15-Minute Sticky Sesame Cauliflower
This recipe for 15-Minute Sticky Sesame Cauliflower is crispy, saucy, and takeout-inspired! It's a healthy weeknight dinner option that's ready in a flash. Serve it over rice or in lettuce wraps for a simple meal.
Servings: 3 servings
Calories: 103kcal
Ingredients
- 1 small to medium head of cauliflower chopped into florets
- ⅓ cup low sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup lite rice vinegar
- 3 cloves fresh garlic minced
- 1 TBS crushed red pepper flakes optional
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil*
- 2 teaspoon powdered ginger or 1 TBS minced fresh ginger
- 1 and ½ TBS cornstarch
- ¼ cup water
- Sesame seeds romaine lettuce wraps, or cooked rice for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray/oil a baking tray and line cauliflower in a single layer. Bake for 10 minutes.
- While cauliflower is baking, combine soy sauce, maple syrup, rice vinegar, garlic, red pepper if using, oil, and ginger in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- In a separate cup, whisk cornstarch and water. Add this cup to the boiling sauce mixture as soon as it is rapidly bubbling. Cook for 2 minutes over medium heat. The sauce will begin to thicken, so continue to stir!
- Remove sauce from heat. After 10 minutes of time in the oven, flip cauliflower and bake 5-10 minutes more (until browned but not burned). Remove from oven and add to the pan with the sauce. Mix thoroughly.
- Serve in lettuce wraps garnished with sesame seeds or over a bed of rice.
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Nutrition
Calories: 103kcal | Carbohydrates: 20.4g | Protein: 3.9g | Fat: 1.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 649.7mg | Fiber: 2.6g | Sugar: 11.9g
