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Peanut Butter Cauliflower Bowl with Roasted Carrots. Cauliflower tossed in peanut butter sauce and roasted, carrots tossed in hot sauce and roasted. Vegan Recipe, Gluten-free option. Jump to Recipe
You know whats better than a peanut sauce veggie stir fry or peanut sauce drizzled on a bowl? Peanut Sauce baked on Cauliflower! The PB sauce gets Concentrated on baking and you get all the amazing flavor and then more. Add the cauliflower or other veggies to a bowl with greens and roasted carrots and some more peanut sauce to dress. Damn. So good. Try it!
This bowl comes together very quickly. Blend up the peanut butter sauce (use sunbutter for nut-free), add a tbsp or so flour to thicken, dip cauliflower in the sauce and bake. Add to salad bowl, wraps, or serve with grains or spiced chickpeas. Easy, Delicious, Satisfying, and fun.
If you make the recipe, do tag me on social media or comment and rate below. Lots of Delicious options in the Peanut Butter and Coconut Chapter in my second book! (Nut-free options for most recipes.)
More PB sauce recipes
- Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Curry. GF
- 1 pot Peanut Butter Noodles and Veggies GF
- Chickpeas and Turmeric Peanut Butter Sauce GF
- Peanut Sauce Fried Rice. GF
Peanut Butter Roasted Cauliflower and Carrot Salad Bowl
Ingredients
For the Peanut Sauce:
- 1/2 cup peanut butter, , use sunbutter to make it nutfree
- 1.5 tbsp lime juice
- 1.5 tbsp soy sauce, , use tamari to make gluten-free
- 2 tbsp maple or sugar
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 2 tsp hot sauce or sriracha or sambal oelek, , to taste
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- generous pinches of salt and black pepper, , and 1/4 tsp pepper flakes (optional)
- 1 to 3 tbsp flour, , use rice flour for gluten-free
- 1 small or half a head medium cauliflower, chopped into small florets
For the Carrots:
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp hot sauce or sriracha
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- a pinch of salt
- 4 or 5 carrots sliced
Bowl:
- Greens, lettuce, or kale
- crunchy veggies like peppers, cabbage
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment.
- Blend everything under peanut sauce. Taste and adjust flavor. Keep a quarter of the sauce for drizzling, transfer the rest to a large bowl. Add flour to the bowl to thicken the sauce so that it sticks to the veggies during baking.
- Take cauliflower florets one at a time, dip in peanut sauce and place floret on the lined baking sheet. Tap to remove excess sauce before placing. Some sauce might be left in the bowl, use as dressing later.
- Toss carrots with the ingredients under carrots and mix in. Spread on the sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature to 400 degrees F and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes or until cauliflower is tender
- Prepare the bowls with lettuce or greens of choice. Add some bell pepper and apple or pear. Add the cauliflower and carrots, dress generously with the peanut butter sauce, some pepper flakes and scallions or basil. Serve with cooked grains like quinoa/rice, or spiced chickpeas for a hearty meal.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Wow great vegan meal, easy and quick. 20% protein in it which is great.
I made this last night and it was deeeee-licious! I used all the sauce as coating for the cauliflower as I had a large cauliflower that was in a ‘use it or lose it’ state and added some pressed tofu. Served with romaine and brown rice. Will make again. Thanks for the recipe!
Awesome!!
Loved it!
Didn’t have a lime and sauce was still great.
Field greens and spinach for base, broccoli, cucumber, and sesame sticks for toppings. Would add a little fresh orange next time.
So great -thank you!
AMAZING dish!! we loved it!
Made this last weekend, also coated some tofu and baked it along with the rest; delicious with brown rice, very warming!
Awesome!
Wow, this was really good! Made it yesterday. I thought it wouldn’t be filling enough for the four of us, but it absolutely was. I am sure going to make this one again.
Awesome! you can pair it with some whole grains for a heavier meal.
Made this for dinner and it was so delicious! The peanut sauce is fabulous and it coated the cauliflower well without adding any flour (I forgot to put it in) Thanks for this recipe, your cookbooks and your video posts. I’m pretty new to cooking and it all helps
Awesome!
Impressive！nice, very interesting , good job and thanks for sharing such a good blog.
Hi Vegan, this looks like a recipe I’m going to love! Question – does the remaining sauce need to be cooked due to the addition of flour or do you only add flour to the part for dipping the veggies in before baking them?
yes the flour gets added tot he sauce which is used for the cauliflower. If you have some of that remaining, you can cook it on the stove top to bring to a boil and use it.