CAJUN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAKS – Thick sliced Cauliflower Steaks are roasted with cajun seasoning and oven baked. Serve these delicious plant based oven roasted cauliflower steaks as a side dish or entree with your favourite dip! (Vegan, Vegetarian & GF )
THESE CAULIFLOWER STEAKS
✓ make a great entree dish or even as a side dish.
✓ are as easy as child’s play. Remember to cut chunky cauliflower sections of at least 1 inch with the stalk. Time to get creative from here!
✓ can be roasted, steamed, air fried and even chargrilled.
✓ are vegan/ vegetarian and gluten free too.
✓ makes an ideal summer al fresco sharing recipe!
The lovely folks at Portmeirion recently challenged me to create a summer al fresco sharing recipe to show off their amazing Botanic Garden Harmony range of British-made pottery.
The result of this challenge, are these super delicious, easy Cajun Roasted Cauliflower Steaks with Cilantro Avocado Chutney & Yogurt Dip. I knew these steaks would look just great on the Botanic Garden Harmony tableware collection.
THE SUMMER ALFRESCO
All I need is a bunch of great friends, sunny day and good food!
We have always been using great weather as the perfect excuse for spending time with friends and family outside, either in the form of al fresco dinning or barbecue or garden parties. Kids equally enjoy all the extra play time, they get to spend in the garden. This is something we always maximise every year!
Portmeirion is focusing on getting people together with their #GetTogether campaign this year. This is the perfect opportunity to gather a bunch of friends, cook up this delicious roasted cauliflower steak or any other favorite al fresco recipe and tag #gettogether on Instagram to be added to the Portmeirion gallery.
I loved showcasing these crowd pleasing, easy Cauliflower Steaks on the Portmeirion Botanic Garden Harmony collection. This collection features embossing details on the rim and has four elegant shades. Made in Portmeirion’s factory in England, Stoke-on-Trent, each and every piece is made for modern day dining and is of the utmost quality.
Its dishwasher safe, microwave safe, oven safe up to 170 C and freeze safe too.
Okies, so what ingredients are needed?
INGREDIENTS TO MAKE CAULIFLOWER STEAKS with CAJUN SEASONING
We need just a handful of ingredients, in fact, just six altogether!
Cauliflower – Choose a cauliflower that is small to medium sized to serve individual portions.
Olive Oil or Coconut Oil – We love either of them in our home. You may alternatively choose to use an oil of your choice.
Lemon Juice – Adds a lot of freshness to the grilled cauliflower steaks
Cajun Seasoning – is one of my favourite spice mix combinations. You can use a store-bought cajun spice mix or make it at home.
So, how to make the best cajun seasoning? All the ingredients for making cajun seasoning are just in your spice drawers. In general, it’s a spicy blend made with a combination of paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, pepper and oregano.
To make cajun seasoning, simply mix 1 tbsp paprika, 2 tsp garlic powder, 2 tsp pepper powder, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp oregano powder & 1 tsp salt in a bowl and mix until well combined. You may store this cajun spice mix in an airtight container up to a year.
Salt & Pepper to taste
HOW TO CUT CAULIFLOWER STEAKS
To prepare cauliflower steaks, remember to cut the cauliflower in thick chunky slices, roughly 1 inch along with the stalk. By doing so, you can keep the steaks in one piece. Don’t you worry if you have any broken cauliflower florets. Set them aside for cauliflower manchurian or even cauliflower fried rice.
HOW TO MAKE OVEN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAKS
Wash the cauliflower and remove all the leaves. Cut the cauliflower into chunky slices.
Marinate the chunky cauliflower sections with oil, lemon juice and cajun seasoning. For a little extra punch, add a tsp of ginger and garlic powder too.
At this stage, you can decide if you want to air-fry it, roast it or grill it.
I have roasted the prepared cauliflower steaks in a preheated oven for roughly 35 minutes, turning once in between.
Place the vegan cauliflower steaks on the serving platter along with scattered chopped parsley, lime wedges and toasted pine-nuts. Serve the steaks hot with green coriander chutney.
Roasted CAULIFLOWER STEAKS VARIATIONS
There are so many variations to this roasted cauliflower steaks recipe. You can make
Simple seasoning with salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil too.
Tandoori Cauliflower Steak – Marinate the cauliflower steaks with tandoori masala & yogurt. Cauliflower Steaks grilled are prepared as always.
Herb crusted cauliflower steaks
Sharwarma spiced roasted cauliflower steaks
Grilled cauliflower steaks with lemon & honey
Zaatar steaks
Cauliflower Steaks Pizza
This list is absolutely endless and we can customise our steaks to our liking!
HOW TO SERVE CAJUN CAULIFLOWER STEAKS
HAVE YOU MADE MY VEGAN CAULIFLOWER STEAK { Cajun Spiced } ?
Post a photo on my Facebook page, share it on Instagram, or save it to Pinterest with the tag #sandhyaskitchen. I would love to see your take on this delicious entree ! And yes, don’t forget to tag your photos with #gettogether on Instagram to be added to the Portmeirion gallery.
MORE CAULIFLOWER RECIPES TO EXPLORE
Oven Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Wings
Aloo Gobi ( Spiced Potato & Cauliflower Curry )
ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAKS RECIPE BELOW
Ingredients
Ingredients for Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
- 2 Heads of medium sized cauliflower
- 4-5 tbsp cajun seasoning
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice or juice of 1 lemon
- salt & pepper to taste
Garnish
- Chopped Parsley
- Lime Wedges
- Toasted Pinenuts
Ingredients for Green Coriander chutney
- 50 g coriander leaves
- 1 medium avocado
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- salt to taste
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1 Green Chilli optional
Instructions
CAJUN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAKS RECIPE
- Wash cauliflower and pat dry.
- Preheat the oven to 200C.
- To prepare cauliflower steak, remember to cut the cauliflower in thick chunky slices, roughly 1 inch along with the stalk. By doing so, you can keep the steak in one piece.
- Layer the cauliflower steak slices on a lined baking sheet. Brush olive oil on either side of the slices. Generously drizzle lemon juice all over.
- Sprinkle generous portion of the cajun seasoning powder all over the steak.
- Place the cajun spiced cauliflower steak in the oven for 25 minutes. Flip them over and bake for another 10 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve hot with Cilantro Avocado Chutney.
Green CORIANDER CHUTNEY RECIPE | CILANTRO AVOCADO CHUTNEY
- Add all the ingredients in the blender and whizz until smooth. Add more water, if needed.
Nutrition
Disclosure – This recipe is in collaboration with Portmeirion.
This looks wonderful! Roasted Cauliflower is one of my favorites, but especially during the summer!
Ohh YUM! I’ve been on such a cauliflower kick lately. So this sounds delicious. My husband loves anything cajun!
These were perfectly crispy, and have an amazing flavor! Love that they fill you up and are good for you too!
I’m loving that you’ve created ‘Steaks’ out of Cauliflower! These look so well seasoned and delish! I need to make this!
I can’t get enough of roasted cauliflower and now a new way to cook them! I love the steak idea! Genius!