Baked Tofu Parmigiana

The toddler and I love tofu, but the hubby doesn't.  When I came across this recipe, I thought I'd give it a try and see if hubs even notices that it's tofu. Well, he saw me making it so there was no tricking him involved, but he did eat his entire portion.  ;-) 

Baked Tofu Parmigiana
Adapted from this recipe.


Ingredients:

• cooking spray
• 2 blocks (12 oz. each) of firm or extra firm tofu
• 1 cup-ish whole wheat flour
• 1 cup-ish Egg Beaters
• 1/2 cup-ish whole wheat panko bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup-ish grated parmesan cheese
• Tastefully Simple Seasoned Salt
• Tastefully Simple Garlic Bread Seasoning (or other Italian seasoning)
• 1 jar marinara sauce (I use Trader Joe's)
• a cup of part-skim shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.  Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Cut each block of tofu in half width-wise.  Then cut each piece in half again, thick-wise (so they're 1/2 inch thick instead of 1 inch thick).  You should have 8 pieces of tofu.
• Place each piece of tofu between a few layers of paper towels, to remove any excess water.
• Arrange three shallow bowls in an assembly line.  Add whole wheat flour to the first bowl, Egg Beaters to the second bowl, and a 1:1 ratio of whole wheat panko bread crumbs and grated parmesan to the third bowl.  Season the first and third bowls with TSSS and TSGBS.
• One by one, dredge each tofu piece into the whole wheat flour, then dip into the Egg Beaters, then press into the panko:parmesan mixture.  Place in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes.  Flip, then bake for another 15 minutes.
• Remove baked tofu from oven and increase temperature to 400 degrees F.
• Spread a few spoonfuls of marinara sauce into the bottom of a small baking dish.  Arrange 4 pieces of tofu in a single layer over the sauce.  Ladle 1/2 of the remaining sauce over the tofu, as well as 1/2 of the shredded mozzarella and 1/2 of the remaining parmesan.  Repeat with the other 4 pieces of tofu and the rest of the sauce and cheese.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

Instead of a double-layer, you can do it all in a single layer in a larger baking dish.  My baking dish just couldn't fit all the tofu pieces in a single layer, so I did the double.

If you want to conceal/minimize the tofu taste, cut each slice in half again thick-wise for thinner pieces.