Peanut tofu burgers

Step 1

Place the apple cider vinegar and 120 ml / ½ cup of water (use less water if you want the pickles to be sharper) in a small pan and bring to the boil. Place the finely sliced onions in a jar and pour hot pickling liquid over them. Store the leftovers in the fridge.

Step 2

Cut the pressed tofu up into 4 or 8 (if you wanna have two pieces per burger) equal size pieces. The size will be different depending on the tofu you use, but you'll end up with 0.5 cm / 0.2" thick slices.

Step 3

Heat up a griddle pan on a low heat. Brush it with a bit of oil (that's especially important if the pan isn't a non-stick one). Alternatively, you can also use the oven at 200° C / 390° F.

Step 4

Place the tofu on the heated-up pan and leave it alone for about 5-10 minutes (depending on the heat and conductivity of your pan) on each side. If using the oven, bake it in the preheated oven for 10 minutes on each side.

Step 5

While the tofu is drying out, place all the sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until you get a uniform, thick sauce.

Step 6

Sprinkle dried out tofu with a small amount of soy sauce / tamari (it should absorb it straight away) and then coat it in the marinade and return to the lightly greased pan for about 1-2 minutes on each side. If using an oven, switch the oven to the grill / broil function and grill for about 3-4 minutes on each side, until lightly caramelised.

Step 7

Halve your buns and gently toast them if you wish.

Step 8

Build your burgers by placing a few avocado slices on the bottom half of each burger, follow up with lettuce leaves, peanut tofu, cucumber shavings, pickled onions, fresh coriander, sesame seeds and an extra dollop of peanut sauce.