Vegan BBQ Tofu Burger

This Vegan BBQ Tofu Burger is a super easy, but incredibly flavorful vegan burger that’s perfect for grilling or Summer dinner. It has been approved by huge meat lovers who always ask for more.

For more tasty vegan recipes, check out our vegan dinner and vegan BBQ recipe roundups.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Alright. Let’s talk about this baby for a second. This burger is the mother of all vegan burgers. Not only because it’s so super easy to make (perfect for beginners, trust me 😉 ) but it’s SO ridiculously flavorful and J-U-I-C-Y. It’s also one of my favorite tofu recipes ever.

Ingredients

You’ll need the following ingredients to make this delicious hamburger:

• smoked tofu (extra firm): the smoked, extra firm variety works best for this recipe, since it will have a nice strong flavor and it won’t crumble or fall apart
• BBQ sauce: any type of BBQ sauce you prefer
• BBQ spice mix: any type of salted(!!!) spice mix you prefer to use for BBQ
• vegan mayonnaise: store-bought or homemade
• plant milk: any plant milk with a  neutral flavor, I used oat milk
• garlic and onion: yellow onion works best
• flour: white flour ( can be gluten-free) works best for flavor
• burger buns: any burger buns you prefer (it can be sliced bread, too)
• vegan cheddar slices: or any type of vegan cheese you’d like to put in the burger
• lettuce
• tomato
• salt, pepper and oil: I used sunflower oil for frying the onions and tofu

How to Make

STEP 1:
Cover the halved tofu slices in the BBQ marinade and let them sit for 10 minutes. On medium heat fry the tofu.

STEP 2:
While the tofu is soaking in the sauce, fry the onions. Cut the onion into thin slices, then dip them into plant milk and flour then fry until they turn golden brown. (Should be around 3-4 minutes).

STEP 3:
To create the vegan garlick mayonnaise sauce, simply add the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. In each burger add 2 tablespoon of the sauce. (1 tbsp under the lettuce and 1 tbsp on top of the tomato slices.)

STEP 4:
Layer all the ingredients as seen on the images to create the hamburger.

The end result should look like this:

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Vegan BBQ Tofu Burger

4.86 from 7 votes

Author Mira M.

Vegan Tofu BBQ Burger – an easy, vegan burger recipe that’s perfect for grilling or Summer dinner parties. This healthy meal will be the star of your 4th of July menu.

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Prep 15 minutes mins

Cook 35 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

2 burgers

Ingredients

 

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BBQ Tofu

• ▢ 0.35 lbs firm smoked tofu halved
• ▢ 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
• ▢ 1 tbsp BBQ spice mix salted
• ▢ 2 tbsp oil

Garlic Mayonnaise Sauce

• ▢ 8 tbsp vegan mayonnaise
• ▢ 4 tbsp plant milk
• ▢ 1 clove garlic
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ black pepper

Fried Onions

• ▢ 1 big onion
• ▢ flour
• ▢ ½ cup plant milk
• ▢ salt
• ▢ oil for frying

For the burger

• ▢ 2 burger buns
• ▢ 2 vegan cheddar slices
• ▢ lettuce
• ▢ 4 tomato slices

Instructions

 

• Cover the halved tofu slices in the BBQ marinade and let them sit for 10 minutes. On medium heat fry the tofu.
  
• While the tofu is soaking in the sauce, fry the onions. Cut the onion into thin slices, then dip them into plant milk and flour then fry until they turn golden brown. (Should be around 3-4 minutes).
• To create the vegan garlick mayonnaise sauce, simply add the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. In each burger add 2 tablespoon of the sauce. 1 tbsp under the lettuce and 1 tbsp on top of the tomato slices.
  
• Layer all the ingredients as seen on the images to create the hamburger.
• Enjoy!
  

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