Vegan Fish Fingers
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I'm going to show you how to make my easy vegan fish fingers recipe! You can have these vegan fish fingers baked or fried!
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 10 fish fingers
Ingredients
Marinade
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp white miso paste
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp caper brine
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 nori sheets
- 1 cube or 1 tsp vegetable bouillon
- 1 tsp old bay seasoning
Fish Fingers:
- 1-16oz block of extra firm tofu, pressed
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup aqufaba orsoy milk
- 2 tsp old bay seasoning
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 cupitalian bread crumbs
- 1 sheet nori, cut to match the size of each tofu piece
- cooking spray or oil for frying
Instructions
- Cut the tofu into 1 inch thick slices and arrange into a line.
- Place a chopstick on either side of each piece and make little slices all the way across. (roughly ⅛th inch apart).
- Add all the marinade ingredients to a blender and blend on high speed until smooth.
- Pour ⅓ of the marinade into a casserole dish (that can fit all the tofu pieces of course) or Tupperware.
- Add tofu cut side up and pour the rest of the marinade over them.
- Marinate for one hour or overnight.
- Get three shallow bowls: In the first place the flour, to the second bowl add whisked aquafaba or soy milk, in the third bowl whisk together 2 tsp old bay, panko and regular bread crumbs together.
- Brush a nori sheet with some of the marinade, then place it on a cutting board. Gently place the tofu on the nori, close, but not touching. Using a pizza cutter, slice the nori along the open space between the tofu.
- Press a tofu stick in the flour, covering all sides. Shake off excess. Then place in the aquafaba or soy milk and let the excess drip off. Finally, press it in the breadcrumb mixture, patting to help the coating stick.
- Place the tofu onto the baking sheet (if baking) or a wire cooling rack (if frying) and repeat the process with the remaining tofu.
If baking: Heat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet. Grease the baking sheet with cooking spray, or vegetable oil. Place the tofu onto the baking sheet and repeat the process with the remaining tofu. Spritz the tofu with cooking spray and bake in the oven for 6 minutes. Turn the tofu and bake for another 6 minutes, or breading is golden brown.
If frying: Heat ½ cup vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. or heat your deep fryer to 350F. Working in batches fry tofu until golden brown and crispy, about 3 minutes per side, or 3 minutes in total if deep frying.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 fish finger Calories: 165 Fat: 5.4g Carbohydrates: 20g Sugar: 1.3g Fiber: 1g Protein: 7.7g
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2021/07/22/vegan-fish-fingers-recipe/