I love these cauliflower poppers I made awhile back but since I don’t fry food that often I had to try this baked cauliflower I found on pinterest. Of course, I had to change it up since we don’t like super spicy food, and I wanted it to be something the kids would eat too. Oh, yum. I could eat a plate of these for dinner and nothing else. Even my hubby, who despises cauliflower ate seconds. Super quick and easy and yum! Next time I’ll be making my roasted kale chipotle dip to serve with them.
OVEN FRIED CAULIFLOWER
1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
Batter:
1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup water
dash Frank’s hot sauce (or your favorite)
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp dried onion powder (I only use Penzey’s toasted onion powder!)
Coating:
2 T melted unsalted butter
dash hot sauce (more for spicier)
pinch smoked paprika
salt to taste
Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with non stick coating.
Whisk together batter ingredients in a large bowl until smooth.
Add all the florets and toss with a spoon or spatula until they are all coated. (You should have the batter coating the florets without a lot of excess.)
Pour out onto baking sheet and spread out in a single layer. (If you had excess batter, remove the florets by hand so you don’t have a lot of extra batter on the baking sheet.)
Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together the coating ingredients.
Brush the cauliflower with coating and return to the oven for 5-8 minutes. Cauliflower should be crispy.
Serve immediately with dipping sauce, if desired.
Recipe adapted from Persnickety Plates
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
Batter:
- 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup water
- dash Frank’s hot sauce (or your favorite)
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp dried onion powder (I only use Penzey’s toasted onion powder!)
Coating:
- 2 T melted unsalted butter
- dash hot sauce (more for spicier)
- pinch smoked paprika
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with non stick coating.
- Whisk together batter ingredients in a large bowl until smooth.
- Add all the florets and toss with a spoon or spatula until they are all coated. (You should have the batter coating the florets without a lot of excess.)
- Pour out onto baking sheet and spread out in a single layer. (If you had excess batter, remove the florets by hand so you don’t have a lot of extra batter on the baking sheet.)
- Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together the coating ingredients.
- Brush the cauliflower with coating and return to the oven for 5-8 minutes. Cauliflower should be crispy.
- Serve immediately with dipping sauce, if desired.
