Description
Orange cauliflower is a vegetarian friendly take on Panda Express’s popular orange chicken recipe. Loaded with a sweet and spicy orange sauce, this lightened up take out classic will have your family happily eating their vegetables!
Ingredients
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- 1 cup water
- 1 cup flour - gluten free or almond flour for keto version
- salt to taste
- Half head of cauliflower, cut into 1 1/2 inch ( 3 cm) florets
FOR THE SAUCE
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic- minced
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, minced
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce (or tamari for gluten free)
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp water
- GARNISH
- 1 tsp sesame seed
- 1 scallions- thinly sliced -for garnish
Instructions
- Wash and cut cauliflower into bite sized pieces.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and water.
- One at a time, dip each cauliflower floret in the batter to coat, let the excess batter drip off.
- Arrange the battered cauliflower on the prepared baking sheet, or in your air fryer making sure they aren’t touching one another.
Air fry -375 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Instant pot Airfryer lid - 375 Degrees F for 12 - 15 minutes
Bake- Pre heated oven 400 degrees. bake it on middle rack for 20- 25 minutes
ORANGE SAUCE
- Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet or pan over medium heat, add garlic , ginger , red chili flakes and give it a stir.
- Next goes the orange juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce.
- Cook for 1 minute on high flame and let it come to a boil
- In a small bowl, whisk cornstarch with water to form a paste.Add it to the orange sauce and whisk together.
- Continue to cook for 2 -3 minutes, until the mixture begins to thicken.
- Once the sauce is thickened, add in the sesame oil, and lower the heat .
- Toss the cooked cauliflower florets in the sauce until well coated.
- Serve the cauliflower over rice and garnish with the scallions and sesame seeds
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 389
- Sugar: 27
- Sodium: 474
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 78
- Fiber: 6
- Protein: 10
- Cholesterol: 0