Just like any little girl growing up, I loved chicken fingers! Be it at any fast food restaurant, it was never the hamburger, the hot dog or the wings. Only the fingers. These breaded, fried and crispy delights have been long gone from my diet for a number of reasons. However, that doesn’t mean that the craving to have them has completely subsided. I must admit though, I really haven’t craved them all that much in my adult fast food free life. But low and behold this past weekend, my taste buds took a trip down memory lane. They just wanted to bite into something, anything that resembled a chicken finger. Although I am eating chicken again and these could have been completely made with organic chicken strips, I had some tofu in the fridge that needed a new recipe to work itself into, and this is what came of it.
I hope you have the pleasure to make these and re-live your childhood in one meal. I am sure if you wanted to could pop these in the pan and fry em up – but why bother when they taste just as good, if not better baked. They are also 100% gluten free and grain free. Thanks to Tigernut flour for making the crisp in these spot on, with just enough texture that you truly don’t even miss the deep frier. I only had enough tofu for making 8 fingers, but I would for sure recommend doubling up the batch and having them left over the next day, they are that good!
Oven Baked Tofu Fingers
1 pack of organic non gmo tofu, sliced into 1/2 inch slices
1 egg or 1/2 cup almond milk (for vegan version)
Breading:
1/2 cup Tigernut flour
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp oregano or thyme
1/2 tsp sea salt
Preheat oven to 350 F
- Start with “extra firm” or “firm” non gmo and organic tofu then cut them into 1-inch by 3-inch fingers. Place them in one single layer on top of a few paper towels or a clean dish cloth. Then, cover with more paper towels or another clean dish cloth and a plate. This weighs the tofu down a bit and helps dry it out some. You’ll want to leave the tofu for about 15 minutes.
- Then coat the tofu in almond milk or the egg.
- Mix all the breading ingredients together and dip each tofu finger in the breading until they are well coated on all sides.
- Continue until all the fingers are done and spread them out on a large baking tray.
- Place in oven and bake for 25 minutes or until the breading is dry and fingers are golden brown.
- Remove and enjoy with other sides and mustard for dipping.
