Prep: Preheat oven to 400F. Carefully dice the Paleo Soy Free Egg Custard ‘Tofu’ to 1-inch cubes (see notes). Prepare a large sheet pan, lined with parchment paper and lightly grease the paper with cooking oil spray.
Coat and Bake the tofu: In a large bowl add 3 tbsp arrowroot flour and light dust each tofu cube with the flour. Place the tofu cubes on the baking sheet pan with space and gap between each cube. Bake at 400F, middle rack, for 15 minutes. Then remove the sheet pan from the oven and flip each tofu cubes to bake the flip side. Return to the oven and bake additional 15 to 20 minutes or until they are golden crispy.
Sauce: In the meantime prepare the Sesame Sauce. In a small food processor (4-cup work bowl) finely chop/mince the dates, garlic cloves, and fresh ginger. In a bowl, combine the chopped ingredients with the rest of sauce ingredients. In a second small bowl, combine and stir-well stock with arrowroot (slurry) and set it aside.
Combine: In the last 5 minutes while the tofu is still in the oven, heat the sesame sauce mixture over a large skillet over medium low heat, stir often. As soon as the sauce is warmed up, stir the slurry one more time before adding it to the sauce. The sauce should start bubbling and thickening within 1 minute. Add the baked tofu and coat the sauce over each cubes.
Serve: Off heat. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and chopped scallions. Best serve hot or warm. This dish can be served as a main dish or side dish.
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Notes
To bake or pan-fry the Paleo Soy Free Egg Custard Tofu, it’s best to chill the custard overnight in the fridge. The texture will be more firm after refrigerated. The texture is close to soft tofu. You can find the custard tofu recipe here.To modify for Keto, replace dates in the sesame sauce for Sukrin Gold and thicken the sauce with Xanthan Gum. Taste and adjust the amount of keto friendly sweetener to your preference. Xanthan Gum is not Paleo friendly just a small FYI. You can also skip dusting the tofu cubes with arrowroot flour to reduce your carb intake. The texture of the baked tofu will be less golden crispy but still tastes good.Pairing suggestions: