mayo.

Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan over a medium high heat. Once hot, gently add in the tofu pieces and fry on all sides for a few minutes until golden brown and hot through.

Load up the wrap with plenty of mayo, all the other salad ingredients, vegan cheese, and finally the crispy southern fried tofu. Tightly wrap up and enjoy!