General Tso's Cauliflower – Minimalist Baker Recipes

General Tso's Cauliflower – Minimalist Baker Recipes

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesGeneral Tso's Cauliflower – Minimalist Baker Recipes

Years ago we shared a recipe for General Tso's tofu stir fry and it has become a fan favorite. We wanted to try a cauliflower version and — spoiler alert — it worked extremely well!

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General Tso's Cauliflower | Minimalist Baker Recipes

Cauliflower florets are tossed in a spicy ginger sauce and then baked in the oven until crispy. Perfect for snacking or serving as a side dish or with grains and veggies for a flavorful meal. Only 10 ingredients needed and of course vegan and gluten-free. We’ll show you how!

General Tso's cauliflower is a vegetable adaptation of General Tso's chicken that is believed to have been created around the 1950s by a chef named Peng Chang-kuei. He was born in Hunan Province China and later moved to Taiwan to pursue cooking there.

Chef Pang claims the dish was inspired by flavors of Hunanese cuisine and named after a Hunanese general. Later when he moved to New York and opened his first restaurant he adapted it to suit his new audience and the dish quickly became popular.