Wagamama Bang Bang Cauliflower Recipe & Calories
Want that crunchy, fiery cauliflower from Wagamama at home? Wagamama publishes the recipe for its bang bang cauliflower, and the side costs £7.60 in the restaurant and has 447 calories.
It's vegan, it takes one pan, and it's finished with Wagamama's firecracker sauce. Below you'll find what it is, the recipe, its calories and allergens, and what to eat it with.
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What is bang bang cauliflower?
Wagamama's bang bang cauliflower is crispy cauliflower florets coated in its spicy firecracker sauce, with red and spring onion, topped with fresh ginger and coriander. It's a side dish, listed with the big flavour bites at £7.60, and it's plant-based.
The name comes from the sauce. Wagamama says “bang bang” refers to the spicy firecracker sauce, and that the dish is inspired by bang bang chicken, a street food.
Wagamama suggests eating it as a side with rice and noodle dishes, or alongside an Asian slaw, and says it goes well on the side of stir fries and curries.
Wagamama bang bang cauliflower recipe
This is Wagamama's own bang bang cauliflower recipe, with the method in our words. It serves two, takes 10 minutes to prepare and 20 to cook, and needs just one pan.
Ingredients
For the dish
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 head of cauliflower, broken into small florets
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 Wagamama firecracker sauce
- A thumb-sized piece of ginger
- ½ bunch of coriander
Method
- Heat the oil. Add the oil to a wok over a high heat.
- Brown the cauliflower. Once the oil is hot, add the cauliflower and red onion and stir-fry for 5 to 8 minutes, until browned.
- Add the spring onions. Toss them in with the cauliflower.
- Add the sauce. Stir in the firecracker sauce and simmer to heat through.
- Serve. Divide the cauliflower between two bowls and top with grated fresh ginger and coriander.
Tips
- The sauce is the recipe: Wagamama's version uses its own ready-made firecracker sauce and gives no from-scratch alternative, so we don't invent one.
- Use a wok over high heat: That's how Wagamama's recipe browns the florets, in one pan with no oven.
Quantities and timings from Wagamama's own recipe.
Wagamama's recipe has no batter or coating. The florets are stir-fried in hot oil until browned, then tossed in the sauce and finished with the ginger and coriander.
Bang bang cauliflower calories and allergens
A portion of Wagamama's bang bang cauliflower is 447 kcal on its allergen chart. That's 3.5g of protein, 37.6g of carbohydrate (of which 9.3g sugars), 31.1g of fat (of which 2.4g saturates), 2.7g of fibre and 1.0g of salt.
- Energy1,867 kJ / 447 kcal
- Protein3.5g
- Carbohydrate37.6g
- of which sugars9.3g
- Fat31.1g
- of which saturates2.4g
- Fibre2.7g
- Salt1.0g
The chart marks it vegan and vegetarian and lists soya and sulphites as its allergens, with a may-contain warning for gluten and sesame. It isn't on Wagamama's gluten-free menu, and our allergy menu shows how the chart marks every other dish. For how 447 kcal compares with every other dish, see the calories page.
What to serve with bang bang cauliflower
Wagamama positions it as a side, so it suits a main that's mostly rice or noodles. A noodle dish such as the yaki soba, or a curry such as the katsu curry, follows Wagamama's own suggestion of rice and noodle dishes, stir fries and curries. At £7.60 it's the cheapest of the ten big flavour bites, the menu section it sits in, and dearer than the lighter bites such as the wok-fried greens (£6.80) and edamame (£5.10). The full menu has every side with its price.
Where to buy Wagamama firecracker sauce
Wagamama sells its firecracker sauce ready-made, and its recipe just says “1 Wagamama firecracker sauce” without saying which pack. Its shop lists a firecracker stir fry sauce and a firecracker curry sauce, and UK supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury's and Waitrose list the stir fry sauce (stock and prices vary by shop). Check Wagamama's listing before you buy, since the recipe doesn't name one. For a main that uses the same sauce, see the chicken firecracker curry, whose recipe also calls for one Wagamama firecracker sauce.
Bang bang cauliflower FAQs
How spicy is Wagamama bang bang cauliflower?
Wagamama describes it as having fiery spices and a spicy firecracker sauce, but it doesn't give a heat rating, so there's no number to compare with other dishes.
Is bang bang cauliflower a main or a side?
A side. Wagamama lists it with its big flavour bites, and the home recipe serves two as a side to rice and noodle dishes, stir fries or curries.
From Wagamama's October 2026 UK menu, allergen and nutrition guide and its published recipe, checked . Prices are dine-in. Browse every side and main with its price or weekday lunch for £14.