Sriracha and I have a long relationship.
Second only to my relationship with my hair stylist.
Spicy is a food group all its own in my house. I put Sriracha or some sort of heat source on nearly everything. Even my chocolate sauce is “Mexican” with the addition of cayenne. Why should muffins be any different?
If adding Sriracha to muffins isn’t strange enough, I also added veggies. I choose red peppers, zucchini, and shiitake mushrooms to compliment the Vietnamese feels of the Sriracha. You can easily change it up with your favorites.
This spicy little number is also low carb thanks to coconut flour. I also added stay-powder with healthy amount of cottage cheese and eggs to amp up the protein.
Heat up your morning (or your evening) with a spicy little number. They’re good from the freezer too – just pop it in the microwave ~30 seconds to thaw.
It may sound strange, but it’s good.
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Sriracha Veggie Muffins
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20-25 mins
Keywords: bake saute snack bread gluten-free low-carb low-sodium low-sugar nut-free soy-free sugar-free vegetarian coconut flour cottage cheese egg egg whites Asian
Ingredients (12 muffins)
- 1 small red pepper, diced
- 1 C cauliflower, chopped
- 1 C shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 C zucchini, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 C spelt flour
- 1/4 C coconut flour
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp sodium-free baking powder
- 1/2 C no-salt cottage cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1.5 C egg whites
- 1 T sriracha
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375. Coat a muffin tin with cooking spray.
Heat pan over medium-high heat and coat with cooking spray. Saute veggies until tender. Set aside.
Meanwhile, mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in wet ingredients. Lastly, fold in sautéed veggies.
Divide evenly into muffin tins. Bake 20-25 mins, until toothpick come out clean.
Can be stored 5-6 days in the refrigerator, or 3 months in the freezer.
Approximate nutrition (per muffin): 81 calories, 1.6g fat, 88.8mg sodium, 8.5g carbohydrates, 2.2g fiber, 1.3g sugar, 7.3g protein
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What is your favorite hot sauce or spice?
Do you prefer savory or sweet muffins?
You were right. Love it. Here’s to savoury appreciation!
I don’t discriminate hot sauce, as long as it is effective, I’m all good!
I should have made pancakes. Then we would have been in perfect sync.
NOT SURE WHY you consider this to be a STRANGE combo – it looks EFFING GOOD.
That being said, don’t HATE ME but….. I actually really DO NOT like spicy… When it comes to FOOD at least. 😉
Really?! I don’t know if we can continue to be friends…
OF COURSE WE CAN! We just compliment each other so much more! Plus, you don’t have to worry about me eating any of your food! LMFAO!
I attempted to make savory muffins yesterday. Complete and utter fail. They were so gross. I tossed ’em out. For me to do that, they have to be really, really bad. I should have waited for your recipe because these look much, much better. I love all the ingredients and of course, the sriracha!
Let me know if you try them! I had 2 co-workers approve. 🙂
alright these are some straaaange sounding muffins, for sure! 🙂 🙂 but i suppose if they’re not super sweet i could try and get down with them?? 🙂 🙂
They aren’t sweet at all! I hear spice is good for baby-having. 😉
LOVE LOVE LOVE the ingredients in these! I’ve been experimenting a lot more with baking with veggies lately and I LOVE it! Can’t wait to try these out!
Thank you so much! Please let me know if you try them. 🙂
I’ve been waiting for this receipe- wow, I had no idea you snuck so many veggies in there. Looks awesome!
Thanks! I am pretty sure L will approve. Maybe with ketchup. 😉
pretty sure the kiwi will leave me and move to GA with if once he sees these. haha i kid, but i must make them for him ASAP or else.
As long as he brings balls…
Oh wow – love the veggies in these – sriracha in muffins sounds so darn good!
Sriracha scares me! I am a wimp when it comes to heat! 🙁
They would be good without… but you really won’t b blown away by heat. The veggies and bread balance it!
I do love my spicy foods, but I’ve never attempted savoury muffins before – I think I need to get on that at some point!
I like things that can go either way–like my lemon beet muffins, or cornbread. That way, you never pigeon hole yourself 😀 You can put jelly on it, or pair it with ice cream, or you can eat it with fish or chili! But I love, love putting a little dash of cayenne in pretty much everything–that little ziiiiing titillates my taste buds, lol. And I am a sucker for zucchini in pretty much anything…
I swear cayenne goes with everything. I go through it about as much as I do cinnamon!
Seriously?? I love these! I love Sriracha though 🙂
This is definitely a strange but good recipe! I made savoury biscuits the other day with coconut flour and they were delicious so I’m gonna trust you on this one!
Those sound amazing! That may have to happen next. 🙂
now these sound good, plus savory muffins are always my favorite
Just pinned. I have everything except for the mushrooms and coconut flour. I really need to break down and by that flour apparently. Love this recipe idea! You’re a mad genius 😉
You don’t have to use mushrooms, and you could sub another flour. If you do, just cut back on the egg a bit because coconut flour is really absorbent. 🙂
Laura,
I’ve been playing with sriracha and veggies lately in appetizers. I made mushrooms for the spouse and I earlier this month, and next week as part of #AppetizerWeek I’ve got a sriracha butternut hummus. I wish I had the words to share what it brings to vegetables, but I’m wordless. I’ve never thought of putting it in a muffin, but I’ve been kicking around a cottage cheese muffin to use up the remainder of the mashed roasted butternut squash from the other night’s dinner–so I think you’ve just inspired me to flavor that with sriracha. Thanks!
I thought of you the whole time I was making this pizza–eggnog and butternut squash in a pizza crust? And a goat cheese, fig jam, and prosciutto pizza at that? Strange but good, definitely.
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I love sriracha… Love it! And these look so delicious! thank you for sharing it!
Ah, I wasn’t even close on my guesses! I thought those were avocado chunks in there, but I was still thinking sweet, not savory. Of course, like everything you do (besides that one random meat in your oatmeal thing – ha!), this looks delicious!
Ohhhhh… avocado would be a great add though!
don’t hate us but we’ve never tried Sriracha before, not sure why. Just haven’t given it a shot yet, maybe one – these muffins sound like a good place to start 😉
Whaaaaat?! I can’t even process that. 😉
Oh my gooooddddnnnneeeesss.
This may be the recipe that makes me finally go and get some coconut flour.
Quick question: Do you think it would work without the cottage cheese? I love it, but am trying to avoid dairy.
It would… but you’d need to replace it with something. Maybe another 1/4 C egg whites and 1/4 C flour? Let me know if you try it!
Works for me! I’m a muffin monster – sweet muffins, corn muffins, egg muffins, meatloaf muffins…. I’m like the Bubba (shrimp guy) of muffins.
PIcturing you as Bubba Gump… LOL!
I LOVE spicy foods and I LOVE sriracha…It is the best on everything and anything! It is a staple in my fridge and goes on practically every dinner I cook. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Yay! I can only cope with cottage cheese in savoury forms, so this + sriracha + coconut flour = winner winner muffin dinner.
Yum! I’ve definitely added hot sauce to my bites….it gives them more bite hehe
I love Chili Sauce. There’s also this one hot sauce with peanut and oil. OMG it’s so delicious.
That sounds awesome! What is it called?
Unfortunately I can’t do anything spicy but I’m totally making these minus the sriracha. Great way to sneak in your veggies!
I think they would be good without it. I might add more of the other spices in that case though.
I shouldn’t admit this but I don’t think I have tried siracha. It seems to be a favorite of so many, I really should give it a try. It just reminds me too much of ketchup and I don’t like ketchup at all. I do however like the idea of a spicy veggie muffin.
You have to trust me – I cannot stand ketchup and I love sriracha. It’s not even in the same family. Promise.
I don’t think I have ever found one of your “Strange But Good” posts to be all that strange—just mostly delicious!!!!
Love that. *High 5*
So I actually like the addition of Sriracha. I think it would jazz up the cauliflower and zucchini. The cottage cheese scares me though, although it can’t be much different than using Greek yogurt in muffins, and I have done that before. Hmmm, maybe, maybe. Either way, I dig your creativity the most.
By the way, I have a new favorite spice that you’d love. Heck, you probably have stock in it already. It’s Berbere, and it’s hot and spicy and all things wonderful. I gave some to Heather, and given her fear of heat, I suggested she pass it along to you.
I LOVE a savory muffin! Think I could do flax eggs???
That’s a LOT of egg to replace. Maybe half flax egg and a little more cottage cheese? Let me know if you try it!
Ok, wait, now I want to make THESE!! Omg, what a little protein punch! And even though I’m a total spice weenie, I can appreciate a little sriracha here and there! PS, is it weird that every time I see sriracha, I think of you? 😉
It really isn’t bad – just a little hint. The veggies and the bread parts keep it under control. You could use Cholula too! (I Google how to spell “Cholula” correctly.) 🙂
Haha! I have to do that every time! Now I don’t feel so bad!
QUEEN OF STRANGE: you have made something I can eat with no (well one) modifications (no onion powder). I’m so making these.
I’ve feel like I’ve accomplished something major. I deserve to go home for the day. 😉