👊🏼Kickass Firecracker Wings👊🏼 Using the Twice-Frozen Tofu Method

If you haven’t already experienced the delectable flavor that is Firecracker sauce, you’re missing out and I command you to make these wings! Right this very minute! You must! I tried to replicate the Yard House Firecracker sauce, based entirely off of my brain & sense of taste. I didn’t end up making a dupe of their sauce, but I DID come up with a recipe for a Firecracker sauce and tofu wing that could battle up against Yard House in a fight to the death.

I’m such a fatty when it comes to wings, I love all kinds and I love them covered in sauce. I never thought that I would be able to come up with a way to make tofu into something that I could genuinely indulge in. I always eat tofu when I’m “dieting” or whatever and I make these “healthy” meals so naturally my brain associates tofu with healthy (which isn’t a bad thing, but I don’t want to think about healthy when I think about WINGS). Anyyyyywayyyyy, if you’re like me and you don’t have the most pleasant thoughts about tofu, these sure might change your mind. Here’s the recipe:

Firecracker Sauce:

1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce

1 Tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar

1/2 Cup of Brown Sugar

1 Tsp of Sesame Oil

1 Tsp of Minced Garlic

1/2 Tsp of Ginger Powder

1 Tbsp of Red Pepper Flakes

2 Tbsp of Lemon Juice

Breading:

1 Cup of White Flour

1 Cup of Bread Crumbs

1 Tsp of Black Pepper

1 Tsp of Sea Salt

1 Tbsp of Paprika

1 Tbsp of Onion Powder

1 Tsp of Garlic

Wetness: (x2)

1 Cup of Unsweetened Coconut Milk

1/4 Cup of Lemon Juice

Frying:

2 Cups of Peanut Oil

Garnish:

Sesame Seeds

Scallions

Other:

Pack of Firm Tofu (freeze it, defrost it, freeze it, defrost it, squeeze all the water out GENTLY!!!, break tofu up into bite-sized pieces & set aside)

Starting with the breading, add all ingredients into a bowl. Get your wetness ingredients into another bowl and mix it up until it starts to look a little lumpy (it’s basically Vegan buttermilk). I usually have to do two batches of wetness because it gets kinda clumpy with the breading and I like to start fresh (hence the *x2*).

Grab your tofu pieces!

You’re going to want to double dip with the breading & the wetness so you get a nice, thick coating. You want them to hold together when you caramelize them in the sauce.

Heat up yo’ oil in a frying pan.

Once they are ready to go, it’s time to fry them in the oil on medium heat until nice and crispy golden brown. A shallow fry will help you achieve a crispness on each side of the tofu, however it does take a bit of patience.

When you are done frying the tofu, leave them to rest on a paper towel to allow the excess oil to leave their skins. Now is the time to work on your sauce.

Let’s do this!

You are going to put all of the sauce ingredients into a bowl. Mix it all together until everything is evenly distributed. Put 2 teaspoons of peanut oil into a sauce pan and heat it on medium. Add all sauce ingredients into the pan and allow it to heat up while you stir it. Once the sugar is melted, throw in your scallions and sesame seeds(I leave these measurements up to you! There are no rules, use as much or as little as you’d like), stir once or twice, and bring the pan off of the heat. Coat the wings individually in the sauce, plate them, and devour them.

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