Buffalo Cauliflower With Blue Cheese Recipe
Do like Dale Talde and smother roasted cauliflower in Buffalo sauce
According to Brooklyn-based chef Dale Talde, anything can be "Buffalo-ed," and if it can benefit from a little spice, acidity and butter, it deserves to be. Prime example: cauliflower. Talde roasts it whole, seasoning the head with salt and browning it to perfection. Then he cuts the florets into wing-size pieces. Once the pieces are tossed with butter and hot sauce and sprinkled with crumbled blue cheese, you have yourself a perfect snack.
When trimming the whole head, slice only the very end of the stem flat, keeping one and a half inches in tact. This makes it easy to roast standing upright and ensures even browning.
To learn more, read "Going Back to Cauli."
Recipe adapted from "Asian-American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from the Philippines to Brooklyn," by Dale Talde
Buffalo-ed Cauliflower with Blue Cheese
Skip the wings and veg out with Dale Talde's Buffalo-ed cauliflower—his three-ingredient sauce makes entertaining too easy.
Ingredients
- One 2-to-2½-pound head cauliflower, leaves trimmed to expose 1½ inches of stem
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup, plus 1 tablespoon, Sriracha
- ¼ cup, plus 1 tablespoon, Frank's RedHot sauce
- 6 tablespoons room-temperature unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- ½ cup (1¾ ounce) crumbled blue cheese
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 450°. Place the cauliflower, stem-side down, onto a foil-lined baking sheet. Drizzle with the oil and sprinkle with the salt. Roast until tender and browned on top, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes.
- When cool enough to handle, trim the florets into 3-inch-long pieces (about the size of chicken wingettes) and cut the stem into thin slices. Make ahead: The cauliflower can be roasted and chilled up to 2 days in advance.
- In a large saucepan, combine the Sriracha, Frank's RedHot sauce and cauliflower, and toss to coat. Place over medium-high heat, and when the sauce begins to sizzle, add the butter. Cook, tossing and stirring often, until the sauce is slightly creamy and the cauliflower is heated through, 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with the blue cheese and serve immediately.
Nutrition
| Calories per Serving | 331 |
| Total Fat | 29.3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14.3 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.8 g |
| Cholesterol | 56.5 mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 13.0 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 5.1 g |
| Total Sugars | 5.0 g |
| Sodium | 696.6 mg |
| Protein | 8.1 g |
