Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
"From America's Test Kitchen"
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
-
Buffalo Sauce
- 1⁄4 cup coconut oil
- 1⁄2 cup Frank's red hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon packed dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
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For the Cauliflower
- 1 -2 quart peanut oil or 1 -2 quart vegetable oil
- 3⁄4 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄4 cup cornmeal
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 2⁄3 cup coconut milk or 2/3 cup reduced-fat milk
- 1 tablespoon Frank's red hot sauce
- 1 lb cauliflower floret, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
- ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing
directions
- Buffalo Sauce: Melt coconut oil in small saucepan over low heat. Whisk in hot sauce, brown sugar, and vinegar until combined. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm; set aside.
- For the Cauliflower: Line platter with multiple layers of paper towels. Add oil to large Dutch (about 6 quart and cast iron works great) oven until it measures about 1 1/2 inches deep and heat over medium-high heat to 400 degrees. While oil heats, combine cornstarch, cornmeal, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in small bowl. Whisk coconut milk and hot sauce together in large bowl. Add cauliflower; toss to coat well. Sprinkle cornstarch mixture over cauliflower; fold with rubber spatula until thoroughly coated.
- Fry half of cauliflower, adding 1 or 2 pieces to oil at a time, until golden and crisp, gently stirring as needed to prevent pieces from sticking together, about 3 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer fried cauliflower to the paper-lined platter.
- Return oil to 400 degrees and repeat with remaining cauliflower. Transfer 1/2 cup sauce to clean large bowl, add fried cauliflower and gently toss to coat. Serve immediately with dressing and remaining sauce.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
