It’s easy to make hot and spicy popcorn cauliflower in your air fryer. The moreish bites are coated with a garlicky, smoky and spicy flour mixture, and served with hot sauce for some heat. These air fryer cauliflower bites are a low carb, low fat, vegetarian alternative to popcorn chicken.
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Ingredients
Method
Combine linseed meal with â…” cup (160ml) water in a large bowl; stand for 5 minutes or until thickened. Add mustard and hot sauce; stir to combine.
Combine flour, onion powder, garlic powder and spices in a second large bowl; season with salt.
Cut cauliflower into 2.5cm florets.
Preheat a 5.3-litre air fryer to 180°C for 3 minutes.
Add cauliflower to linseed mixture; stir to coat. Working in batches, toss cauliflower in flour mixture to coat; spray generously with oil.
Taking care, pull out the air-fryer pan and basket; place half the coated cauliflower in basket. Slide pan and basket back into appliance. Keep temperature set at 180°C; set timer for 10 minutes. Cook until cauliflower is golden. Transfer popcorn cauliflower to a bowl; season with salt. Cover to keep warm. Repeat cooking with remaining coated cauliflower.
Serve air fryer cauliflower bites with hot sauce and lemon wedges.
Test Kitchen tip
Use whatever hot sauce you have on hand, such as a sriracha or Mexican hot sauce.
Air fryer cauliflower serving suggestion
You can also serve the cauliflower popcorn with a 400g jar of your favourite pasta sauce, heated up.
Flavour variation
For a sumac-spiced cauliflower popcorn, see this air fryer recipe.
