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Home » Vegetarian » Skinny Baked Cauliflower Wings

Published: Jan 26, 2020 · Modified: May 4, 2020 by Zerrin & Yusuf

Skinny Baked Cauliflower Wings

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Cauliflower florets are coated with a spicy batter and then baked in oven. You have the BEST Cauliflower Wings ever! Skinny, healthy, yet so tasty and addictive!

These baked Cauliflower Wings make the perfect vegetarian substitute for crispy hot wings. This is one of the family favorite vegetarian recipes. It is like the healthier version of deep fried cauliflower recipe.

Baked cauliflower wings served with yogurt sauce

These healthy guys smell as tempting as they look and nobody asks for the real “wings”. This is the best way to include cauliflower in your family’s diet.

Although they are super low in calories, these Skinny Cauliflower Wings are surprisingly addictive. If there are cauliflower haters around you, give them a batch of these spicy “wings” and see how they change their mind.

Baked cauliflower wings served in a ceramic bowl.

Do They Taste Like Chicken?

These don’t taste like chicken but the spicy flavor and somewhat crispy texture of these cauliflower bites make you fall in love with them. I must tell you that you shouldn’t expect them to be very crispy, these are soft inside. But if you love spicy buffalo wings, you will love these too. Also, if you want these wings to taste like buffalo wings, you can even coat them with buffalo sauce after baking for 20 minutes and then bake for extra 10 minutes. You will end up with the best vegan buffalo wings ever!

How To Cut Cauliflower

Cut it into medium size florets. Leave some of the stem on the florets so that you can grab from there, dip into a sauce and easily throw into your mouth.

Cauliflower wings recipe ingredients

Ingredients

Besides cauliflower florets, we need the following ingredients:

  • Water
  • All purpose flour
  • Garlic powder
  • Cumin
  • Chili powder or paprika
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Sesame seeds
  • Olive oil

How To Make

The recipe has four easy steps:

  • First, cut the cauliflower in florets: Don’t cut them in very huge pieces. Leave some of them stem on the florets so that you can hold from there when dipping the wings into the sauce.
  • Second, make the batter: Whisk together water, flour, spices and sesame seeds.
  • Third, dip cauliflower florets in the batter in batches: Make sure you shake off the excess batter. We don’t want a lot of batter on the baking sheet.
  • Fourth, bake them in oven: Lay the cauliflower florets on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Make sure the florets don’t overlap. They must be in a single layer. Drizzle olive oil over the florets and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, turn the wings over and bake for another 10 minutes. Serve hot with your favorite sauce.
Drizzling olive oil over battered cauliflower florets on a baking sheet

How To Make These Crispier

If you are after crispy cauliflower florets, make two coatings. After coating the florets with the batter, coat them with crumbled cornflakes and then bake.

How to Serve

We love to dip these amazingly tasty bites into a Turkish Yogurt Sauce, they make a wonderful match. But you can serve these with ranch dressing, buffalo sauce or bbq sauce too.

FAQs

  • Can I make this vegetarian wings recipe without flour? Yes, you can. The batter with flour gives a nice texture on the outside, but you can definitely make it without the batter. So coat the cauliflower florets only with spices and olive oil and then bake.
  • Can I make this recipe gluten-free? Yes, you can. Either omit the flour or use almond flour.
  • Can I deep-fry or air-fry these? Yes, you can. I just wanted to make them healthier and less messy, so I used the oven baking method. You will end up with crispier wings when you fry them.
  • Can I use BBQ sauce or hot sauce on these vegan wings? Yes, you can. Just bake them as described. Remove from the oven, coat with bbq sauce and put them back into the oven to bake for extra 10 minutes.
  • How can I keep the leftovers? Well, these taste best when served right after they are removed from oven. If you have leftovers, keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 1-2 days. Reheat them in oven before serving.
  • Can you reheat cauliflower wings? Yes, you can. Preheat oven to 375F. Place the wings on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 10 minutes.
Hands holding roasted spicy cauliflower wings in a ceramic bowl served with a small bowl of yogurt cucumber dip.

Other Baked Cauliflower Recipes

  • Curried Cauliflower Salad
  • Roasted Sumac Cauliflower
  • Cauliflower Hummus Recipe
  • Cauliflower Casserole Vegan

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Skinny Baked Cauliflower Wings

Baked cauliflower wings served with a yogurt sauce
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Skinny, spicy and scrumptious cauliflower wings. Perfect vegetarian alternative to hot wings.

  • Author: zerrin
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 head of cauliflower, cut into bite size pieces (4 cups)
  • ¾ cup water
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 2 teaspoon chili powder or paprika
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F/200C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
  2. Cut cauliflower in florets and rinse well.
  3. Mix all dry ngredients in a large bowl and add in water gradually, stirring well. The batter shouldn’t be too thick or runny, so stop adding water when you think it’s ok.
  4. Toss the cauliflower florets into the batter in batches and mix it well with a spoon until all of them are equally coated. Shake off the excess batter.
  5. Lay them evenly on the baking sheet in a single layer.
  6. Drizzle olive oil over them and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, turn the wings over and bake for another 10 minutes.
  7. Serve hot with your favorite sauce.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 139
  • Sugar: 2.2 g
  • Sodium: 656.4 mg
  • Fat: 5.4 g
  • Carbohydrates: 20.2 g
  • Protein: 4.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg

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  1. Elena says

    August 10, 2021 at 4:40 am

    Perfect cauliflower recipe! Made them the other day and everyone loved them. Not very crispy but tastes amazing!

    ★★★★★

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    • Yusuf says

      August 10, 2021 at 4:49 am

      Glad you liked them Elena!

      Reply
  2. DIANA MILLER says

    April 07, 2017 at 1:27 am

    I am sooo going to make this one thank you could you post that yummy sauce you are serving them with thank s again diana inn toronto

    Reply
  3. karen g says

    May 04, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    I have heard of Chili powder but never sweet chili powder ..can I use a sweet chili sauce instead would that also work?

    Reply
    • Zerrin says

      May 05, 2016 at 1:24 pm

      With sweet chili powder, I mean chili powder that's not hot. You can use your regular chili powder in this recipe. I'm not sure if the sauce you mention coats the cauliflower wings well.

      Reply
  4. Alice says

    February 22, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    I tested your recipe and yes they are indeed "surprisingly addictive"!!! I loved eating and making these, very fast and easy meal! I bet it's perfect to eat with potatoes chips and drinks before the real diner (in France it's called "apéritif" i don't know the name in english, sorry). Thank you for your blog, i'm a slow learner for cooking but i know that your blog is going to be one of my "treasure box" to find nice recipes!

    Reply
  5. Adina says

    October 17, 2015 at 10:57 am

    Wow, Zerrin! These things look absolutely perfect! I will try them soon. 🙂

    Reply
    • Zerrin says

      October 17, 2015 at 1:49 pm

      Thank you Adina! I wasn't expecting them to be that good indeed 🙂

      Reply

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