Cauliflower Buffalo Wings

Healthy Game Day Recipe: Vegetarian Cauliflower Buffalo “Wings”

Cauliflower Buffalo Bites

Author: The Lean Clean Eating Machine

Prep time:  10 mins

Cook time:  25 mins

Total time:  35 mins

 

A vegan approved, healthy take on hot wings.

Ingredients

• 1 head cauliflower; chopped into bite size piece
• ½ cup brown rice flour
• ½ cup water
• Pinch of kosher salt
• Pinch of granulated garlic powder
• Non-stick spray
• ***Sauce***
• 1 tsp. Earth Balance butter substitute; melted
• ½ cup Frank’s Red Hot sauce

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450F.
2. In a small bowl, combine brown rice flour, water, garlic powder and salt. Mix thoroughly with a whisk.
3. Dip cauliflower pieces in the batter until coated evenly, then place on a lightly greased, non-stick baking sheet.
4. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the batter hardens, then flip with a spatula and bake for another 5 minutes.
5. Whisk together Frank’s Red Hot sauce and Earth Balance butter substitute in a small bowl.
6. When the cauliflower is finished, take a plastic pastry brush and evenly brush each piece with the hot sauce mixture.
7. Bake coated cauliflower for an additional 8-10 minutes, or until cauliflower is crispy, and sauce looks absorbed.
8. Remove from oven.
9. Let cauliflower bites set out for at least 20 minutes before serving.
10. Enjoy!