Baked Tofu Parmigiana

Step 1

Press tofu to remove as much water as possible, once done pat dry and make 5 even 5 slices. I mentioned 5 because the Trader joes high protein tofu block is 5 servings. This recipe ingredients are measured based on 5 decent sized slices.

Step 2

Place ¼ cup of corn starch in one wide bowl or plate and place 1 cup of pasta sauce in one wide bowl or plate.

Step 3

Mix ¾ cup of breadcrumbs, ½ cup of parmasan cheese, ½ tsp of salt, ¼ tsp of black pepper powder, 1 tsp of chili flakes, 1 tsp of garlic powder, 1½ tsp of onion powder, ½ tsp of dry oregano in one wide bowl or plate.

Step 4

So far you should have 3 bowl/plates ready to prepare sliced tofu cutlets.

Step 5

Preheat oven on 425℉ and start preparing one tofu cutlet at time. Dust a tofu slice first with corn starch, then coat it with tomato sauce then coat it very well with breadcrumb mix. Then place it on a greased baking tray.

Step 6

You should have 5 big tofu slices coated and laid down in single layer on a greased baking tray by now. Once the oven is preheated, bake tofu cutlets on one side for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, flip them and bake the other side for 10 minutes.

Step 7

NOTE: To keep the cutlets crispy, we are going to prepare (steps below) cheesy sauce in a wide shallow pan/skillet with cheese melted on top, so that you have a thin layer of cheesy sauce ready to spread on crispy cutlets, Instead of baking the cutlets with sauce which makes them kinda soggy.

Step 8

In a wide shallow pan/skillet heat up 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil. Once warm, add in sliced garlic with 1 tsp of red chili flakes. Saute on ,medium heat until raw smell of garlic is gone. The garlic slices should start to turn golden NOT BROWN.

Step 9

Once the garlic is ready, pour in 1½ cup of pasta sauce along with ¼ tsp of salt, ¼ tsp of black pepper powder, ¼ tsp of garlic powder, ¼ tsp of onion powder and ½ tsp of dry oregano. Mix well and bring it to simmer.

Step 10

Once simmering, bring the heat down and sprinkle a mix of 1 cup shredded mozzarella and ½ cup of shredded parmasan cheese. Top it with sliced jalapenos and cover it for cheese to melt.

Step 11

Once cheese is melted very well, take the cover off, turn the heat off and now the cheesy sauce is ready to be poured on top of crispy tofu cutlets.

Step 12

Pour/place decent amount of cheesy sauce on each cutlet evenly. Simply serve it with choice of pasta and/or crispy lemony arugula salad!