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We can’t believe we’re actually saying this… but cauliflower may be our new favorite vegetable.
Cauliflower, often seen as a discarded vegetable side dish finally has its shining moment in these orange cauliflower bowls!! We really didn’t know cauliflower could taste THIS good!
Orange Cauliflower Bowls
Fresh cauliflower sautéed in a vibrant, tangy orange sauce over a bed of white rice and topped with fresh orange slices, green onions and cashews. A delicious and cozy weeknight dinner at home or for a friends night on the weekend.
You my be thinking…cauliflower is not the same as chicken. You’re right, it’s not!! But it does have a lot of flavor and good nutrients. And once it tossed in the orange chicken sauce, you may be rethinking cauliflowers place at the table!
These orange cauliflower bowls are a refreshing take on the traditional orange chicken that is bursting with flavor. And you better double the batch, because you will keep coming back for more!
What’s in the orange cauliflower sauce?
Direction Snapshot:
It takes just around 30 minutes to whip up this delicious cauliflower “chicken” bowl. Perfect for an after-work dinner.
1. Make Sauce.
2. Chop Cauliflower and Toss in oil and cornstarch.
3. Sauté Cauliflower.
4. Simmer in Sauce.
5. Make Rice.
6. Make your orange cauliflower rice bowl.
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Orange Cauliflower Bowls
Description
Fresh cauliflower sautéed in a vibrant, tangy orange sauce over a bed or white rice and topped with fresh orange slices, green onions and cashews.
Ingredients
1 large head of cauliflower
2 tbsp coconut oil
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp corn starch
Orange Chicken Sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cp vegetable broth
1/4 cup honey
2 tsp sesame oil
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tbsp orange zest
1 tbsp rice vinegar
2 inch piece fresh ginger, grated
1 tsp 5 spice blend
1 tsp red pepper flakes
Bowl Add-ins
Basmati rice
Orange slices
green onions, chopped
Cashews
Sesame seeds
Instructions
- Make your sauce. In a small bowl, add soy sauce, vegetable broth, honey, sesame oil, orange juice orange zest , ginger, cornstarch, red pepper flakes. Whisk to combine and set aside.
- Chop Cauliflower. First remove green stems and slice cauliflower head in half. Break off the smaller heads of cauliflower . You can chop the stems and use them as well if you’d like.
- Add cauliflower to a large bowl and drizzle with some melted coconut oil, corn starch and salt.
- In a skillet over medium heat, add oil and sauté your cauliflower pieces for 4-5 minutes.
- Pour sauce over cauliflower and stir to coat all the cauliflower pieces. Let the sauce simmer and thicken…about 8-10 minutes or until cauliflower has softened. Remembering to stir occasionally.
- While the cauliflower is cooking, pour water in a pot for rice and cook according to package instructions.
- Assemble Bowl. Scoop rice on bottom, add cauliflower on bed of rice and top with fresh orange slices, green onion and cashews.
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