Ingredients
14 oz cauliflower
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 egg (skip for vegan recipe)
Sauce:
Orange zest
1/2 orange juice
1/2 tsp minced ginger
3 cloves garlic
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp chili powder
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp corn flour
Salt to taste
Steps
Prepare
Mince 3 garlic cloves
Separates the cauliflower floret and stem, break and cut into bite-sized pieces
Place the cauliflower in a large bowl, put flour, salt and pepper and 1 egg over cauliflower and mix to coat cauliflower (You can pre-mix the flour, salt and pepper and egg mixture, but it is not really necessary, because cauliflower only need a light coat of flour, no need to coat too much flour (Skip eggs for vegan recipe, substitute 1-2 tablespoons plain water)
Making
Place cauliflower in an air fryer, and spread 2 tablespoons of oil evenly over the entire cauliflower (or you can use oil spray). Shake several times to spread the oil evenly throughout the cauliflower in the fryer. Fry at 350F (180C) for 15 minutes
Put skillet on the stove to prepare the sauce (don't turn on heat yet), add: 1 tbsp grated orange zest, 1/2 tsp grated ginger, minced garlic, juice of half an orange, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice (do not use lime because it will be bitter), 2 tsp soy sauce, 2 tsp cornstarch, salt to taste. Stir mixture, check taste according to likeness (a bit lighter than your taste is good enough because when the sauce is thicken, so the taste will be more dense).
Stir to combine the sauce ingredients while turn on the stove on low heat. When the sauce starts to boil and lightly thicken. At this time, immediately add the air fried cauliflower to the skillet. Stir well to coat the sauce evenly all over cauliflower. Turn of heat then it's done. You can eat with rice or eat it alone is also very delicious. Bon Appétit.