The slices need to be thin, thin enough that they crisp up properly and the whole strip takes on the spices rather than just being coated in them. Baking keeps things lighter and hands-off; frying in oil gets the strips darker and the texture closer to a proper crisp. Both versions work, and the recipe covers both so you can decide based on what you feel like.
This is a snack sized for two, a small plate, something to eat while you figure out the rest of the evening, a salty companion to a drink. The kind of thing that once you know how to make it, you make it regularly.
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Key Ingredients in This Recipe
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How to Make Baked or Fried Tempeh Crisps
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Step 1 – Cut the Tempeh in thin slices. About 1/8″ thick.
Step 2a – Oven baked. Place the slices on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper. Coat the slices with olive oil and then sprinkle them with salt, pepper and spices, like curry and paprika powder.
Heat the oven to 400°F and bake the slices for about 15 minutes. Turn and bake another 10-15 minutes until crisp.
When done, cool in a rack.
Step 2b – Fried. Heat oil in a skillet and fry the slices of on each side until brown.
Step 3 – Place the fried tempeh on paper kitchen towels.
Step 4 – Sprinkle with salt, pepper and spices. Allow to cool and serve.
Baked or Fried Tempeh Crisps
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- 4 ounces tempeh
- oil
- salt & pepper
- 1 pinch curry powder
- 1 pinch paprika powder
Instructions
- Cut the Tempeh in thin slices. About 1/8″ thick.
- Place the slices on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper. Coat the slices with olive oil and then sprinkle them with salt, pepper and spices, like curry and paprika powder.
- Heat the oven to 400°F and bake the slices for about 15 minutes. Turn and bake another 10-15 minutes until crisp.
- OR Heat oil in a skillet and fry the slices of on each side until brown.
- Place the fried tempeh on paper kitchen towels.
- Sprinkle with salt, pepper and spices and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.