Buffalo Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Sauce

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 20 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Inactive: 30 min
  • Cook: 35 min
Enjoy one of your favorite bar and party snacks in a new form. With our spicy buffalo sauce and cool, creamy blue cheese sauce, cauliflower is as satisfying as wings but with a fraction of the calories and fat.
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Ingredients

Cheese Sauce: 

1/3 cup nonfat sour cream

2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese

1 tablespoon skim milk

2 teaspoons mayonnaise

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Buffalo Cauliflower:

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/4 cup hot sauce, such as Frank's

1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 tablespoons olive oil

Kosher salt

8 cups cauliflower florets (from about 1 medium head)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. For the cheese sauce: Whisk together the sour cream, blue cheese, milk, mayonnaise, 1/8 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes
  3. For the Buffalo cauliflower: Meanwhile, microwave the butter in a small microwave-safe bowl on high until melted. Whisk in the hot sauce and lemon juice and set aside.
  4. Mix olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup water in a large bowl. Add the cauliflower and toss until well coated. Spread the cauliflower on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until beginning to brown and just tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Whisk the hot sauce mixture again, drizzle over the cauliflower and toss with tongs to coat. Roast the cauliflower until the sauce is bubbling and browned around the edges, 5 to 7 minutes more. Serve hot with the cheese sauce.

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Lew H.

My new favorite way to eat cauliflower. Would have given 5 stars except I didn’t exactly follow the recipe. Tossed the florets in olive oil in a bowl with chopped celery, minced garlic and black pepper before roasting for 25 minutes at 400°, then tossed the cooked florets back into the same bowl with Frank’s Buffalo sauce, then cooked another 15 minutes. Did not add any water. Served with chunky blue cheese dressing. Delicious.

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