Vegan Tofu Mayo Sandwich Filling
An easy to prepare nutritious and tasty sandwich filling. Prep the tofu with some quick chopping and microwaving to remove excess water, add seasonings, mix well, and you're done. Makes enough for 8 rolls.
Equipment
- 1 medium sized pyrex bowl
- 1 collander
Ingredients
- 600 g Medium Firm Tofu this is a whole pack – best from Tofu King or one of the Chinese brands.
- 75 G Red onion - finely chopped Approx 1/2 a medium onion
- 2 - 4 teasps Dijon mustard approx 20g
- 2 teasp turmeric possibly more.
- 8 rounded teaspoons nutritional yeast 20 g
- 1/2 teasp kala namak black salt - could add up to 1 teasp
- 3/4 pack chopped chives Approx 18g
- 120 g vegan mayo I prefer the Follow Your Heart brand. However I've just tried the Hellman's Vegan Mayo, and it's really good too. Can add up to 150g but less is healthier
Instructions
- Chop the tofu into ½ cm sized- pieces.
- Heat in microwave on half power for about 10 minutes. This will cause a lot of water to come out of the tofu - especially when you drain it. It's best to do it in 2 to 3 minute lots and stir gently in between.
- Leave to drain in a colander to reduce the water, and for the tofu to cool down - it will be quickest in the fridge.
- Chop the red onion finely.
- Chop or cut the chives with scissors into fairly small pieces.
- When the tofu has cooled - put in a medium sized bowl.
- With the cooled tofu in a medium sized bowl, add in the chopped chives & finely diced red onion and mix briefly
- Add in the spices etc: mustard, turmeric, nutritional yeast, kala namak, diced onion, chopped chives, black pepper and vegan mayo and gently combine.
- You can use a fork or a spoon to stir it – you want to mix it and break the tofu pieces up a little, but not too much.
- It may work well with firm tofu – although I haven’t tried that yet - but definitely NOT extra firm.
- Use as a sandwich or roll filling: This was perfect for 6 of the small round pre-cut Kingsmill wholemeal rolls, with plenty left over for toast as it will keep for a few days.
- Or you can have it on toast with other things like vegan smoked ham......
- or avocado......
Notes
This is a super quick, super tasty summer party/day out sandwich/roll filling that really will go down well - with vegan or non-vegans. Children love it too.
This makes 750g of filling. 60g per roll will give 12 rolls.
If you want to make less, just adjust the amounts accordingly.
I've gone for a quite a prominent flavor as otherwise it might be a little bland, but I like strong flavors, so if you prefer it less flavorsome, just adjust the quantities to suit your palate.
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