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    Home » Vegetarian Recipes

    Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos

    Published: Jan 21, 2023 Last updated: Jan 21, 2023 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Taco Tuesday just got tastier with these buffalo cauliflower tacos! Cauliflower pieces are battered, fried, and coated with a buffalo flavor hot sauce and served with your favorite toppings in either soft flour or corn tortillas.
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    You will love these delicious Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos! Crispy fried cauliflower florets tossed with buffalo sauce make the perfect recipe to add to taco night and the whole family will love these easy vegetarian tacos.

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    • ❤️ Why you'll love it
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🥄 Equipment
    • 🥫Storage
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 Tips
    • 📚 Related Recipes
    • 🍽 Serve with...
    • 📖 Recipe

    ❤️ Why you'll love it

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    Simple ingredients: Made with simple ingredients that you likely already have in your pantry.

    Easy recipe: although this recipe entails frying, it is super simple and fast making this an easy weeknight dinner the whole family will love.

    New Taco Tuesday favorite: everyone loves the crunchy buffalo cauliflower wings, and the combination of flavor and textures addictingly delicious!

    Ingredients for buffalo cauliflower wings.
    Ingredients for buffalo sauce recipe.

    🥘 Ingredients

    Cauliflower: buy the whole head of cauliflower and break it down into bite-sized pieces.

    Flour: all purpose flour will be part of the crispy batter on the cauliflower.

    Cornstarch: this will aid in making a very crispy tempura like batter.

    Frank's Red Hot Seasoning blend: this is added to the tempura batter to add extra buffalo flavor

    White and purple cabbage mix: to make an optional slaw

    Green onions and/ or fresh cilantro: to sprinkle on top of the tacos and to use in making the sauce.

    Flour tortillas or corn tortillas: street taco size is best.

    Hot sauce: my preference is Frank's hot sauce, you will use this to make your own spicy buffalo sauce.

    Butter: to make the buffalo sauce.

    Soda water: to mix the tempura batter.

    Pouring soda water into the flour mixture.
    Tempura batter in a white bowl.
    Tossing cauliflower pieces in the tempura batter.
    Buffalo Cauliflower wings deep frying in a skillet of hot oil.
    Up close image of crispy cauliflower wings.
    Upclose image of fried cauliflower pieces coated with buffalo sauce.

    🔪 Instructions

    1. Wash, dry, and chop cauliflower into bite sized pieces. Set aside.
    2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, Frank's seasoning blend, and soda water until combined.
    3. Add cauliflower pieces to the batter and stir to coat combine cauliflower and batter, coating all of the pieces completely.
    4. Add oil to a large skillet at least 2 inches deep. Heat a oil over medium high heat until it reaches a temperature of 350 degrees.
    5. Using a fork, remove cauliflower piece by piece from the bowl, tapping the fork on the edge of the bowl to remove any excess batter.
    6. Add to hot oil and cook for 3-4 minutes, turning cauliflower occasionally, until cauliflower is crispy about browned.
    7. Remove fried cauliflower wings from the hot oil with a slotted spoon and place in a paper towel lined large bowl to drain any excess oil.
    8. In a large saucepan over medium heat, add the butter and heat until melted and bubbly. Add the white part of the green onion and cook for 1 minute, until softened.
    9. Whisk the hot sauce and cayenne pepper into the butter. Pour buffalo sauce over top of the fried cauliflower, tossing well until all pieces of cauliflower are coated.
    10. Serve as wings with dipping sauce or in soft tortillas with your favorite toppings.
    Frank's Red Hot Seasoning blend.
    This seasoning gives great buffalo flavor to the tempura batter!

    🥄 Equipment

    Large skillet: you want a skillet with deep sides since you will essentially be deep frying the cauliflower.

    Skimmer: use a metal skimmer that can be used in hot oil.

    Large bowl

    Small saucepan

    🥫Storage

    Refrigerate: store leftover buffalo cauliflower in an airtight container in the fridge up to 5 days.

    Freeze: in a freezer safe container up to 3 months.

    Reheat: refrigerated or frozen buffalo cauliflower can be reheated in the oven or the air fryer. Place cauliflower in a single layer on a parchment paper lined baking sheet or air fryer and reheat at 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes until hot.

    Crispy fried buffalo cauliflower wings in a large glass bowl.

    📖 Variations

    • Feel free to use your favorite buffalo sauce (premade) in place of the buffalo sauce recipe.
    • Skip the tortillas and serve these as buffalo cauliflower wings with a side of blue cheese or ranch dressing.
    • Substitute a teaspoon each of cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt, and black pepper.
    • Toss together 2 cups of cabbage slaw mix with 1 teaspoons rice vinegar, 2 teaspoons lime juice, 1 teaspoon sugar, and pinch of salt. Top tacos with slaw.

    💭 Tips

    • Be sure to dip and place individual pieces of battered cauliflower in the hot oil in an even layer. This will prevent the cauliflower from clumping and frying together.
    • For best results, do not substitute the cornstarch for regular flour. You will not get that extra crispy buffalo cauliflower end result if you do.
    • If you need to substitute cornstarch, use a gluten free rice flour or potato starch.
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    📚 Related Recipes

    This Red and White Cauliflower Bake is a delicious vegetarian recipe made in a casserole dish.

    My family loves this Garlic Mashed Cauliflower with Browned Butter.

    Coconut Cauliflower Rice is a great low carb version of coconut rice.

    🍽 Serve with...

    Enjoy these buffalo cauliflower pieces in a taco with slaw and cilantro, topped with blue cheese and green onion, or serve them as buffalo cauliflower bites in a bowl without the taco shell at all! The sky's the limit with this very versatile recipe.

    Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos in a flour tortilla with slaw and blue cheese crumbles.
    Serve buffalo cauliflower tacos in a soft flour or corn tortilla!

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    📖 Recipe

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    Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    Taco Tuesday just got tastier with these buffalo cauliflower tacos! Cauliflower pieces are battered, fried, and coated with a buffalo flavor hot sauce and served with your favorite toppings in either soft flour or corn tortillas.
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    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine Tex-Mex
    Servings 4
    Calories 584 kcal

    Equipment

    • Large skillet
    • Skimmer
    • Small saucepan
    • Large bowl

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    Ingredients
      

    • 1 head cauliflower , cut into bite sized pieces
    • Frank's Red Hot Seasoning
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 cup cornstarch
    • 1 cup seltzer water
    • 3 tablespoons butter
    • 4 tablespoons hot sauce
    • 2 green onions, sliced, white and green parts divided
    • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    • 12 street corn tortillas
    • oil , for frying

    Instructions
     

    • Wash, dry, and chop cauliflower into bite sized pieces. Set aside.
    • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, Frank's seasoning blend, and soda water until combined.
    • Add cauliflower pieces to the batter and stir to coat combine cauliflower and batter, coating all of the pieces completely.
    • Add oil to a large skillet at least 2 inches deep. Heat a oil over medium high heat until it reaches a temperature of 350 degrees.
    • Using a fork, remove cauliflower piece by piece from the bowl, tapping the fork on the edge of the bowl to remove any excess batter.
    • Add to hot oil and cook for 3-4 minutes, turning cauliflower occasionally, until cauliflower is crispy about browned.
    • Remove fried cauliflower wings from the hot oil with a slotted spoon and place in a paper towel lined large bowl to drain any excess oil.
    • In a large saucepan over medium heat, add the butter and heat until melted and bubbly. Add the white part of the green onion and cook for 1 minute, until softened.
    • Whisk the hot sauce and cayenne pepper into the butter. Pour buffalo sauce over top of the fried cauliflower, tossing well until all pieces of cauliflower are coated.
    • Serve as wings with dipping sauce or in soft tortillas with your favorite toppings.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 584kcalCarbohydrates: 96gProtein: 11gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 506mgPotassium: 658mgFiber: 9gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 553IUVitamin C: 81mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 3mgNet Carbohydrates: 87g
    Keyword Buffalo Cauliflower, Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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