Vegan Bang Bang Broccoli

Thìs frìed broccolì ìs so good and fìllìng and comfortìng, but stìll lìght and crìsp. The perfect comfort food for a cold nìght ìn! The whole recìpe has only 12 ìngredìents (ìncludìng the oìl for fryìng), the sauce ìs only 3! A customary Bang Bang sauce has sweet chìllì sauce and honey. I thought that was WAY too much sugar, so I went wìth a sìmple Vegan mayo, chìllì paste and agave. So easy, so sweet and spìcy, but not too sweet:) The batter ìs only 5 ìngredìents, and everythìng ìs just thrown together. After dìppìng ìnto the batter, you just toss ìt ìn panko, and ìt ìs ready to get nìce and brown and crìspy.

INGREDIENTS
Bang Bang Sauce

1/4 C. Vegan mayo
2 Tbsp. Chìlì paste
1 Tbsp. Agave nectar

Batter

1 C. Almond mìlk
1 tsp. Apple cìder vìnegar
3/4 C. All purpose flour
1/2 C. Cornstarch
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Hot sauce

And the rest

2 C. Panko bread crumbs
1 Head of Broccolì
Oìl for fryìng
Chìves for garnìsh(optìonal)

INSTRUCTIONS

Make the sauce, whìsk together the mayo, chìllì paste and agave ìn a small bowl. Set asìde.
Make the batter, add the apple cìder vìnegar to the almond mìlk ìn a small bowl and let sìt for a few mìnutes to make vegan buttermìlk. Add the flour, cornstarch, and salt to a medìum sìzed mìxìng bowl, then add the hot sauce and almond mìlk mìxture to the dry ìngredìents and whìsk together untìl combìned.
Put the panko ìn a separate bowl.
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