Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Bites – A spicy, healthy, vegetarian, delicious alternative to chicken wings!
So I’m well into my Mexico trip now. Hopefully I’m on the beach with a drink in my hand, but, I actually wrote up a few posts before I left so you’ll have something to read in my absence. Don’t forget about the Klondike Potatoes giveaway going on! ——->
I expected to like this cauliflower, but I didn’t fully expect it to be as good as it was. Before I cut out most meat, I used to like boneless chicken wings. These don’t taste like chicken, but the spicy flavor and texture were pretty close to boneless wings. I didn’t even think I liked cooked cauliflower, but I really liked this. I ate it, with nothing else, for dinner. They were that good.
Other vegetables I’ve baked recently (& am in love with): Baked Green Bean Fries & Baked Zucchini Fries
BUFFALO CAULIFLOWER
- 1 head of cauliflower
- For the batter
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup water
- dash of Frank’s Wing Sauce (or Frank’s Original Hot Sauce)
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon dried onion (I use Tastefully Simple’s Onion Onion)
- For the buffalo sauce
- ¼ cup Frank’s Wing Sauce
- 3 Tablespoons salted butter, melted
- pinch of salt
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with tin foil and spray with non-stick spray (I always use olive oil spray) and set aside.
- Wash your head of cauliflower and cut into pieces. I made a variety of sizes.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the batter ingredients. It will be fairly thick.
- Dip each piece of cauliflower into the batter until fully and evenly coated. Place onto the prepared baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake for about 15 minutes until the batter just hardens.
- In a small bowl, mix together the buffalo sauce ingredients.
- Once the cauliflower are done, remove from the oven and brush with the buffalo sauce. Again, fully and evenly coat each piece.
- Put back into the oven and bake for a few more minutes (I think 5-7 minutes was my range), until the sauce has mostly dried and the cauliflower is crispy.
- Remove from the oven, let cool, then enjoy! We dipped ours in Ranch dressing.
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