Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
A crispy and spicy snack, perfect as an appetizer or side dish.
Steps
- 1
Preheat the air fryer to 190°C (375°F).
- 2
In a bowl, mix together the buffalo sauce, melted butter, salt, and pepper.
- 3
Add the cauliflower florets and toss until evenly coated with the sauce.
- 4
Place the florets in a single layer in the air fryer basket.
- 5
Cook for 15-20 minutes, shaking the basket halfway through, until tender and crispy. Serve immediately with ranch or blue cheese dressing.
Shopping list
1 medium head cauliflower, 1/2 cup (120ml) buffalo sauce, 1 tbsp melted butter, salt, pepper, ranch or blue cheese dressing for serving
Recipe story
Buffalo cauliflower is a modern twist on Buffalo chicken wings, originating in the United States. The Buffalo sauce, created in Buffalo, New York in the 1960s, was adapted for cauliflower as a vegetarian alternative. The recipe gained worldwide popularity for its crispy texture and spicy flavor.
Ingredient Secrets
Black pepper
Known as 'black gold' in antiquity, pepper was so valuable that it served as currency and tribute. In the Middle Ages, Venetian merchants controlled the pepper trade, and individual peppercorns were often counted. Legend has it that when Alaric, king of the Visigoths, demanded tribute from Rome, he included 3,000 pounds of pepper.
Sea salt
Sea salt, extracted from ocean waters by evaporation, was one of the most precious goods of antiquity, used both as food and as currency. In ancient Rome, soldiers were paid with salt, which is the origin of the word 'salary'. Salt roads connected entire civilizations, and in the Middle Ages, salt was so valuable it was called 'white gold'.
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