Recipe
Chipotle Lime Tofu with Pan Roasted Corn Side Dish
With a medley of sweet, spicy, and savory flavors, this Southwest-inspired tofu dish hits all the right notes.
Ingredient batch: 0.5× original. Base yield: 8.
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- Yield
- 4
- Prep
- 15 minutes
- Cook
- 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 7 oz tofu firm or extra firm, drained & cut into 1" inch squares
- 1/8 cup cornstarch
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
For The Sauce
- 1/2 canned chipotle in adobo sauce can sub 3 Tbsp of chili paste or gochujang
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/8 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 Tbsp lime juice about 1 lime
- 1/4 tsp sugar
For The Pan Roasted Corn Side Dish
- 1/2 14 oz can whole kernel corn drained
- 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- ground cumin — original amount unchanged; adjust manually
- garlic powder — original amount unchanged; adjust manually
- black pepper to taste — original amount unchanged; adjust manually
Additional Ingredients
- 1 tsp lime zest
Base draft — original amounts
The original draft batch is shown here for comparison; no public structured data is emitted. Base yield: 8.
- 14 oz tofu firm or extra firm, drained & cut into 1" inch squares
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 canned chipotle in adobo sauce can sub 3 Tbsp of chili paste or gochujang
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp lime juice about 1 lime
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 14 oz can whole kernel corn drained
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- ground cumin
- garlic powder
- black pepper to taste
- 2 tsp lime zest
Instructions
- For the chipotle lime tofu: Combine the cornstarch, salt, and garlic powder in a bowl and stir or shake with the tofu to coat well. Spread tofu in a single layer on a baking sheet and drizzle with oil. Broil for 5 minutes, then flip and broil another 5 minutes. Drizzle the sauce (instructions below) over the tofu and broil another 2 minutes.
- For the chipotle lime tofu sauce: blend the sauce ingredients in a blender, then add the lime zest and black pepper.
- For the pan roasted corn side dish: heat 1 Tbsp of oil to a wide skillet and add the corn, stirring to coat well with the oil. Cook on medium-high heat until slightly blackened, about 5 minutes, stirring often. Stir in the spices and cook another 30 seconds.
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