This Easy Tofu Steak With Sticky Orange Sauce and Rice Will Elevate Your Mid-Week Dining

Turn up the flavour with Rhian Melvin's moreish recipe.

Welcome to Put on a Spread, a recipe series that takes you inside the kitchens – and dining rooms – of some of our favourite home cooks. For this instalment, Manchester-based cook Rhian Melvin shares her recipe for tofu steak with sticky orange sauce and rice.

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When it comes to weeknight dinner options, we look for recipes that are simple, affordable, and packed with flavour. And our new go-to is this moreish tofu dish from Rhian Melvin.

This simple recipe is brought to life thanks to the sticky orange sauce. The tofu is marinated in it before being crisped to perfection in the air fryer, and dressed again in the sauce.

It's simple cooking at its best and one to add to your rotation when the week is long but you're in need of a good feed.

Ingredients

1 block firm tofu
Juice of 1 orange
2 tbsp tamari (or soy sauce)
1 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2cm ginger, grated
1/2 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 6 tbsp water to make a slurry
2 spring onions, sliced
Sesame seeds to garnish

@bed.threads Hellooo tofu steak with sticky orange sauce! ✨ #vegetarian #easydinner #foodtok #recipeideas #vegetarianrecipes #putonaspread @Rhi ♬ Sunshine - WIRA

Method

Cut your block of tofu into two slabs then score diagonally across both ways to create a criss-cross pattern (be careful not to cut all the way through).
Mix the rest of the ingredients, apart from the cornstarch slurry, in a bowl to make the marinade.
Pour half of the marinade over the tofu then leave to marinate for at least an hour (overnight works best).
Air fry the tofu at 180°C for 10-15 minutes until golden and crisp.
Meanwhile, add the remaining half of the marinade to a pan, along with the cornstarch slurry, over medium heat and cook until thickened into a sticky sauce.
Serve the tofu however you like (I served mine over rice), then pour over the sauce and enjoy!