Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

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.

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

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, then 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).

Next time…

… 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.

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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. 

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Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Author Rachel Singer

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).