Hawaiian BBQ Cauliflower Bites

This was one of the first vegan dishes I made because it was so easy and soooo delicious. We actually made this recipe: Sticky Sesame Cauliflower which I encourage you all to try as well. It’s so delicious! So using that recipe as the based, you can really add any kind of spices and sauces to make it your own! I will go ahead and share with you our most recent one because it was requested so much (much love y’all)!

We were trying to recreate the Hawaiian wings at Wing Stop because before changing my diet, I LOVED those things. And their fries.. yum. Anyways, it didn’t turn out exactly how we thought it would but it was still freaking tasty AF. So here we go..

Hawaiian BBQ Cauliflower Bites

Ingredients

1 head of cauliflower (cut up in to florets).. uh duh!

1 cup flour.. whatever you like to use here. All we had was whole wheat flour this time and it worked great!

1 cup water

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp cayenne

S&P

About 1 cup Hawaiian BBQ Sauce of some sort – we used NOH brand

1 tbs brown sugar

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp sriracha

Alright, this is super easy you guys. Start by preheating your oven to 425 F and spraying down a baking sheet with some cooking spray.

Then, mix together your flour, water, and spices including: garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and cayenne (and salt and peppa for taste). If you need to add a little bit more water, do it! This is the hardest part of the recipe, getting the consistency correct. Not too thick and not too runny. It should look slightly thinner than pancake batter.

Once you have you perfectly consistent batter, simply drop your little cauliflower florets into the batter and on to the sheet pan. When all of your floret babies are covered in batter, throw them in your preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.

While those are getting crispy, you can mix together your sauce. Just throw the BBQ sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, and sriracha in a bowl and whisk together well. You can get creative here and add other spices or more sugar to make it as sweet and spicy as you would like. We added a little extra sriracha because I like it spicy!

Check on your cauliflower babies to make sure they are browning perfectly. If they are starting to look brown and crispy on the top, you’re doing good! If not, you suck. Just kidding. But you might want to leave them in for a little longer.

Once they are browned, take them out of the oven and let them cool for just a minute or two. Then, grab a spoon or a fork and one by one coat your cauliflower babies in the BBQ bath and place them back on the pan. I like to flip them over at this point also so they get crispy on both sides. When all of your little babies are bathed, throw them back in the oven for another 10-15 minutes until they are looking crispy and delicious.

While they are finishing up in the oven you can throw together some vegan ranch by mixing 1/4 cup vegan mayo, 1/4 cup plain coconut milk yogurt, 1.5 tsp garlic powder, 1.5 tsp onion powder, 1.5 tsp dill, salt and pepper, and one minced scallion.

Now you’ve got some tasty bites and a perfect dip! Post your questions or comments below. How did you make your bites unique??