Tasty, easy and delicious, these keto buffalo cauliflower bites make a great low carb appetizer, side dish or snack. Crispy cauliflower is slathered with a rich, smooth spicy keto buffalo sauce.
As delicious as these keto cauliflower bites are by themselves, serve with a creamy, cooling dip as a blue cheese or ranch dressing dip. An easy low carb and gluten-free cauliflower dish with a smooth, spicy flavor.
How many carbs in low carb buffalo cauliflower bites?
Low carb vegetable in a low carb sauce means a serving has only 4g net carbohydrates. Spicy, delicious and satisfying too!
How to make keto buffalo cauliflower bites
This recipe is as easy as making buffalo sauce. It helps if you have already a jar of homemade buffalo sauce in the refrigerator before reaching for the cauliflower.
A firm head of cauliflower is cut into florets, tossed in oil then roasted until golden. Then the cauliflower florets are then tossed in the buffalo sauceand broiled/grilled until bubbling.
Try our air fryer buffalo tofu bites for another tasty appetizer.
For another vegan version of a classic dish try this General Tsos cauliflower recipe. Although we would serve it with a side of keto rice.
Can these be made ahead?
These low carb cauliflower bites can be made in just 30 minutes but if you want to make them ahead, prepare the cauliflower bites and roast them. When you are ready to eat, toss them in the buffalo sauce and broil or grill them for 5 minutes.
Can you make these cauliflower bites in the air fryer?
This is a great low carb cauliflower dish that can be made in the air fryer. Especially if you enjoy your cauliflower bites extra crispy! To cook these in the airfryer, set the temperature to 200C/400F degrees and cook the florets in the air fryer basked for 15-20 minutes until crispy. Toss the cooked florets in the sauce and return to the air fryer for another 3 minutes.
If you use an air fryer you will need to make this recipe in batches.
Serving Suggestions
Serve these low carb bites with your favorite dipping sauce. A few low carb dip suggestions to serve with these spicy cauliflower bites are:
- French Onion Dip
- Sour Cream & Chive Dip
- Ranch Dressing
- A Blue Cheese Dressing mixed with sour cream (choose a vegetarian friendly blue cheese though)
Recipe Tips
Coat the cauliflower florets in beaten egg and almond flour before roasting for a "breaded" coating.
If you like your buffalo cauliflower extra spicy add chili powder, garlic powder or chopped jalapenos to the sauce.
More low carb vegetarian appetizers
Spicy Peanut Cauliflower Bites
Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Mushrooms
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Keto Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup buffalo sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F degrees.
- Cut the cauliflower into florets.
- Toss the florets in the olive oil and season with the salt and pepper.
- Place the cauliflower florets on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes, turning over half- way through.
- Remove the cauliflower from the oven and toss in the buffalo sauce. Broil/grill for about 3-5 minutes.
- Serve warm with a dipping sauce.
Notes
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