Description
Homemade Air fryer crispy Tofu buffalo bites are quick and easy to make when you cook them under the CrispLid. They are super crispy and they’re totally kid-approved! Serve them at parties, game night, movie night, or snack time along with your favorite dipping sauce. They are irresistible!
Ingredients
Units
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- Extra-firm Tofu- 13oz
- Franks Hot sauce - 1/2 cup
- Chickpea flour/besan- 1/2cup
- Garlic powder - 1/2 tsp
- salt to taste
- Panko breadcrumbs (Gluten-free version)- 1-1/2 cup
- Rice flour - 1/4 cup
- Few Tbsp water to make a thick batter
- oil spray (skip if plant-based )
Instructions
- Air- fryer instructions
- Press tofu for about 30 minutes. ( Drain tofu, wrap in paper towels or clean tea towel, and place heavy items on top to press. I use a heavy chopping board with some weights on to).
- Prepare the coating.
- Combine the chickpea flour, garlic powder, and salt.
- Add in little water and make a thick batter. The coating should be the consistency of pancake batter.
- Cut the tofu into sticks or into nugget sized pieces.
- Coat the tofu with rice flour then in the chickpea flour batter
- Coat it with the panko breadcrumbs.
- Arrange the coated Tofu in a single layer in the fryer basket, working in batches as needed. Spray oil on the tofu.
- Place CrispLid trivet in the inner steel pot of pressure cooker and put fryer basket on the trivet.
- Set CrispLid on top of inner steel pot and plugin. Set to 400°F (200°C) and cook for a total of 15 minutes. Turn them after 7 minutes until browned and crispy. Repeat with remaining tofu.
- Put the Air - fryer tofu in a large mixing bowl and toss with the buffalo sauce to coat. Serve immediately with celery and ranch sauce.
- Leftover buffalo tofu bites can be re-crisped.
- For Baking in OVEN Instruction
- Preheat the oven 375*F.
- Line your baking sheets with foil or parchment paper and lightly coat the bottom with cooking spray and set aside. Place the tofu nuggets on a baking sheet.
- Bake them for about 10 minutes, flip and bake for another 10-15 minutes, until golden brown and crispy.
- Put the baked tofu in a large mixing bowl and toss with the buffalo sauce to coat. Serve immediately with celery and ranch sauce
Notes
- Pan-fry version
- Pan-fried one batch.spray some cooking oil to a pan then add in the tofu into the pan. Cook on all sides until golden brown.
- For gluten-free tofu bites, use gluten-free and vegan panko style bread crumbs.
- Air Fryer Tofu Tips
- Be sure to press your tofu before coating it with rice flour.
- Be sure to coat your tofu on all sides so it cooks evenly.
- Be sure that you are using a firm or extra firm tofu for this recipe.
- Be sure to "shake" your air fryer basket or turn the tofu in your crispy lid during the cooking so that your tofu turns and cooks on all sides.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 353
- Sugar: 6
- Sodium: 120
- Fat: 12
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Unsaturated Fat: 9
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 20
- Fiber: 7
- Protein: 21
- Cholesterol: 0