11 Tasty Recipes Made With Cassava Flour
These are some of my favorite, tastiest, most frequently made cassava flour recipes.
I think I may be getting a bit of a reputation as the cassava flour girl! After returning from Bali last year (where cassava flour is used heavily), I realized just how awesome this gluten-free, grain-free flour was. So I wrote this post on what you need to know about cassava flour. And started whipping up recipe after recipe after recipe. Now, many of you have found me and Downshiftology through a Google search on cassava flour (hello, you!).
Do I love cassava flour? Yes. But I also want to be clear that as much as I love it’s utility in the kitchen, I still keep it to a minimum in my daily life. Meaning, I probably only whip up a cassava flour recipe every couple of weeks…and typically favor more nutrient-dense recipe options. Then again, I usually keep all grain-free flours to a minimum in my life, including almond flour and coconut flour. Welcome to my world of sensitive digestion!
BUT, when I do get a craving for something special, like what you see below, it’s wonderful to know that cassava flour can come to the rescue!
So without further ado, here are 11 tasty cassava flour recipes. I hope they inspire you in the kitchen!
1. Cassava Flour Tortillas
The recipe that started it all – and which can be modified in so many ways!
2. Mini Chicken Pot Pies (gluten-free, paleo)
A golden, flakey crust tops these individual servings of chicken pot pie.
3. Vanilla Bean Cassava Crepes with Strawberry Chia Jam
Sweet crepes with jam and coconut cream are a perfect weekend breakfast.
4. Herbed Chevre, Spinach and Smoked Salmon Pinwheels
A fan-favorite appetizer that’s creative, adaptable and delicious.
5. Grilled Fish Tacos with Citrus Carrot Slaw
Grilled white fish pairs beautifully with a tangy and sweet citrus carrot slaw.
6. Molten Chocolate Cake with Coconut Whipped Cream and Pistachios
Just a smidge of cassava flour makes these cakes fluffy on the outside and gooey on the inside.
7. Pulled Pork Street Tacos with Cassava Flour Tortillas
So many taco options with the basic recipe for cassava flour tortillas!
8. Coconut Amaretto Crepe Cake
A showstopper of a dessert for that special occasion.
9. Herbed Cassava Tortilla Chips
No need for corn tortilla chips with this recipe. And they’re perfect for this dip and this dip.
10. Pumpkin Pie (grain-free, dairy-free)
While pumpkin pie may be seasonal, the crust can be used for any pie you’re craving!
11. Steak Fajitas with Cassava Flour Tortillas
Want a change from tacos? Whip up a batch of fajitas instead. They’re perfect for a crowd.
Have you tried cassava flour? This is the brand that I always use and recommend.
Hello, I just read your articles on cassava and arrowroot flour, thank you! When you bake with these flours, do you use xanthan gum?
Hi Elizabeth – I don’t use xanthan gum in any of my recipes.
What if I cannot find Otto’s cassava flour?
I am not going to buy it online I do not trust
buying it online at all. I would rather use a cassava flour
that I can find at my local stores for my husband’s diet
he is on. Please let me know by e-mailing me.
Hi Heather – You can find Otto’s at Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Mother’s Market if none of those stores are near by you can probably go on to Otto’s website and see where they stock cassava flour.
Also, I removed you email address from the public comment to protect your privacy.
I am gluten sensitive/checking on if I have celiac disease too…but I am very interested in any and all recipes
using the cassava flour!!!
I’ve got several on my website and more added all the time! :)
Just discovered Casavva flour. Love, love, love that my digestive system is not harmed by it. I’ve been attempting to make bread with it … no sucess.
Might u out have a bread recipe uou can share?
Hi Sandi – I have not made a bread recipe with it yet, just the cassava flour tortillas listed above.
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I’m so excited to find this!!! I live in rural Uganda and have been struggling over the last year with digesting white flour…and it’s one of the only flours available to me! Almonds are 8 hours away in the capital and pretty cost prohibitive, and whole wheat flour is better but not always available in the capital either. And definitely not available around these parts! But cassava…we have that in ABUNDANCE! I am pumped to try this!
Oh, I’m sure you do! Cassava flour is extremely prevalent in Africa. Hope these recipes inspire a whole slew of new meal ideas for you! :) x
I have to give a big thank you to you, for introducing the wonders of cassava flour – it truly is a miracle ingredient! SO so versatile, as you continue to demonstrate. Your recipes, cassava flour-filled or not, are the best :)
Aww, thanks so much Liz! :) x