General Tso Cauliflower & Mushrooms
A vegetarian cauliflower & mushroom dish with all the flavour of General Tso, minus the fat and sugar.
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegetable stock low sodium
- 3 tablespoon tamari or soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sambal oelek or any Asian chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoon peanut oil or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 cauliflower cored and cut into bite sized florets, medium
- 2 cups cremini mushrooms sliced
- 1 green onion thinly sliced
Instructions
- Boil a large pot of water. Add cauliflower and allow to par boil 2-3 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- In a jar with a lid, combine stock, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sambal oelek, cornstarch, and fish sauce. Put lid on jar and shake well to combine.
- Heat a medium skillet (cast iron works best) over medium-high heat. Add peanut and sesame oil. Add mushrooms and cook, turning, until starting to brown, about 2 minutes.
- Add cauliflower and cook, stirring, until brown and fork tender, about 1 minute.
- Shake jar one more time, and pour the sauce over cauliflower mushroom mixture.
- Cook, stirring, until sauce is thickened and glossy, about 1 minute.
- Remove from heat, and garnish with green onion.
- Serve hot, with steamed rice or noodles
Notes
- *Make this recipe vegan, by leaving out the fish sauce. Instead, taste and add salt to desired salt level, or use a vegan fish sauce, or Chinese cooking wine.
- *Tamari is gluten free, but if you are gluten free, there are soy sauces labeled as such. If not, they may contain gluten.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 103
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 103kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 100mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 269mg | 6% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 95IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 13.4mg | 15% |
| Calcium | 15mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.6mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.