Buffalo Cauliflower “Wings”

I saw this on Pinterest and knew I had to try it!  Of course I didn’t have many of the ingredients and just had to do this my own way – (you’ve been here before, right?)  So, I decided to make my own version of Buffalo Cauliflower “Wings”.

• 2 heads cauliflower trimmed and florets separated
• about a cup of brown rice flour
• about a cup of water (a little less)
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 cup sriracha

Preheat the oven to 450.  Combine the rice flower and water and whisk. The original recipe called for equal parts of rice flower and water, but I found that to be a little too thin.  You want the consistency to be a little on the thick side. We want the batter to form a crust like substance, so a little thicker is better.

Dredge each piece of cauliflower in the rice/water mixture and place on a greased cookie sheet (we were keeping this vegan, so any way you want to grease the sheet is fine).

When they’re all on the sheets, we used two – put in the preheated oven and cook for 10 minutes. – take them out, flip them and cook another 10 minutes – if you’re using to sheet pans, rotate them.

Keep cooking in ten minute intervals and rotating until they are almost to your desired color – I like ours browned pretty heavily.

For the sauce, the original recipe called for butter substitute – but I didn’t have that, so I used coconut oil and mixed it with sriracha.  I put them in a container, sealed and just shook.  It was the fastest way to combine them. Taking a pastry brush, I coated each piece of cauliflower with the hot sauce and then put them back in the oven for an additional 10 minutes

When they’re done, let them sit on the sheet pans for about 15-20 minutes.  Plate and serve.  And for the non vegans – we served up the last of the ranch dressing.

Gluten free, vegan/vegetarian “wings”.  Pretty tasty.  Next time I’d let them cook even longer before the hot sauce application.  I think it would work really well to cook them for 40 minutes, rotating and flipping at the 20 minute mark.

Very satisfying!