[lauren] ooh there's a bug
[john] is he alive?
[lauren] maybe that's why you're supposed to wash it
[lauren] sick.
[lauren] uh oh i just lost the bug. it went inside the floret.
[lauren] hey guys it's lauren
[john] and john
[lauren] from hot for food and today we are gonna make
[lauren] one of our most popular recipes for you.
[john] it's the cauliflower buffalo wings.
[john] BUT today we're gonna do things a little bit different
[john] we're gonna do cauliflower buffalo wings,
[john] and barbeque buffalo wings,
[lauren] and salt and vinegar wings.
[lauren] so you're gonna start with a whole head of cauliflower
[lauren] cauliflower heads can be this big,
[lauren] and sometimes they're like this big cos they're probably GMO.
[lauren] so when we say use one head of cauliflower,
[lauren] we're like, okay, generally one head of cauliflower
[lauren] is around the same size.
[lauren] and that's how much batter we're making
[lauren] but as you go along you may need to put a little more batter in the bowl
[lauren] but it's very simple.
[lauren] this is one of the easiest recipes you can kind of improvise as you go
[lauren] but we're gonna address some of the issues people have
[lauren] i.e. sticking to the baking pan, all of these things that we literally have never experienced,
[lauren] so i don't know what you're doing wrong in the kitchen.
[john] too much talky, not enough baky [lauren] okay, fine, let's cut.
[john] this is probably one of the first things lauren ever
[john] made for me that was like me kind of being
[john] like "i'm craving *blank*"
[john] which is how a lot of recipes on the blog kinda come to be
[john] it was probably that stupid story like when i was in college
[john] i went to this all you can eat wing place and i told her that i ate like
[john] 50 buffalo wings in one sitting [lauren] eww
[john] and then she was like, let's.. did you already know cauliflower was a good substitute?
[lauren] yea, i mean we didn't invent cauliflower buffalo wings, [john] no.
[lauren] they became popular, like around when we started the blog
[lauren] so we just decided to try them and we ended up
[lauren] like figuring out, a good best batter [john] good, perfect.
[lauren] and like whatever. cos some people like hardly put any batter on them and they like
[lauren] try to make them super healthy and then they're not even that good,
[lauren] like they look like they're just
[lauren] raw pieces of cauliflower covered in sauce [john] with hot sauce.
[lauren] so we put batter on ours, we use flour,
[lauren] and i feel like these, end up getting this texture that is kinda stringy,
[lauren] and meaty like chicken.
[lauren] so your pieces are around this size
[lauren] now, jenna marbles and julien, her boyfriend, made these cauliflower buffalo wings on
[lauren] j&j's kitchen.
[lauren] and that is how we ended up getting a lot of visitors to our website.
[lauren] so thank you, jenna marbles, youtube extraordinare [john] these are already youtube famous.
[john] okay, let's start on the batter
[john] so you're gonna start with three quarters a cup of all purpose flour,
[john] you can sub rice flour if you wanna go gluten free,
[john] those are the two we've tried and found worked
[john] half of a cup or non-dairy milk, we used almond milk,
[john] but you can use soy milk if you want.
[john] you're also gonna add half of a cup of water,
[john] now it's time for the spices,
[john] so two teaspoons of garlic powder,
[john] two teaspoons of onion powder,
[john] teaspoon of my favorite, cumin.
[john] and one teaspoon of paprika.
[john] quarter teaspoon of pepper,
[john] just gonna crack some in there,
[john] and a quarter teaspoon of sea salt.
[john] you're just whisking it together to get it all combined and get rid of any lumps
[john] and that's the batter!
[john] you're like, pretty much done, you're pretty much eating wings right now.
[lauren] okay, here's a very important step that people seem to not understand,
[lauren] you're gonna get baking sheets and you're gonna line them with parchment paper
[lauren] parchment paper is not wax paper, and it is not aluminium foil
[lauren] it is parchment paper [john] it's parchment paper.
[lauren] and it is your saviour in the kitchen.
[lauren] if you don't want shit to stick on these pans, you put parchment paper on.
[lauren] you dip it in, you bathe it in this batter so that the batter gets in all those cracks and crevices,
[lauren] and you just tap it on the side and place it on the baking sheet.
[lauren] tap, tap, tap, place.
[john] tap, tap, tap, and place
[lauren] well, it's just, it's very easy for me but i know how to cook
[lauren] but i'm tryna address if you don't really know what you're doing cos
[lauren] people like to leave a lot of comments about this recipe
[lauren] and all the things that happened during the process
[lauren] but it's user error, people.
[john] not our fault.
[lauren] it's not our fault! we make these all the time, no problem!
[lauren] i don't get it, i don't get what you're doing.
[lauren] okay, so tap tap tap, tap tap tappa, and place.
[john] so these guys are gonna go into the oven for 25 minutes,
[john] and that's the perfect amount of time for you to work on your sauce
[john] whatever sauce you choose. [lauren] maybe you even have time to go on instagram for a little bit.
[lauren] sometimes stuff burns when you do that, cos you get distracted.
[lauren] okay so these are ready to go, you pop them in the oven,
[lauren] it's preheated to 450(F), that is a high temperature,
[lauren] that's how the batter gets sshk! nice and stuck and crisp.
[lauren] now watch them, okay like this is a guideline, 25 minutes at 450(F)
[lauren] flipping halfway through.
[lauren] your oven may vary but it needs to be hot,
[lauren] if it's not hot enough, then these are just gonna sit, get soggy,
[lauren] and the batter's gonna stick, you know, that can sometimes happen.
[john] we're not lukewarm for food, we're not cold for food,
[lauren] we're hot for food!
[john] goodbye, have fun, we'll miss you!
[john] for this recipe, we just veganize how they make real buffalo wings,
[john] which is, are you ready for this?
[john] butter, and hot sauce.
[john] so, vegan butter and hot suace.
[lauren] i can't even eat these, they're too hot for me, i need to mix barbeque sauce with hot sauce.
[lauren] so you can do that, and you're gonna melt the butter,
[lauren] and heat it with the hot sauce just till it gets melted and heated through,
[lauren] and leave it off the heat until your wings are done baking the first round.
[lauren] so for the salt and vinegar, you just melt the butter,
[lauren] and you add it to the bowl with three tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
[lauren] and a tablespoon of water.
[lauren] you can even have like, if you're gonna do different batches,
[lauren] you can have different bowls of all your sauces ready to go
[lauren] and as soon as those wings have come out of the oven,
[lauren] after 25 minutes, then you toss them in the sauce and then you bake them again for 25 minutes.
[lauren] and now for the salt and vinegar, you do the same thing.
[lauren] and you're also gonna add a little bit of salt now that they're coated.
[lauren] and if you want you can do a little pepper too.
[lauren] back in the oven for another 25 minutes.
[lauren] wooah kay, these are ready!
[john] those look phenomenal.
[john] oh my gosh, i just wanna eat it.
[lauren] well, they're really hot and we're gonna make a nice looking platter for everyone to see
[lauren] so right before you serve the wings,
[lauren] you should still have a little bit of sauce left in your bowl,
[lauren] toss them, or just sprinkle them with the rest of the sauce.
[lauren] cos it's gonna add more flavor and make em glisten
[lauren] and don't forget your ranch dip!
[lauren] it's really easy to make, and the recipe is in the link in the description below
[lauren] there you have cauliflower wings, three ways.
[lauren] barbeque, hot and salt and vinegar.
[lauren] click the link in the description below for the full recipe
[lauren] for all the wings and for the ranch dip
[lauren] aand if you like this video, share it!
[john] oh yea, awesome, okay good
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[lauren] bye!
[lauren] here comes the plane!
[lauren] check out our cool vegan friend, jenny mustard, make our super guacamole recipe in her vegan inspo series.
[lauren] and if you like the cauliflower wings,
[lauren] you're gonna be obsessed with our buffalo cauliflower sandwich.