Cauliflower Nuggets with vegan cheese sauce
Crispy cauliflower baked in the oven with a creamy, hot cheese sauce of almonds – the ultimate comfort food, but healthy & vegan!
Why you should make this recipe:
- baked crispy and golden brown in the oven – for a delicious crust on the tender cauliflower florets
- a simple cheese sauce made of almonds, the perfect dip
- ideal for snacking in between or as a delicious dish
- vegan and free of soy
- so much healthier than fried fast food
- delicious finger food that everyone loves! For children and adults!
Bake them in the oven or fry them?
Classic nuggets are deep-fried to get the golden brown crust. But when you bake them in the oven, the crust becomes super crispy too and the cauliflower florets become perfectly tender.
I like to bake them in the oven, because then they’re lower in fat and much healthier. But if you like to make them in the deep fryer, fry them at 160 degrees celsius for 6-8 minutes.
The best way to eat more vegetables
You are trying to add more fresh vegetables and fruits to your diet? Or do you have children who are don’t like vegetables that much?
Then this dish is perfect for you. You could even say that the cauliflower in the nuggets doesn’t even taste like a “vegetable”. Inside soft and juicy, outside golden brown and crispy. And at the end you can dip the vegan nuggets in the creamy cheese sauce – an absolute taste experience. And by the way, you can also use other vegetables for this recipe if you want!
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Cauliflower Nuggets with vegan cheese sauce
Ingredients
Cauliflower Nuggets
- 1 cauliflower
- 150 g flour
- 300 ml plantbased milk
- 1 tsp salt
- pepper, ½ tsp paprika powder, ½ tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 100 g bread crumbs
Vegan Cheese Sauce
- 200 g peeled almonds or cashews
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- pepper
- ½ tsp paprika powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp siracha sauce or more to make it spicier
- tabasco to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius or 392 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut the cauliflower into small florets.
- Prepare the breadcrumb coating: add 50g flour to the first plate; in the second plate whisk together vegan milk, 100g flour, salt, pepper, peppers, garlic powder, yeast flakes; in the third plate prepare the breadcrumbs.
- Roll the cauliflower florets at the beginning in the 1st plate with flour, then dip them into the milk mixture and finally roll them in the bread crumbs to coat them completely with the bread crust. Place the nuggets on a baking tray and bake them in the oven for 45 minutes.
- Boil the unpeeled almonds and the unused cauliflower stem in water for 5 minutes. Then blend it in a strong blender together with the other ingredients until a creamy sauce forms. Season again to taste with tabasco, if you like it spicier.
- Enjoy the cauliflower nuggets with the hot cheese sauce.
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