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These Thai Peanut Cauliflower Wings will be your new favourite way to eat cauliflower! Cauliflower florets get coated in a simple batter then baked to perfection and tossed in a tangy peanut butter sauce!
Turning cauliflower into delicious “wings”
Is it just me, or can cauliflower do just about anything these days? Cauliflower can be rice like in this Vegan Cauliflower Fried Rice, a taco filling like in these Caulifloewr Tinga Tacos , or of course soup like this Curried Cauliflower Soup.
These Thai Peanut Butter Wings are delicious to enjoy as an appetizer alongside some Thai Peanut Noodle Salad, Thai Mango Salad and Vegetarian Steamed Dumplings.
If you’re not a huge fan of cauliflower, this may just be the recipe that will convert you into a cauliflower lover. Cauliflower gets battered up, baked to perfection then tossed in a tangy and spicy peanut butter sauce and topped off with some sliced green onions. I mean, can we say YUM?
Ingredients in this recipe
- Cauliflower: The star ingredient for this recipe. A medium head of cauliflower cut into florets is what you’ll need.
- Flour: The base of the batter for this recipe. Regular, whole grain and gluten-free flour will all work.
- Almond milk: The liquid for the batter. Any milk will work
- Salt & pepper: To season the batter
- Peanut butter: The star of the peanut butter sauce! You can use natural peanut butter or regular peanut butter
- Soy Sauce: If making this recipe gluten-free, make sure to use a gluten-free soy sauce
- Sesame oil: To add some toasted sesame flavour to the sauce
- Lime juice: For some acidity in the sauce. Lime helps to balance out the flavour
- Coconut sugar: For a sweet element in the sauce. You can also use regular sugar, maple syrup, honey or agave.
- Garlic: Because why not?
- Ginger: To kick up the sauce a notch!
How to make baked cauliflower wings
Baked cauliflower wings require a high cooking temperature. 425-450 degrees will do, and you’ll want to keep an eye on them so they don’t burn.
To turn cauliflower into “wings,” chop up a head of cauliflower into small florets. Then the florets get tossed in batter and baked until brown and crispy.
Make the peanut sauce, then toss the baked cauliflower in the sauce. Top with sliced green onions and sesame seeds.
Serve immediately, so you can enjoy it while the cauliflower is hot!
Thai peanut sauce
The peanut sauce is the most important part of this recipe. This is what’s going to flavour the cauliflower!
To make a Thai-style peanut sauce, you’ll want to make sure to have some lime on hand, which will give the peanut sauce that nice tangy flavour.
You’ll also want to make sure to add chopped garlic and ginger. Don’t skip out on these! They add some seriously amazing flavour to the peanut sauce.
If you want to be very traditional, you can use fish sauce (for non-vegan) instead of soy sauce.
Tips for making this recipe perfectly
- Shake any excess batter off the cauliflower. You don’t want excess batter on the cauliflower, just a thin coating.
- Keep an eye on these while they bake. Depending on your oven, they may need slightly more or less time.
- Eat right away. The wings are best while still hot straight from the oven.
- You can use regular flour, whole wheat flour or a 1-1 gluten-free flour blend for this recipe.
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Thai Peanut Cauliflower Wings
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Main
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Thai
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Cauliflower gets battered up, baked to perfection and topped with a tangy peanut butter sauce!
Ingredients
Cauliflower:
- 1 medium head of cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1 cup flour (regular, gluten-free blend, or whole wheat)
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Sauce:
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- 1 tbsp soy sauce (*use gluten-free if needed)
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tsp coconut sugar
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 4 tbsp water
Other:
- Sesame seeds and sliced green onion to top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and line a baking pan with parchment paper.
- Mix the flour, almond milk salt, pepper and garlic powder together in a bowl until smooth
- Dip each piece of cauliflower into the batter, let any excess batter drip off then place the cauliflower bites on the baking pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown, flipping halfway through.
- Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small pot until combined and creamy.
- Toss the cauliflower and sauce together in a bowl.
- Top with sliced green onions and sesame seeds
Notes
Shake any excess batter off the cauliflower. You don’t want excess batter on the cauliflower, just a thin coating.
Keep an eye on these while you bake. Depending on your oven, they may need slightly more or less time.
Eat right away. The wings are best while still hot straight from the oven.
You can use regular flour, whole wheat flour or a 1-1- gluten-free flour blend for this recipe.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 recipe
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 5g
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
Thank You Jessica, this recipe is so yummy ? definitely a keeper!
You’re very welcome, happy you enjoyed!
I made these using the spicy PB from Fix & Fogg to take it up a notch. Perfect amount of kick. So tasty!
Thanks Julie!
So good! I made it with garbanzo flour.
Happy you enjoyed it! So good to know it works with garbanzo flour too!
Amazing recipe !! My roomates and I loved it!
Thanks Perline, so happy you all enjoyed the recipe!
Made this recipe this past weekend and I am obsessed. Loved it and plan to make it often! I had it with zoodles and it was perfect!
Thanks Micaela! So happy you’re enjoying the recipe 🙂
My family loved this! Can the recipe be frozen? If so, should it be frozen after baking and then freeze the sauce separately?
Thank you Chris! I wouldn’t recommend freezing this recipe, it would be mushy after defrosting.
We made this for relative who was not eating dairy instead of the planned cauliflower cheese. Delicious! Thank you so much; it has become a regular favourite in our family. So pleased I found this recipe.
Glad you and your family enjoyed this Julia!
I am obsessed with the sound of this recipe! Perfect comfort food to impress a crowd! I love anything with cauliflower and I love a good Asian peanut sauce. Can’t wait to try it!
Thanks so much Nisha!
Cauliflower wings are one of my favorite indulgences! I can always air-fry flourless cauliflower and dip it in my favorite sauce to enjoy the same flavors without the extra sodium and calories. However, I definitely have to expand my horizon and see how flour truly enhances the texture of the cauliflower! I just know that I will fall in love with this peanut sauce and recreate it over and over again!
Thanks Cassie! Anything with peanut butter sauce and im SO THERE!