Country Baked “Fried” Cauliflower Steaks

With a whole bunch of cauliflower sitting in my fridge that needed to be eaten, I was inspired to create some goodness out it. Boy did I ever!!! I made up a batch of crispy baked fried cauliflower steaks. So so good and so simple too. Perfect for a quick weekday dinner.

Ingredients:

1 head of cauliflower
1/2 cup of gluten free flour
3/4 cup of room temperature water
1/3 cup of gluten free bread crumbs
1/2 cup of nutritional yeast
2 tbsp of lemon juice
1 tsp of smoked paprika
1 tsp of cayenne pepper (optional if you want it spicy)

Instructions:

Pre-heat oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
Cut your cauliflower in half and then slice off the root and the leaves from each part.
Then cut each half part into 1 inch steaks
In a medium size bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, nutritional yeast, salt, smoked paprika and cayenne if using.
In another bowl, mix together the flour, water and lemon juice.
Add each steak into the flour mixture and then into the bread crumb mixture.
Place onto the baking sheet. Drizzle some olive oil over each steak.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, then turn over the steaks and cook another 15-20 minutes until soft on the inside and crispy on the outside.

I served mine with a honey lemon mayonnaise but you could make any kind of sauce. Served on its own like shown in the picture or in a hamburger bun would make a awesome “chicken” like burger. I opted for no bun and instead roasted mini potatoes, cherry tomatoes and mashed refried black beans.