Air Fryer Sesame Cauliflower Wings(Asian Style)

Air Fryer Sesame Cauliflower Wings are a delicious and healthy appetizer made with very little oil. These crispy Sesame Cauliflower wings are made in gluten-free batter, absolutely vegan friendly and kids friendly too.

Air Fryer Cauliflower wings in Asian sauces make a tasty appetizer or starter and can also be paired with rice/noodles. It can be served to a crowd at your parties and is also kids friendly.

Almost similar to the Wild Buffalo Asian Zing Cauliflower Wings from your favorite outlet.

About the Recipe

Sticky Sesame Cauliflower wings are made with breaded cauliflower florets, air fried and then coated and cooked again in garlic and sauces. These are so addictive that you can stop at one and the taste leaves you craving for more.

The Cauliflower Wings in Air fryer are not only tastes so good but are loaded with protein, since I have used Almond flour along with cornstarch and rice flour for breading. When I decided to make Cauliflower wings for the blog I ran out of bread and there were also no homemade breads crumbs left in refrigerator. So I decided to use Almond flour that I had bought a few days back to make my kids' favorite Fudgy Almond Chocolate Cake.

Almond flour coated cauliflower wings mixed with garlic powder and black pepper tasted so yummy that we had some just like that straight out of Air fryer without dipping in Asian sauce mix.

Benefits of Cauliflower

Cauliflower is a very nutritious vegetable and has significant health benefits. It is high in fibers and antioxidants, enriched with vital nutrients and vitamins. It also provides significant amount of protein in diet. These cauliflower is used as an alternative to many high carb foods like cauliflower pizza crust, cauliflower rice and sandwich thins.

Other than making curries/subzi and snacks like Cauliflower fritter, we also add cauliflower in Pulao, Vegetable Biryani in Instant Pot, Mixed Vegetable curry, Air Fried Crispy Vegetables(Chinese Style), Air Fryer Roasted Vegetables(Italian Style)

Cauliflower Wings in Air Fryer

Sticky Sesame Cauliflower wings are as good as baked wings and so much better than the deep fried ones. The amount of oil used is so much less. Air Fryer comes handy especially when making a small batch. The time to air fryer the wings is also much less than the oven.

Advantages of having Air Fryer at Home

Investing in an Air Fryer is one of the best decisions that we can make for our kitchen. This kitchen gadget is so handy and there are so many options available nowadays. It can be used for baking, as a substitute to frying (one of the best) and roasting the veggies, snacks.

• Air frying cuts down the amount of oil used for deep frying snacks.
• Deep frying certain food items may produce some cancer causing compounds. Air frying reduces the risk of formation of such compounds.
• No standing over the cooking dish and continuous monitoring.
• Use it to crisp the frozen food instead of deep frying which is more fuss, quick and more health friendly.

Air fryers are handy kitchen gadgets and do not occupy much counter space.

Use your Air Fryer in everyday cooking and you can even bake cakes and muffins as per the capacity of your Air Fryer.

Checkout the various Air Fryer Recipes form the blog here--> AIR FRYER RECIPES Vegetarian and Vegan

Ingredients to make Sesame Cauliflower Wings in Air Fryer

Cauliflower- Take medium size fresh cauliflower without any spots. You can blanch it in hot water for a minute to get rid of any unseen worms if present. It is a good practice to blanch cauliflower before using in the recipes. Do not soak it for long as the florets may loss the crispiness.

For breading Wings

Cornstarch/Cornflour and Rice Flour- In Zing Cauliflower wing recipe, egg is used for binding the flour on cauliflower florets. To avoid egg in the recipe I have used cornstarch and rice flour. Florets are dipped in the slurry of cornstarch and rice and rice flour and then breaded in Almond Flour.

Almond Flour/Meal-For that crispy outside. You can also use Panko breadcrumbs or simply prepare breadcrumbs at home .

Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Salt and 1 tsp oil.

Asian Sauces Mix

Soy Sauce, Siracha/Chilli Garlic Sauce, Vinegar, Sweetener(jaggery powder/maple syrup/sugar).

Sesame Seeds and Spring Onion Greens for garnish.

How to prepare Sticky Sesame Cauliflower Wings in Air Fryer

To make the Sesame Cauliflower wings, firstly prepare breaded cauliflower.

Nicely wash cauliflower. Cut in florets. You can also dip the florets in hot water for 1 min. Dry the florets completely, use a kitchen towel.

Prepare the wings

1. In a bowl make slurry with cornstarch and rice flour, black pepper, garlic powder and salt. Add 1/4 cup water.
2. Dip and coat the florets in slurry.
3. In another bowl, take 1/4 cup Almond Flour. Coat the cauliflower wings nicely in flour.
4. Brush the basket lightly with oil.
5. Arrange the breaded florets/wings in air fryer basket. Dust off extra flour from the florets.
6. You can also brush the cauliflower wings with oil. Preheat the air fryer at 200C or 400F.
7. Air fry the wings for 12-15 mins. at 200 C or 400 F.

Prepare the sauce

1. Mix together all the sauces along with sugar.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add finely chopped garlic. Sauté it for few seconds.
3. Now add the sauce mixture and cook it again for a few seconds.
4. Add the air fryer wings and coat nicely in sauce.
5. Garnish with sesame seeds and spring onion greens.
6. Serve hot.

Shelf life and storing the leftover

Sticky Sesame Cauliflower wings taste best when served hot and fresh.

Refrigerate the leftovers in an air tight container. Reheat in air fryer for 5 mins. at 150 C or 300 F.

I did not like the reheated frozen wings, as these become too soggy, so won't recommend freezing the wings.

Can we bake Asian style Cauliflower Wings in Oven

Baking a big batch of wings in oven is so easy. Follow the same process of breading the wings. Then Line up a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly brush with oil. Bake in preheated oven at 200C or 400F.

Why do the wings become soggy

The wings turn soggy if we keep it for long. Consume these fresh. Also, if we cook the wings in sauce for a long time then also the wings turn soggy. Switch of the heat when you add wings to pan. After adding the wings to pan, just toss them lightly in sauce and then take out immediately.

Try out these healthy and delicious recipes from the blog with Cauliflower

Aloo Gobhi Masala , Gobhi Matar Ka Keema (Vegan Keema), Gobhi 65, Tandoori Gobhi/Cauliflower Tikka

Recipe Card for Sticky Sesame Cauliflower Wings

Do try these delicious Sesame Cauliflower wings in Air fryer, these are so crispy from outside and soft inside. These make a delicious appetizer/ snack for your parties and get togethers. A make ahead party snack for Game Day and movie night.

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