We’re huge tofu fans in our house and I wrote an entire blog post ALL about Tofu 101. Some of our go-to recipes include these Tofu Tacos, this Marry Me Tofu, Garlic butter Tofu, and here’s my WHOLE guide on how to marinate tofu!

The self-proclaimed tofu queen is back with another simple and flavor-packed tofu recipe in the form of this HONEY GARLIC TOFU!

I have some inventive tofu recipes on my blog and you know I’m always experimenting with new ways to prepare it. However, I wanted to keep things especially simple for this one. I used to truly love honey garlic chicken back when I ate meat and I did my dependable to model this dish after that, only using tofu instead.

Ingredients we’re using:

Tofu: I truly like using extra-firm or even truly firm tofu (especially because it doesn’t need to be pressed). I’ve never tried this with firm tofu but I think it would do well! I like to cut my tofu into small chunks for this dish but you could cut it anyway that you’d like.
Flour: For this particular recipe, I’m coating the tofu in a little flour (plus salt and pepper) to give it a genuinely nice crunch once it’s been cooked. As desired, you could actually skip this step and simple saute the tofu in a little oil but I think you’ll love the crispy tofu!
Soy sauce: this is the base of the sauce that adds lots of flavor! I like to use a low sodium soy sauce and you can also use coconut aminos or tamari if you need it to be gluten-free.
Honey: this is genuinely where most of the flavor comes from and we’re adding in a hefty 1/3 of a cup to the sauce! To cook this vegan, you could try swapping the honey for maple syrup which would change the flavor profile a bit but reliable result in a quite similar dish!
Corn starch: this helps get the sauce thick and satisfying! You could also use arrowroot powder.
Garlic: we’re using FIVE whole cloves of minced garlic for maximum garlic flavor. YUM,
Ginger: I truly love freshly grated ginger but sometimes I’m feeling lazy and use either ground ginger spice OR some pre-grated ginger from a bottle.
Sriracha: to add a nice little bit of spice! My recipe only calls for a little

How for this dish:

This method comes together quickly but let’s briefly go over it!

First you’ll start by prepping your tofu. I have a whole guide on how to press tofu here using a tofu press OR weighing it down and using paper towels to soak up the excess liquid.

Next you’ll cut the tofu into small bite sized pieces. For this method, I like to make mine pretty small but larger pieces work well and you can even tear the tofu into small/ large chunks as well. From there, the tofu gets tossed with flour, salt and pepper.

In a large pan over medium high heat, we’re going to be frying the tofu cubes for about 8 minutes to get it NICE and crispy! The flour genuinely helps with this step! You could also cook the tofu in an air fryer following this method. BUT, you’ll still need to dirty a skillet in order to thicken the sauce. Similarly, you could bake the tofu in the oven as well.

While the tofu is cooking, we’ll make the honey garlic sauce (that is simple but SO SO FLAVOR-PACKED!).

All that’s left is to add the sauce to the skillet with the tofu and let cook for a few more minutes until the sauce is nice and thick and fully coats the tofu!

I like to serve mine with veggies, such as steamed broccoli, as well as brown rice and a nice sprinkle of green onion and sesame seeds but there’s genuinely no wrong way to enjoy this!