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Nashville Hot Cauliflower

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Botch
Botch Posts: 15,487
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Say wha?
 
Saw this idea a few weeks ago, don't remember where.  I started with a roasted cauliflower recipe I like to use; boil the whole head in heavily-salted water for no more than 5 minutes, drain for ten, coat surface with oil and black pepper, then roast at 450º for 25 minutes.  I didn't know if I should pre-coat with the oil, as I'd be dipping it after it was cooked, so I painted one-half of the head with oil and marked it with a toothpick.  After 15 minutes on the Egg I had this:
 

 
The left side does show a bit more darkening, but not really worth the trouble.
 
I had printed out a Nashville Hot Chicken recipe some months back, but haven't made it yet.  I looked it up, and the first two ingredients for the sauce were 1) half-lb of lard, and 2) two sticks of butter!   :o  I thought that may be a bit overwhelming so I made something up:  melted 3 Tblspns of butter, added a clove of garlic, then whisked in a tsp of cayenne, 1/4 cup of Frank's Red-Hot, 2 tsp soy sauce, and 2 tsp of a cornstarch/water slurry.  Once thickened, I poured it in a bowl big enough for the cauliflower head.  
 
After 15 minutes on the Egg, I put the cauliflower in the bowl and rolled it around; was just the right amount to totally coat it.  Returned it to the Egg for ten more minutes to "set" the sauce:
 

 
Kinda purty, like a 7 pound meatball.  I sliced it into "steaks", not florets, and let the pieces fall where they may.  Served with Kimchee:
 

 
The kimchee added nothing as far as color contrast, and nothing to do with Tennessee barbeque, but Ron's recent thread had me hungry for kimchee so...  The meal could've used a big pile of white rice, however.
 
Thanks for looking.  
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  • Philly35
    Philly35 Posts: 858
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    That looks good. 
    NW IOWA
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
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    I'm going to try this, just modified to make it vegan.
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,765
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    nice cook!
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Nice!

    I want to try this. Recently found something about cauliflower hot "wings", and made a mental note. This is similar to gobi musallam (spelling varies), which involves slathering a whole head of cauliflower with a yogurt-based spice mix, then roasting it. 

    This looks really good. 

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    caliking said:
    Nice!

    I want to try this. Recently found something about cauliflower hot "wings", and made a mental note. This is similar to gobi musallam (spelling varies), which involves slathering a whole head of cauliflower with a yogurt-based spice mix, then roasting it. 

    This looks really good. 
    A place near me makes Nashville hot wings that are dredged in spiced gram flour then tossed post fry in nashvillle hot oil.  They also have cauliflower ‘wings’ that are fried, don’t have the dredge but do have plenty of the hot oil and we like them better than the chicken.  Much hotter too.
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 7,658
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    We have been making cauliflower hot wings quite a bit as all the cauliflower came on at once in the garden.   Cut it up into chicken size bites, roll in milk, flower, garlic powder, pepper, salt paprika. bake for 10 minutes, then brush with your favorite hot sauce, blended with butter and honey. bake for 10 more minutes.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,976
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    We've tried this recipe a few times:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYjMVENoxE&t=16s

    It requires some work to grab all of the ingredients, but it's delicious.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    This is something I am going to try. Unfortunately for my daughter in law, (she being the only other living creature that occasionally shares space in our home which enjoys spicy food besides myself) she will suffer until I get it right.

    Thank you for sharing this, it is a great presentation, and just looks delicious.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    You sure that's not a waste of good hot sauce?
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    Who uses hot sauce?
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
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    YukonRon said:
    This is something I am going to try. Unfortunately for my daughter in law, (she being the only other living creature that occasionally shares space in our home which enjoys spicy food besides myself) she will suffer until I get it right.

    Thank you for sharing this, it is a great presentation, and just looks delicious.
    You can educate the heathens to enjoy hot food, just keep ramping it up a bit at a time.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,487
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    Nice!  And thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten about this.  
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  • JohnInCarolina
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    @Eoin - what did you think?
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  • Eoin
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    JohnInCarolina said:
    @Eoin - what did you think?
    Very good. Smoking and spice makes everything better.
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  • BrenzGrewe
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    It's looking yumm !!

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    Looks great, but why is this done whole vs breaking into florets or cutting into steak strips?
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  • Eoin
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    Legume said:
    Looks great, but why is this done whole vs breaking into florets or cutting into steak strips?
    Just presentation, I suppose. You'd get more char / spice per bite by breaking it down into florets.
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