Tofu has quite a mild flavor and will benefit from you using quite an intense lemon and garlic based marinade. If at all possible allow the tofu to marinate in the garlic and lemon for at least 8 hours to help it absorb as much of their flavors as possible.
Ingredients
400grams Extra Firm Tofu (Water Packed Variety)
60ml Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 Garlic Cloves Minced
2 Tablespoons Dried Oregano
½ Teaspoon Salt To Taste
Freshly Ground Black Pepper To Taste
Mediterranean Chopped Salad
2 Medium Sized Tomatoes Seeded And Diced
230grams Seedless Cucumber Diced
60grams Scallions (Green Onions) Chopped
60grams Fresh Parsley Coarsely Chopped
60grams Kalamata Olives Pitted And Coarsely Chopped
2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
¼ Teaspoon Salt To Taste
Freshly Ground Black Pepper To Taste
Instructions
1. Whilst the barbecue is heating up in a bowl place the lemon juice, oil, garlic, oregano, salt andbowl and mix well together. Once combined in a small pot place 2 tablespoons of the mixture, as you will use this for basting the tofu later when it is cooking.
2. Next remove the tofu from its packaging and rinse well. Then cut it up into eight slices eachmeasuring around ½ inch thick. Place the slices of tofu into a shallow dish and pour over the marinade made earlier. Make sure that you turn the tofu over to ensure that it is fully covered in the marinade. Now cover the dish and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. However if at all possible let it remain in the marinade for between 4 and 8 hours.
3. Whilst the tofu is marinating you can now begin making the Mediterranean chopped salad. Todo this simply place the tomatoes, cucumber, scallions, parsley, olives, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper into a bowl and toss very gently. Cover and place in the refrigerator whilst the tofu is cooking.
4. To cook the tofu remove from the marinade and place on to the barbecue grill which has beenlightly oiled first. Any marinade left over in the dish can now be discarded. When cooking the tofu it should be done over a medium to high heat and each side of it should be cooked for between 3 and 4 minutes. Whilst cooking make sure that you baste it regularly with the marinade you saved earlier.
The best way to make attractive grill marks on the tofu as it cooks is to rotate it 90 degrees halfway through grilling. Doing this will create a cross hatch design on it.
5. As soon as the tofu is cooked and has turned a light brown in color place on plates and topwith some of the Mediterranean chopped salad and serve to your guests.
