• Crunchy Gochujang Cauliflower

    From Ben Collver@1:124/5016 to All on Wed Feb 26 18:54:14 2025
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    Title: Crunchy Gochujang Cauliflower
    Categories: Korean
    Yield: 2 Servings

    1 Cauliflower head;
    - rough chopped
    1 tb Vegetable base; +1 ts
    3 tb Plant milk
    2 1/2 c Corn starch; +1 tb
    1 tb Garlic powder
    1 ts Black pepper
    1 tb Regular soy sauce
    1 tb Light soy sauce
    1 ts Vegetarian oyster sauce
    1 ts Mustard
    1 ts Gochujang
    2 tb Maple syrup
    4 c Vegetable oil; for frying
    1 tb Extra virgin olive oil
    1/4 c Onion; chopped
    5 cl Garlic; up to 6, minced
    2 Red cabbage leaves; chopped
    1 Carrot; chopped into very
    - small pieces
    2 Whole scallions; chopped
    1/3 c Vegetable broth
    1/2 tb Sesame oil
    1 tb Sesame seeds

    Place cauliflower chunks into a large bowl. Add 1 tb of the vegetable
    base (I like "Better than Boullion"), together with the plant milk.
    Mix the cauliflower so that they are evenly coated and set the bowl
    aside (you can also refrigerate it overnight).

    To another large bowl, add 1 cup of corn starch (save the rest for
    later), 1/2 tb of garlic powder, and 1/2 ts of black pepper. Stir
    everything together with a whisk and set it aside.

    Prepare the sauce in advance by whisking together the 1 ts of the
    vegetable base, regular soy sauce, light soy sauce, vegetarian oyster
    sauce, mustard, gochujang, maple syrup, and 1/2 tb of corn starch.

    In a very large cast iron pan or deep fryer, bring the vegetable oil
    to 350?F. While you are waiting for the oil to get hot, dredge some
    of the cauliflower in the corn starch + garlic powder mixture. Make
    sure that each chunk is thickly coated with the corn starch. You want
    the cauliflower to be super dry.

    Place the dredged cauliflower in the hot oil, ensuring not to crowd
    the pan. You will have to work in batches and once the corn starch is
    all used up, add the 2nd cup of corn starch, together with the garlic
    powder and black pepper, so that you can continue to fully dredge
    your cauliflower.

    Fry your cauliflower for approximately 3 to 5 minutes, until the edges
    begin to brown. Remove them from the oil and place them on a cooling
    rack to drain the excess oil. Repeat for the remaining cauliflower.

    Once all the cauliflower has been fried once, you can fry them all a
    second time(without worrying about over-crowding the pan) for extra
    crunch.

    Once you have completed frying all your cauliflower, begin making the
    sauce by adding extra virgin olive oil to a large pan over medium
    high heat. When the oil is hot, add the garlic, onion, carrot,
    cabbage, and scallions to the pan. Sautee the vegetables until the
    onion starts to turn translucent, about 2 minutes.

    Add the vegetable broth and cook for another 30 seconds. Then, stir
    in the sauce you prepared earlier. Cook the sauce over medium high
    heat for about 1 minute, until it gets thick.

    Turn off the heat and pour the fried cauliflower into the sauce. Stir
    the cauliflower gently until they are evenly coated. Drizzle them
    with a the sesame oil and sprinkle the sesame seeds. Serve
    immediately.

    Recipe by Joanne Molinaro

    Recipe FROM:
    <https://thekoreanvegan.com/crunchy-gochujang-cauliflower/>

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