Buffalo Cauliflower Elbows
Make your mouth extra happy this week with a simple Chickapea Elbow Pasta recipe that is big on taste. This vegan, gluten-free, nut-free meal comes together with only a handful of ingredients and will have you checking the fridge for leftovers long after it is all gone.
Buffalo Cauliflower Elbows
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Course: Dinner
- Cuisine: Canadian
- Servings: 3
Ingredients:
- 1 Package Chickapea Elbows
- 2 Tbsp table salt (for boiling pasta)
- 2 heads of cauliflower, washed and cut into bite sized florets
- 2 Tbsp cup avocado oil
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp flaked salt or sea salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 2-4 Tbsp vegan butter
- 1/3-2/3 cup hot buffalo wing sauce
- ½ cup green onion, chopped
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F
- Add the clean and trimmed cauliflower florets to a medium bowl
- Pour avocado oil over the cauliflower and mix well to coat
- Sprinkle in minced garlic, onion powder, garlic powder, 1 tsp of flaked salt and pepper
- Toss the cauliflower thoroughly in the seasoning
- Transfer the cauliflower to a lined baking tray and bake for 45 minutes or until the cauliflower becomes golden brown, toss the cauliflower half way through the baking time to ensure it cooks evenly
- Meanwhile, prepare Chickapea Elbows to package specifications (heat 16 cups of water and 2 Tbsp of salt in a large pot over high heat until boiling. Add pasta to the water, decrease the heat to maintain a gentle boil. Stir and cook the pasta for 7 minutes)
- Dain the pasta and rinse with warm water
- When the cauliflower is done, remove it from the oven and add the vegan butter, buffalo wing sauce of your choice and cooked pasta to the cauliflower
- Toss the contents of the pan well to mix the pasta into the sauce
- Cook the pasta and cauliflower mixture in the oven for another 5 minutes at 450°F
- Remove the dish from the oven and plate each serving with a generous amount of green onion overtop
- Serve hot and enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
- This dish is excellent served hot or as leftovers straight from the refrigerator
- The amount of vegan butter and buffalo sauce to use is a matter of personal taste. Adding more butter will make the dish richer and adding more buffalo sauce will make the dish spicier
- Hot buffalo sauce can be substituted for buffalo sauce of choice
- Earth Balance vegan butter was used as the vegan butter in this recipe