Buffalo Cauliflower Dip | Kara Lydon

This Buffalo Cauliflower Dip is a scrumptious vegetarian spin on a traditional sport day snack. Made with roasted cauliflower, Frank’s sizzling sauce, Greek yogurt, and ranch, it’s excellent served with tortilla chips or celery sticks. Simple to make within the oven, sluggish cooker, or Immediate Pot!

Why I Love This Recipe

This Buffalo Cauliflower Dip is deliciously tacky, wealthy, and spicy, and may undoubtedly compete with a buffalo rooster wing dip.

That’s proper I’ve a vegetarian rooster wing dip recipe made with cauliflower that’s going to knock your socks off.

Don’t consider me? Ask my carnivore Buffalo-born husband and he’ll inform you how he virtually completed the dip off in a single sitting :).

This dip swaps the rooster for cauliflower, provides Greek yogurt in addition to cream cheese, makes use of mozzarella and blue cheese, and may be made with ranch dressing or seasoning.

Not solely is it deliciously spicy, tacky and indulgent-tasting, it’s vegetarian, gluten-free, has extra fiber, and is tremendous satisfying.

It solely requires 7 easy components and comes collectively shortly, although perhaps not as quick because it’ll get eaten!

Buffalo Cauliflower Dip can also be customizable so you may swap up the kind(s) of shredded cheese based mostly on what you have got readily available or add roughly sizzling sauce relying in your spice preferences.

You may also simply make it within the sluggish cooker or Immediate Pot in case your oven isn’t accessible (directions for all three strategies beneath!).

Components You’ll Want

Notes on Components

cauliflower: I prefer to roast the cauliflower within the oven first as a result of I like roasted veggies and assume it brings out extra taste however in the event you’d slightly microwave or steam your cauliflower as a time saver, go for it! Use a small head or a bag of pre-cut cauliflower florets.

Frank’s sizzling sauce: I extremely suggest looking for Frank’s sizzling sauce for this recipe however don’t sweat it if it’s essential to use one other sort of Buffalo sauce. You’ll be able to add slightly roughly relying in your desired spice degree!

cream cheese: acts as the bottom of the dip. I like to recommend utilizing an everyday full-fat block of cream cheese and letting it soften earlier than you get began.

Greek yogurt: contributes to the creamy texture and provides a lift of protein.

ranch dressing: helps fight the spice of the recent sauce together with the cream cheese. In the event you’d like your dip to have a thicker consistency you should utilize 1 tablespoon of ranch seasoning as an alternative.

mozzarella cheese: I like utilizing shredded mozzarella cheese on this recipe however be at liberty to swap it out with different cheeses like cheddar, Colby, pepper jack, or some mixture of various cheeses. 

blue cheese: blue cheese is commonly paired with buffalo sauce to fight the warmth however you may omit if blue cheese isn’t your factor!

Tools You’ll Want (affiliate hyperlinks – in the event you make a purchase order I obtain a small fee):

Baking Dish

Make Buffalo Cauliflower Dip

1. Roast the cauliflower. On a parchment lined baking sheet, toss the cauliflower with olive oil, salt and pepper and bake till tender and barely browned, about 20-25 minutes.
2. Mix components. To a big mixing bowl add roasted cauliflower, cream cheese, Greek yogurt, Frank’s sizzling sauce, ranch dressing (or seasoning), 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella and blue cheese. Stir till cream cheese is usually included.
3. Switch and bake. Switch to a baking dish and high with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella and non-obligatory additional blue cheese. Bake till combination is effervescent and the edges are simply beginning to brown, about 25-Half-hour.
4. Serve! Prime with non-obligatory sliced inexperienced onion and serve heat with tortilla chips, carrot and celery sticks, for dipping.

Knowledgeable Ideas

1. You’ll be able to prep Buffalo Cauliflower Dip prematurely by making ready it up till it must be baked within the oven. In the event you’re making it prematurely, cowl the baking dish with plastic wrap and retailer it within the fridge (not than 24 hours) till you’re prepared. Earlier than baking, let the dip come to room temperature whereas the oven preheats.
2. In the event you don’t like small cauliflower chunks in your dip, you may pulse the roasted cauliflower in a meals processor or cube the florets earlier than combining with the opposite components.

make this dip within the Immediate Pot

If you wish to save oven area or simply don’t wish to flip in your oven, you may simply make this dip within the Immediate Pot!

1. In Immediate Pot, add cauliflower, Frank’s, ranch dressing or seasoning, salt and pepper, and stir to coat.
2. Safe lid onto Immediate Pot and set to strain prepare dinner/guide for two minutes.
3. Use fast launch valve to launch steam.
4. As soon as strain is launched, open lid and add cream cheese, yogurt, mozzarella, and blue cheese.
5. Utilizing an immersion blender or hand mixer on low, mix components till easy and creamy, or your required texture (I like some little chunks of cauliflower in mine!).
6. Pour out right into a serving bowl and garnish with inexperienced onion.

make this dip utilizing the sluggish cooker

1. Roast cauliflower within the oven.
2. Spray sluggish cooker bowl with cooking spray. Add all components to sluggish cooker, stir to mix, and prepare dinner on excessive for 1.5 to 2 hours or on low for 3-4 hours, or till cheeses have melted and dip is heated by means of.
3. Stir dip once more earlier than transferring to a serving bowl and topping with inexperienced onion garnish.

Recipe FAQs

What goes good with buffalo cauliflower?

Buffalo Cauliflower Dip goes nicely with tortilla chips, crackers, sliced baguette, carrots and celery sticks. In the event you’re planning on making this in a part of a sport day menu, you may serve it alongside nachos, rooster wings, fries, coleslaw, and so forth. 

Can I exploit blue cheese dressing as an alternative of ranch dressing?

I haven’t made this dip with blue cheese dressing however I’m positive this might be scrumptious! You’ll be able to strive utilizing my vegan blue cheese dressing or any retailer purchased dressing ought to work.

Can this dip be made with out blue cheese?

Completely! Be happy to omit the blue cheese utterly and even swap it out with goat cheese or feta cheese for that salty, crumbly impact. 

What’s the greatest sizzling sauce for buffalo cauliflower dip?

Hand’s down use Frank’s sizzling sauce. Frank’s sizzling sauce is by far my favourite Buffalo sauce (and I’m from Buffalo, NY so I do know a superb wing sauce!). 

How lengthy is buffalo cauliflower dip good for within the fridge?

Buffalo Cauliflower Dip will keep good within the fridge for 3-4 days. To retailer,  you may wrap all the baking dish tightly in plastic wrap or switch the dip to an hermetic container earlier than placing it within the fridge. 

Storage and Preparation

This dip may be ready forward of time and saved within the fridge for as much as 24 hours earlier than baking. Let dish come to room temperature earlier than earlier than baking whereas the oven preheats.

Leftovers may be saved in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3-4 days. You’ll be able to freeze this dip for as much as three months however the texture and consistency will change (though the flavour will nonetheless be good!).

Recipes That Pair Nicely

Vegetarian Nachos

Wholesome Candy Potato Skins

Mexican Road Corn Dip

Vegan Chickpea Burgers

Kohlrabi Fries (Baked or Air Fryer)

Sheet Pan Potato Nachos

For extra buffalo cauliflower inspiration, try my different recipes beneath!

Buffalo Cauliflower Wings – Air Fryer or Oven

Buffalo Cauliflower Pizza

Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos with Ranch Slaw

Immediate Pot Vegetarian Buffalo Cauliflower Wing Dip

In the event you like this recipe, please make sure to remark and provides it a 5 star ranking beneath. In the event you make it, share it on Instagram and tag me @karalydonrd and I’ll re-share it with my followers! If you wish to save this recipe for later, make sure to pin it on Pinterest!

Don’t miss a recipe! Signal as much as obtain my month-to-month publication with a round-up of recipes from the earlier month and get my FREE information once you join: Rediscover the Pleasure in Consuming: 5 Easy Steps to Cease Stressing Over Meals + Take pleasure in Each Chew.

This recipe was retested, reshot and revamped to convey you essentially the most scrumptious (and most stunning) dish! The unique put up was revealed February 2017.

Print