Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower
This Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower is baked until crispy and soaked up with homemade rich Buffalo sauce. Rich olive oil based Buffalo sauce is secretly healthy without compromising the flavor. Serve with easy and herby ranch dressing for dipping.
Ingredients of Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower
This recipe is made of 3 elements: crispy baked cauliflower wings, olive oil Buffalo sauce, and ranch dressing.
For cauliflower wings, you’ll need:
- Cauliflower: Use a fresh large head of cauliflower!
- Brown rice flour and cornmeal: The base of gluten-free batter for the wings.
- Oat milk: Or any plant milk of choice
- Garlic powder, Smoked Paprika, Sea Salt, and Black Pepper: for the flavor
For the buffalo sauce, you can use my Olive Oil Buffalo Sauce recipe! Classic Buffalo sauce is made with hot sauce and butter. But this recipe is made with olive oil instead of butter, to make this recipe dairy-free!
For the Ranch dressing, you’ll need:
- Vegan Mayonnaise: It’s really easy to make ranch dressing with mayo! Use a vegan one or a regular one if you don’t mind.
- Lemon Juice: Adds refreshing tangy flavor.
- Miso: Miso gains complex savory umami during the fermentation process. It’s a great vegan ingredient to add richness to the cream-less ranch dressing.
- Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Sea Salt, and Black Pepper: Add the flavor.
- Fresh Dill, Parsley, and Chive: Use all three for the best result, but you can use any two or one if you desire.
How to make Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower
Make the crispy cauliflower
First, let’s make crispy baked cauliflower wings!
Preheat the oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut a head of cauliflower into florets.
To make the batter for coating the florets, whisk together brown rice flour, cornmeal, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Stir in milk and mix well.
Toss the cauliflower florets in the batter and coat them thoroughly. Arrange them on the prepared baking sheet. Bake at 425°F until crispy, for about 15 minutes.
Make the Olive Oil Buffalo Sauce
Next, we’re going to make the olive oil buffalo sauce! I have a post about how to make Olive Oil Buffalo Sauce. Or you can also use your favorite sauce from the store!
Make the Ranch Dressing
Then we’re going to make another sauce for dipping: homemade herby ranch dressing!
Whisk together mayonnaise, lemon juice, miso, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Chop up dill, parsley, and chive and add them to the sauce. Add a few teaspoons of water for your desired consistency if necessary.
Assembly
Toss cauliflower florets with buffalo sauce and serve with ranch dressing!
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Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower cut into florets
- ¼ cup brown rice flour
- ¼ cup cornmeal
- ½ cup oat milk or any plant milk of choice
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Pinch sea salt
- Dash black pepper
- 1 cup Olive Oil Buffalo Sauce
For the Ranch Dressing
- ¼ cup vegan mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp miso
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tsp fresh dill finely chopped
- 2 tsp fresh parsley finely chopped
- 2 tsp fresh chive finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together brown rice flour, cornmeal, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper. Stir in milk and toss with the cauliflower florets. Bake at 425°F until crispy, for about 15min.
- Whisk together all the ingredients of the buffalo sauce. Set aside.
- Whisk together mayonnaise, lemon juice, miso, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Stir in dill, parsley, and chive. Add a few teaspoons of water for your desired consistency if necessary. Set aside.
- Toss cauliflower florets with buffalo sauce and serve with ranch dressing.