Vegetarian Tofu Nachos

We eat tofu once a week.  It's a great vegetarian protein and can be cooked with an array of spices.   While I usually make Asian food with tofu, every now and then I get a little crazy and do something different.

Last week when I pulled the tofu out of the refrigerator I did not want to make Asian food.  We had already had Asian twice that week and I was in the mood for something else.   As I contemplated what to make, I looked in the cupboard and saw a huge bag of tortilla chips.

In a crazy twist I decided to make tofu nachos.   I've never had tofu nachos before and I had no recipe but I just decided to go for it.  In the past I've made vegetarian nachos using black beans, refried beans, cheese, peppers, and salsa so I used the same basic principal but added tofu in as a protein.

All I did was chop the tofu up and season it with salt, pepper, and taco seasoning.   I cooked it in a pan for about 10 minutes in order to firm up the tofu.  Then I layered it in a pan with the other nacho ingredients and baked it for 10 minutes.

The resulting nachos were good.   My husband and I were both a little worried when they came out of the oven but as soon as we tasted them our worried dissipated.   The tofu really just had a Mexican flavor to it and it tasted great with the other items on the nachos.  They  were hot, crunchy, and tasted great with a little sour cream on top.

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Vegetarian Tofu Nachos

Yield: serves 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Baked nachos made with cumin spiced tofu and other vegetarian ingredients.

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Ingredients

• 1 lb extra firm tofu, drained, pressed, and cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 4 c. tortilla chips
• 1 c. refried beans
• 1 (4 oz) can green chilies
• 1 c. salsa
• 1 c. cheddar or Pepper Jack cheese
• sour cream

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Toss the tofu with the taco seasoning.
3. In a large skillet heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the tofu and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Place the tortilla chips in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish.
5. Add the tofu, refried beans, green chililes, and salsa. Sprinkle with cheese.
6. Bake the nachos for 10 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and serve with sour cream.

Notes

A Hezzi-D Original Recipe