Tofu Sloppy Joes

The Recipe

Tofu sloppy joes are great on buns, but most any bread or starch will work. Pour them over rice, potatoes, steamed broccoli.

Ingredients

• 18 blocks of firm tofu ¹
• 41 yellow onions
• 4 bell peppers
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup yellow mustard
• 1/2 cup worchestershire sauce (VEGAN) ²
• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar ³
• 174oz of tomato sauce - about 6 29oz cans
• 1/2 cup nutritional yeast (optional) ⁴

Directions

1. Prepare the tofu
   1. This will likely take several batches. Leave tofu refrigerated after it has been pressed and while waiting to press the rest.
   2. Once all blocks are nearly pressed, preheat oven to 375f
   3. Either crumble by hand or use a cheese grater to shred the tofu into a full sized serving pan
   4. Bake for 40 minutes, stirring around half way through. This will help the tofu get a meatier texture and absorb more sauce.
2. Make the sauce
   1. Dice the onion and bell peppers
   2. Pour oil into large pot, set to medium heat
   3. Sautee the bell peppers and onion until soft
   4. Add brown sugar, worchestershire sauce, mustard, vinegar, tomato sauce - and nutrional yeast if you are using it.
   5. Turn the heat up, bring it to a boil, stirring often
   6. Reduce heat, simmer ~10 minutes, stirring one or two more times.
3. Combine
   1. Split the baked tofu evenly into two pans
   2. Pour the sauce evenly over both pans
   3. Stir each pan thoroughly

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