If you're planning an outdoor barbecue, make sure to add these Vegan Grilled Tofu Skewers with marinated cubes of tofu and vegetables! The flavors mix together magically for a mouthwatering morsel. And it's not just good on the grill -you can also bake them in your oven when temperatures aren't ideal for grilling outside.
These vegan veggie skewers are perfect as a finger food – don’t forget about this delicious option at your next BBQ party! And enjoy your grilling season!
This recipe pairs well with my potato salad, cucumber salad and pasta salad.
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Ingredients
A quick list of the ingredients you will need to make this vegan kebab recipe.
You can find the ingredients with quantities and the recipe to print out on the recipe card below.
Marinade Ingredients:
- Tahini
- water
- Tomato paste
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- soy sauce
- Garlic cloves
- Chili flakes,
- Sweet paprika
- ginger
- Sea salt
- pepper
- Liquid smoke
Other:
- Firm or Extra-firm Tofu
- Bell Pepper
- yellow onion
- Wooden Skewers
Instruction
First, we press tofu. Extra firm tofu will hold best. Then, if you wish, you can freeze the tofu. Here the texture will change a bit. As thawing releases more water, the tofu becomes a little firmer.
After you have thawed the tofu, you can press the tofu again and then cut the pressed tofu into cubes. Remember that the cubes should be big enough for the skewers. In a small to medium bowl, whisk the ingredients for the flavorful marinade.
Now we place tofu in the marinade for at least 2 hours. I like to prepare these the evening before for maximum flavor, and I just have to put the skewers together the next day. Cut the onion and paprika in the same size as the tofu.
Assemble: I always start with a slice of onion. Alternate onion, tofu, bell pepper until your skewer is full.
Grill Pan
Grill the vegan tofu skewers in a grill pan. I grill them on every site until every side is golden brown and the tofu turns crispy.
Outdoor Grill Instruction
You can grill these vegan grilled tofu skewers as normal. First you have to heat the grill. Just make sure you have a hot grill before you put them on the grill.
We usually leave them on the grill until the tofu is quite firm on the outside and the onions have a nice color.
No matter if you have a charcoal grill or an outdoor gas grill. Both will work great with this recipe.
Air Fryer and Oven:
You can easily roast them in the air fryer or oven (convection oven). I roast/ grill them at 420 F (200 C). Roast them for 10–15 minutes.
If it onions and tofu are not to your liking, bake them a little longer.
Substitutions
- Tofu Substitute:You can easily replace the tofu. If you're not a fan of tofu. You can also fall back on tempeh or seitan. If you prefer to stay with vegetables, you can use e.g. zucchini, cauliflower florets.
- Yellow Onion: Bring some more color to your grilled skewers. Use some Red onion instead of yellow or white onion.
- Garlic: You do not need fresh garlic cloves, you can also use Garlic Powder to your own taste.
- Tahini and water: Instead of tahini, what makes the marinade hold on to the tofu better, you can use coconut milk. If you are not oil free and do not mind oil, you also use a little bit of olive oil.
- Soy Sauce: As always, you can easily replace the soy sauce with tamari sauce or coconut aminos.
- Apple Cider Vinegar: Use rice vinegar instead.
Variations
- Vegetables: You can always substitute the veggies with different veggies or even fruit. I love zucchini, mushrooms, pineapple chunks on my delicious skewers.
- Teriyaki Style: Try some teriyaki tofu skewers. Just marinade the tofu in homemade teriyaki sauce instead of my marinade recipe.
- BBQ: You love barbecue sauce? Just marinade the tofu cubes in some bbq sauce for some flavorful vegan kebabs. Just use the marinated tofu as described above.
Equipment
Some kitchen tools that will help you make this tasty recipe.
Storage
You easily store these veggie kabobs in an airtight container and eat the leftovers during the week. Just warm them up in the oven.
Do not throw out the leftover marinade, use it for seasoning for your next roasted vegetables. I always love to not throw away food, even seasonings.
Serving Suggestions
These delicious tofu kebabs make a great party appetizer. You can serve them for a complete meal with the following:
Dipping Sauce:
I am a sauce person and love to serve different vegan sauces to my BBQs:
- Vegan Ranch Sauce
- Spicy Peanut Sauce for all my peanut butter lovers.
- Onion Dip
FAQ
Vegan Grilled Tofu skewers are the vegan version of the grill skewers that you can buy from a butcher.
As a meat substitute, we take tofu. Thanks to the delicious preparation, this tofu goes well on these grill skewers.
Basically we stick onions, tofu and bell pepper on a skewer. Use wood skewers or metal skewers.
📖 Recipe
Vegan Grilled Tofu Skewers (oil-free)
Vegan grilled tofu skewers with spicy marinated tofu cubes, onions and bell peppers should not be left out of your next barbecue party. The spice marinade harmonizes perfectly with the peppers and onions. These extremely tasty Tofu skewers can also be wonderfully prepared in the oven, in case you want these skewers, but you do not want to turn on the grill.
Ingredients
- 2 firm tofu blocks
- 2 tablespoon tahini
- 4 tablespoon water
- 4 teaspoon tomato paste
- 5 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 6 tablespoon soy sauce
- 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
- ½ teaspoon chili flakes, ginger
- 1 teaspoon paprika sweet
- Salt pepper to taste
- a few drops of liquid smoke
Other
- bell peppers
- onions
- skewers
Instructions
- Press the tofu. It takes about 10 minutes in the press. Then freeze and thaw again and press again. You will see the tofu loses more water.
- In the meantime mix all ingredients in a sufficiently large container. That the tofu still fits.
- Cut the tofu to the desired size, I diced this, and put it into the container and coat everything with the marinade.
- Cover the container. If you have a lid, you can use it.
- Put in the refrigerator overnight or for at least 2 hours.
- Now cut the peppers and onion into large pieces to fit on the skewer. Place the tofu, onion and pepper alternately on the skewers.
- The skewers are now ready for grilling or baking in the oven. In the oven, I bake this at 200 C for about 20-30 min. I leave them in until the tofu has the desired firmness.
Notes
More Tips in the Post above!
Nutrition Information
Yield 8 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 142Total Fat 8gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 0mgSodium 744mgCarbohydrates 7gFiber 2gSugar 2gProtein 14g
The nutrition is calculated automatically and should be used as an estimate.
Sara | mshealthesteem.com says
This is so perfect for a fall barbeque Jasmin! Love goodies like this ♡. Thank you for always sharing your incredibly creative, delicious ideas!
Jasmin says
Sara thank you so much that you love my recipes. 🙂 Have a wonderful day 🙂