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Beer Battered Cauliflower Wings with Creamy Coleslaw

These vegan barbecue beer battered cauliflower wings are a great plant-powered addition to your parties, cook outs, or a cheatsy meal day. These fried guys are full of flavor without the animal products!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course: Appetizer
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cauliflower Wings
  • 1 medium head of cauliflower cut into similar sized pieces
  • 1/2 cup vegan beer
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup corn starch or tapioca starch
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
Vegan Creamy Coleslaw
  • 1 14 oz bag or coleslaw mix
  • 1/2 cup vegan mayo
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp celery salt

Method
 

Vegan Creamy coleslaw
  1. To make the coleslaw. In a small bowl, combine the mayo, apple cider vinegar, granulated sugar, salt, and celery seed. Mix until well combined.
  2. In a large add the bagged coleslaw mix and mayo mixture. Mix until well combined. Once the coleslaw is well combined set in the fridge while you are making the cauliflower wings.
Cauliflower wings
  1. To make the cauliflower wings. Heat a pot of frying oil to prepare. While the oil is heating up, make your batter by combining all the wet ingredients and dry ingredients until well combined and there are no clumps of starch or flour. This batter is going to have the consistency of thick pancake batter.
  2. Chop head of cauliflower into similar sized florets. Add to batter and stir together until the wings have been covered well with the batter.
  3. Once your oil has been heated up, drop cauliflower wings in small batches into the oil to help them cook evenly. Fry until wings have a golden color. Set on a paper towel to dry excess oil.
  4. Toss cauliflower wings with carolina barbecue sauce right before serving. Serve with creamy coleslaw, pickles, and extra sauce.