Cajun Tofu - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 tablespoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons black pepper
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon celery seed
5 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
1 red pepper, sliced
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 bay leaf
3 (14 ounce) packages extra firm tofu, cut into medium size chunks
hot sauce

Preparation

Mix the first 9 ingredients to make a spice mix. Set aside.
Heat butter and olive oil in a large pot.
Add onion and saute until starting to brown.
Add garlic and 3 Tbsp of the spice mix.
Stir and cook a couple minutes.
Add pepper and celery and cook a couple more minutes.
Add tomato sauce, bay leaf and tofu.
Mix well.
Bring to a boil and then simmer 10 minute.
Add hot sauce to taste.