This spicy, flavor-packed peri-peri sheet pan dinner is simple to make and scrumptious served with a creamy cilantro yogurt dipping sauce. Tofu, greens, and corn on the cob are marinated and baked collectively on one pan for a straightforward meal. (gluten-free and nut-free with soy-free choices)

I really like sheet pan meals, and this peri-peri sheet pan dinner is one other fabulous one. It wants simply 1 pan, and there’s much less time within the kitchen as a result of the oven does all of the work. 

It’s a really versatile and scrumptious recipe. Use no matter veggies and proteins you need to use. All the taste is within the marinade, so use that marinade any manner you want.

I really like this peri-peri marinade. Paired with the greens and corn, it provides this sheet pan dinner a refined seafood-boil really feel. Add some crumbled nori if you wish to lean much more into that taste. And like all good sheet pan meals, this one is flexible, meal-prep-friendly, and simple to make your personal.

If tofu isn’t your factor, use butter beans, chickpeas, white beans, or a soy-free vegan rooster substitute as an alternative. You’ll additionally discover loads of choices within the notes for swapping out the peri-peri sauce, whether or not you need a milder model or a distinct taste variation.

You possibly can serve this as is with the scrumptious garlic yogurt cilantro dip, or serve it over rice or quinoa or different grains, or with some garlic bread, or make a wrap. There are simply so many alternative methods to serve this! 

So let’s make this peri-peri sheet pan dinner with tofu, potatoes, corn and veggies. 

Why You’ll Love Sheet Pan Peri-Peri Tofu and Greens

• tofu and veggies prepare dinner collectively on 1 sheet pan
• simple blender marinade
• fantastically scrumptious with a creamy, 1-bowl, cilantro yogurt sauce
• Protein and Fiber wealthy
• Simple clear up and meal prep pleasant
• naturally gluten-free and nut-free with simple soy-free choices

Elements

• tofu – That is your protein. You should utilize different proteins, like white beans, chickpeas, or vegan rooster substitute. Select a soy-free protein, for the soy-free possibility.
• veggies – We’re roasting up some onion, peeled Yukon gold potatoes, bell pepper, candy corn, and garlic. For the peri-peri marinade, you additionally want purple onion, garlic, and a roasted or recent purple bell pepper. The roasted bell pepper provides the sauce a sweeter taste profile.
• peri-peri sauce – Provides umami and warmth! Should you don’t have peri-peri sauce, add 2 to three African fowl’s eye chilies or different recent purple chili peppers, or use a serrano or different sizzling inexperienced chili. Mix them into the sauce with further lemon juice and paprika for extra taste. Should you don’t need to use recent chilies, add a mixture of paprika and smoked paprika to the marinade as an alternative.
• herbs and spices – Increase the flavour of the marinade with recent or dried oregano, paprika or smoked paprika, salt, and black pepper. For the cilantro garlic yogurt dip, you want recent cilantro, salt, and both black pepper or pepper flakes.
• oil – Provides texture to the marinade and helps the veggies and tofu brown a bit as they roast.
• non-dairy yogurt – The bottom for the topping sauce. Select soy-free and/or nut-free, if wanted.
• lemon juice – Provides tang to the yogurt sauce.
• garnishes – Garnish your sheet pan peri-peri dinner with lemon juice, extra peri-peri sauce and chopped cilantro, parsley, or basil.

The right way to Make Sheet Pan Peri-Peri Tofu and Greens

Press the tofu, in the event you haven’t already. Slice it into squares, triangles, or tear into items. Slice the entire veggies. Slice the tip of the garlic bulbs to reveal the cloves. If there are small garlic items from trimming, add these to the veggies, so no have to discard these.

Add the entire peri-peri marinade components to a blender. Add a bit lemon juice, if you need additional tangy taste, particularly if utilizing much less peri-peri sauce. You may as well add 2 to three sprigs of cilantro, in the event you like. Mix till clean, and put aside.

Marinate the tofu by including a number of the peri-peri marinade to a bowl with the tofu and tossing properly to coat. Let it marinate for about quarter-hour or longer, in the event you like, or proceed on to baking.

Add the remaining marinade to the chopped veggies (miss the garlic for now), and toss properly to coat. Reserve about 1 tablespoon or so of the marinade and rinse out the blender with 1 tablespoon of water, and add that to the reserved marinade for basting later.

Grease a sheet pan with a bit little bit of oil. Add the marinated tofu to at least one aspect of the sheet pan and the marinated veggies, together with the corn, to the opposite aspect. Unfold all the things in a single layer. Use a sheet pan giant sufficient for all the things, or use 2 sheet pans, if wanted. Place the garlic bubls on one fringe of the sheet pan. Drizzle about 1 teaspoon oil over them, and canopy the garlic with foil or parchment.

Bake at 415° F (215° C) for 30 to 35 minutes. On the 20 minute mark, flip the tofu, if utilizing slices, and brush it with the reserved marinade. Transfer the veggies round, so that they bake evenly, as the perimeters might prepare dinner quicker and begin to brown.

Proceed baking for one more 10 to fifteen minutes, or till the potatoes are cooked to desire and the tofu has a slight crisp on the perimeters. The tofu won’t grow to be very crisp due to the marinade, but it surely ought to develop a slight crisp across the edges and a pleasant thick layer of the marinade on prime. 

In the meantime, add the yogurt, lemon juice, cilantro, salt, and pepper to a bowl, and blend properly. Style and regulate the salt.

When the sheet pan is completed, take away it from the oven. Examine the garlic bulbs. If they aren’t totally cooked, return them to the oven for about 5 extra minutes till the cloves are tender sufficient to squeeze out of the bulb. Let the garlic cool till it’s cool sufficient to deal with, then squeeze the roasted garlic out of the bulb into the yogurt dip. Mash it properly, and blend it into the yogurt dip. If in case you have one other garlic bulb, you may add that, as properly, or see the notes on how one can use it to make an optionally available garlicky topping.

To make bowls, serve the tofu and veggies in bowls topped with the yogurt sauce, any remaining marinade or additional peri-peri sauce, a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and pepper flakes, and recent herbs. Serve by itself, or over rice.

You may as well unfold the yogurt sauce onto a plate, then prime with the tofu and veggies, then add the toppings.

You may as well make wraps utilizing the yogurt dip and the roasted veggies. Add crunchy greens, sprouts, or hemp seeds, in the event you like.

The right way to Serve Sheet Pan Peri-Peri Tofu and Veggies

To make bowls, serve the tofu and veggies in bowls topped with the yogurt sauce, any remaining marinade or additional peri-peri sauce, a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and pepper flakes, and recent herbs. Serve by itself, or over rice. You may as well unfold the yogurt sauce onto a plate, then prime with the tofu and veggies, then add the toppings.

You may as well make wraps utilizing the yogurt dip and the roasted veggies. Add crunchy greens, sprouts, or hemp seeds, in the event you like.