General Tso Cauliflower

Name: General Tso Cauliflower
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets; batter: 1 cup cornflour, ½ cup flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 cup sparkling water, salt; General Tso sauce: 4 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp rice vinegar, 1 tbsp hoisin, 1 tsp sesame oil, 2 tsp cornflour, dried chillies; garlic and ginger; sesame seeds and spring onion to garnish; steamed rice to serve

Crispy battered cauliflower in General Tso sweet-spicy sauce, better than the original. Frying the battered cauliflower at a steady 180°C keeps the coating crisp enough to survive being tossed through the sticky sauce.

Total time

35 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfort

Ingredients

1 headcauliflower, cut into florets

batter: 1 cup cornflour, ½ cup flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 cup sparkling water, salt

General Tso sauce: 4 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp rice vinegar, 1 tbsp hoisin, 1 tsp sesame oil, 2 tsp cornflour, dried chillies

garlic and ginger

sesame seeds and spring onionto garnish

steamed riceto serve

Instructions

Dip cauliflower in batter; fry at 180°C until golden.

Stir-fry garlic, ginger, and chillies; add sauce mixture; bring to boil.

Toss cauliflower in sauce.

Garnish and serve with rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

0.1g

Fat

Carbs

0.3g

Fiber

0.1g

Sodium

2mg

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