Buffalo Cauliflower Recipe

These delicious and easy-baked Buffalo Cauliflower wings are just as good as buffalo wings, with a lot less calories and fat. Bake up a batch for game day or movie night.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword buffalo cauliflower bites, buffalo cauliflower recipe, how to make buffalo cauliflower, how to make buffalo cauliflower bites

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 25

Servings servings

Calories 143kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

1 head cauliflower separated into florets
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
2/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup hot sauce I like Frank's Hot Sauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Whisk together flour, cornstarch, milk, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon of hot sauce. Dunk the florets into the mixture and place them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
When the cauliflower is almost ready, add the butter and remaining hot sauce to a microwaveable bowl. Melt butter in the microwave at 50% power.
Remove cauliflower from the oven, place it in a bowl, and toss gently with buffalo sauce to coat. Place the florets back on the baking sheet and under the broiler for 3-5 minutes. Serve promptly with blue cheese or ranch dressing.

Notes

Don't purchase too large a head of cauliflower if you want your florets to be bite-size. With the larger cauliflower, you will have to cut some of the florets into bite-size pieces, and they will inevitably break up some.
Preheat your oven to get it really hot. These must cook at a high temp. Resist the urge to peek at them.
To coat the cauliflower florets with the buffalo sauce, gently toss in a bowl with the hot sauce ad butter heated in the microwave.
For optimum flavor, I use Franks Red Hot Sauce best for this recipe, but if you have a favorite brand, by all means, use it!
Broilers are very unpredictable, so stay close and monitor well.

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