Salt & Pepper Cauliflower

If your looking for a new way to cook cauliflower this recipe is sure to surprise and delight! Battered and fried cauliflower is tossed with peppers and lots of garlic and warm seasonings to create a flavor bomb! The crispy exterior is light and crunchy and the fresh peppers add a subtle heat.

I usually avoid frying food in my kitchen, but this dish reminds me that it’s not actually that hard or messy! I do more of a shallow fry than a deep fry—filling a large cast-iron skillet with about 2 inches of oil. That keeps the splatter to a minimum and also minimizes the quantity of oil you need to use.

The best part is the topping of stir-fried chiles, ginger, and garlic tossed with spices, kosher salt and white pepper.

Ingredients and Substitutions

Most of the ingredients for this dish are things you’ll find at your regular supermarket, otherwise, I offer easy substitutions.

• Cauliflower: You can chop your own heads or buy pre-cut bags.
• Ginger: I highly recommend fresh chopped ginger.
• Garlic: Use freshly minced garlic cloves .
• Rice Flour: You could swap for potato flour or cornstarch
• Oil: Use any neutral-flavored, high-smoke-point oil like safflower, sunflower seed, peanut, corn, canola, or vegetable oil.
• Peppers: I prefer Jalapeno peppers but you could substitute any Red or green chile peppers like serrano, Fresno, Jalapeno If you don’t want the dish to be spicy, take the seeds and ribs out of your peppers or just use green or red bell pepper instead