Air fryer buffalo cauliflower tacos
Crispy, tangy buffalo cauliflower tucked into corn tortillas with crunchy celery slaw and a cool blue cheese yogurt sauce.
- 40 min total
- 25 min hands-on
- Follow-a-recipe easy
- Serves 4
- About $2.48 a serving
- 360 calories
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Dolly says: Read the steps once before you start. Everything goes smoother after that.
Ingredients
For 4 servings.
- 1 head cauliflower
- ½ cup Buffalo wing sauce
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup blue cheese crumbles
- ½ lemon
- 2 cups coleslaw mix
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
- 12 corn tortillas
- 2 green onions, sliced
From your pantry
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder, divided
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ¾ tsp salt, divided
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Each serving has about 360 calories, 14 g protein, 49 g carbs and 15 g fat, and costs about $2.48 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No plain Greek yogurt? Plain yogurt or sour cream works.
- No lemons? Limes work.
- No coleslaw mix? Green cabbage or red cabbage works.
- No green onions? Chives work.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
Cut the cauliflower into small bite-size florets. them in a bowl with the oil, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, the paprika and ½ teaspoon salt.
Toss. Tossing means gently lifting and turning food so everything gets coated, like pasta in sauce or vegetables in oil. It coats every piece evenly without mashing anything.
How you’ll know: Every piece looks glossy or evenly coated, with no dry spots hiding underneath.
Air fry at 400°F in a single layer until at the edges and , 12 to 15 minutes, shaking the basket halfway. Work in two batches if needed.
Brown. Browning means cooking until the outside turns brown, which is where a lot of savory flavor comes from. Give food room and time without stirring, or it steams and stays gray.
How you’ll know: The food looks brown rather than gray, and the kitchen smells toasty and savory.
Tender-crisp. Tender-crisp means vegetables cooked until just tender but still with a little snap. They keep their bright color and crunch instead of going soft and dull.
How you’ll know: A fork goes in with slight resistance, and the color is bright, not olive or gray.
Timer: 13 min
Dolly’s tip: Piled-up florets steam and go soft. A single layer is what makes them crisp.Meanwhile, stir the yogurt, blue cheese, lemon juice, pepper, the rest of the garlic powder and of salt into a thick sauce.
Pinch. A pinch is what you can hold between your thumb and two fingers, less than an eighth of a teaspoon. It’s a small, forgiving amount, so there’s no need to measure.
How you’ll know: It’s a light sprinkle you can barely see on the food, not a little pile.
the coleslaw mix and celery with 3 tablespoons of the sauce and the last of salt.
Toss. Tossing means gently lifting and turning food so everything gets coated, like pasta in sauce or vegetables in oil. It coats every piece evenly without mashing anything.
How you’ll know: Every piece looks glossy or evenly coated, with no dry spots hiding underneath.
Pinch. A pinch is what you can hold between your thumb and two fingers, less than an eighth of a teaspoon. It’s a small, forgiving amount, so there’s no need to measure.
How you’ll know: It’s a light sprinkle you can barely see on the food, not a little pile.
Tip the hot cauliflower into a big bowl, pour the buffalo sauce over and to coat. Air fry 2 minutes more to set the sauce.
Toss. Tossing means gently lifting and turning food so everything gets coated, like pasta in sauce or vegetables in oil. It coats every piece evenly without mashing anything.
How you’ll know: Every piece looks glossy or evenly coated, with no dry spots hiding underneath.
Timer: 2 min
Warm the tortillas one at a time in a dry over medium-high heat, about 30 seconds per side, and stack them in a towel.
Skillet. A skillet is a frying pan: wide and flat with low, sloped sides. The shape lets steam escape, so food browns instead of stewing.
How you’ll know: It’s the pan you’d fry an egg in, and a 10 or 12 inch one handles most recipes.
Medium-high heat
Fill the tortillas with slaw and buffalo cauliflower, with the rest of the blue cheese sauce and scatter green onions on top.
Drizzle. Drizzling means pouring a thin, slow stream over the top of something. A thin stream spreads a little flavor a long way.
How you’ll know: You see thin lines across the food, not a puddle collecting underneath.
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