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Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

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Welcome to the July 5th edition of Sunday Scratchups, your weekly recipe from scratch around sales and affordable ingredients. Our next mystery sale ingredient is: Cauliflower, since we’ve seen a lot of great prices on this lately! And because, it’s so good when you grill or roast or otherwise bring out its inherent nutty sweetness.

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I’ve seen cauliflower “steak” recipes floating around for years, but they all basically boil down to: Cauliflower + olive oil + seasonings of your choice + grill it! This week I finally gave it a try with some very basic seasonings, and these turned out surprisingly yummy for such a simple recipe.

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

Ingredients

One head fresh cauliflower (I got two “steaks” out of mine plus a lot of leftover florets — you might get as many as four if you have a bigger cauliflower head that holds together better)
Juice of 1/4 small lemon
2 Tbsp olive oil
Garlic salt
Crushed red pepper
Fresh ground black pepper
Parsley for garnish (optional)
Shredded Parmesan (optional)

Directions

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Chop the end of the stem off your cauliflower, leaving a bit in place to hold it together. Slice your cauliflower into thick vertical slices, then remove any leaves remaining on them. I only got two “steaks” out of mine, but it was small. (Reserve the rest of the florets for another use, or cook them up with a little olive oil and some seasonings of choice in foil packets while you have the grill going.)

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Mix olive oil, lemon juice, garlic salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper in a small bowl. Generously brush both sides of your cauliflower steaks with the olive oil mixture, then grill over medium heat for 5 minutes a side (10 minutes total) or until fork tender.

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Serve garnished with parsley and/or Parmesan cheese (optional).

Next time…

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… I am thinking that I might actually add some Parmesan after flipping the cauliflower so it melts on there nicely while the second side grills, but these were pretty tasty both with and without cheese.

These super simple cauliflower steaks would make a hearty and healthy side at your next summer BBQ, or would serve nicely as an easy vegetarian entree, either on their own or as a burger. Cauliflower steaks are gluten free, dairy free (if you don’t add Parmesan), and low carb, and you could easily jazz them up with different seasonings to match the rest of your meal.

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks, printable recipe

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

These super simple cauliflower steaks would make a hearty and healthy side at your next summer BBQ, or would serve nicely as an easy vegetarian entree, either on their own or as a burger. 
Course side
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • One head fresh cauliflower I got two "steaks" out of mine plus a lot of leftover florets -- you might get as many as four if you have a bigger cauliflower head that holds together better
  • Juice of 1/4 small lemon
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • Garlic salt
  • Crushed red pepper
  • Fresh ground black pepper
  • Parsley for garnish optional
  • Shredded Parmesan optional

Instructions

  • Chop the end of the stem off your cauliflower, leaving a bit in place to hold it together.
  • Slice your cauliflower into thick vertical slices, then remove any leaves remaining on them.
  • I only got two "steaks" out of mine, but it was small. (Reserve the rest of the florets for another use, or cook them up with a little olive oil and some seasonings of choice in foil packets while you have the grill going.)
  • Mix olive oil, lemon juice, garlic salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper in a small bowl.
  • Generously brush both sides of your cauliflower steaks with the olive oil mixture.
  • Grill over medium heat for 5 minutes a side (10 minutes total) or until fork tender.
  • Serve garnished with parsley and/or Parmesan cheese (optional).
Recipe Rating




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elizabeth a

Thursday 9th of July 2015

I tried this yesterday. I will make it again and the kiddo liked it! I had a lot of crumbled cauliflower and only got 2 steaks out of it. I may make cauliflower mashed potatoes today once I find a recipe with all my free fake butter I have in the fridge :)

jane

Monday 6th of July 2015

Cauliflower! Yum!! Rachel, how do you like the Goya olive oil? I haven't tried it and I go through a lot of olive oil. Also, where are you buying lemons? I noticed they were $1 each at Jewel this week. Yikes!

rachel

Monday 6th of July 2015

The Goya olive oil is great! There is a $1.50 coupon on their site, too. Jewel is generally NOT the place for lemons, lol -- I usually get mine at Pete's Fresh Market. I noticed they were 3/$1.00 there this morning, but they sometimes go cheaper.

Mandy

Sunday 5th of July 2015

They look really pretty and we already like cauliflower, so, thanks for posting. I have seen a lot of this type of recipe, but, forget about it when grilling. Saturday I cut up the .98 pineapple I got at Jewel the other day and we grilled it. I did 1/2 sprinkled with brown sugar and cinnamon and the other 1/2 without. We all liked it better plain and it's way less messy. Anyway, it didn't add any outstanding grill flavor, but, it was very nice and sweet and looked pretty.