Best Ever Roasted Cauliflower Steaks with Chimichurri Sauce

Oven roasted cauliflower steak is going to be your new favorite vegetarian entrée or side dish, undoubtedly! The flavors in the steak and chimichurri sauce together will blow your mind away!

Why Cauliflower Steak Recipe Works?

Include more vegetables in your diet:  If you are a steak person you would have tried many meat steaks. But have you ever come across a vegetarian steak? Grilled or roasted cauliflower steak to be precise?! If you haven’t it’s time to try it, you will be impressed! It’s all vegetables and is a hearty plant based dish that is great as entrée or side dish but can be served as main if you are looking for clean light meals. I ate it for dinner (I truly didn’t mind it as a meal for my dinner) and it was very satisfying.

Serves great with many different sauces or mash: Serve it with a sauce, like chimichurri sauce which is a classic combination that never fails. But don’t stop there, go ahead and try it with spiced tahini like harissa tahini, or with mashed peas or your own favorite sauce. If you don’t mind extra carbs, serve it with potato mash or sweet potato mash. Or simply with cauliflower mash itself made from crumbly bits of cauliflower after cutting steaks. These steaks are great with anything!

Add any spice or herbs of your choice: Cauliflower is an excellent bland canvas. Fill it up with spices, herbs, oils. Cauliflower absorbs all the wonderful spices and seasoning, and when roasted until golden brown it brings out the sweetness and wonderful taste of cauliflower.  Cauliflower soaks up all the flavors and stays firm after roasting, giving you best vegetarian steak experience. Vegetarians or meat lovers, anybody is sure to love it.

Serve as entrée or even main: Truly you can serve this roasted cauliflower simply as a main dish with gravy or mash or any sauce. It’s great for days when you are longing to eat clean and healthy.The best way to serve these steaks are as sides along with roast chicken or lamb.

No wastage: Don’t worry about crumbly bits of cauliflower when you cut out thick steak from the middle. You won’t be chucking them into the bin. Easiest thing to do it roast all the crumbly bits with same spice blend as steaks, but in different pan as they will brown faster and serve these roasted cauliflower with any meal. Or simply turn the crumbly bits into cauliflower rice to make low carb cauliflower fried rice or make creamy and light cauliflower cheese sauce.

Ingredients Needed

Below are the ingredients you’ll need to make the steaks.

It’s best to use cauliflower heads that weight about 2 pounds each.  Freshest and firm ones.

This recipe uses Cajun seasoning, which can be easily substituted with smoked paprika or cayenne pepper.

How To Cut Cauliflower Steaks?

First remove the green inedible leafy parts from the base of the cauliflower.

Trim off little part of the stem if it’s too long. Make sure you don’t cut too deep. We want to keep the core/stem intact.

Cut cauliflower head right through the middle into half.

Cut and 1 inch thick slice of steak from each half of the cauliflower. The smaller florets will break and fall part, don’t worry about it. I was able to get two or sometimes 3 full sized steaks from one cauliflower hear depending on the size and shape of cauliflower head. You should be able to get 2 hearty steaks atleast from each cauliflower.

Save the crumbly parts of excess florets that can be used in other recipes.

How To Make The Spice Mix?

Spices that goes in this recipe are kosher salt, finely crushed pepper, garlic powder and Cajun seasoning.

Mix together all the spices and use as much or as little you would like.

Note : Cajun spice mix is spicy, use the amount of spice with caution depending on your spice level tolerance.

How To Roast Cauliflower Steaks

Grease your baking tray with oil. Arrange steaks on a baking tray.

Drizzle olive oil over each steak on both sides and rub it very gently all over the surface of the steak.

Sprinkle the seasoning mix (salt, pepper, garlic powder and Cajun seasoning mix) as little or as generously as you like on both sides. Using gentle fingers rub the spice mix all over the steak.

Cover tray tightly with aluminum foil. This will help cook the steaks and soften it too.

In a preheated oven at 500 degree Fahrenheit, roast it for 15 minutes.

Remove foil and continue to roast the steaks for 3 to 5 minutes or until it begins to brown.

Flip it once in between and roast it until golden brown on the other side.

Broil it for a minute to sear it if needed.

Serve it immediately with creamy chimichurri sauce or a mash.

These roasted steaks tend to become softer due to the moisture in it after cooking, so it’s best served immediately, right out of the oven.

How To Make Chimichurri Sauce

We have an amazing recipe for chimichurri sauce. Check it out how simple and easy it is to make.

Cook’s Tip : If you want creamier texture of chimichurri sauce simple pulse the ingredients in a blender for 1 or 2 seconds or more depending on how creamier your sauce needs to be.

You can store chimichurri sauce for 5 to 7 days in an air tight container when refrigerated. For longer storage, freezer it in zip lock bags in freezer and it can last up to 3 months.

What To Do With Crumbly Cauliflower Florets

Don’t worry about crumbly bits of cauliflower when you cut out thick steak from the middle. You won’t be chucking them into the bin. Easiest thing to do it roast all the crumbly bits with same spice blend as steaks, but in different pan as they will brown faster and serve these roasted cauliflower with any meal.

How To Serve Cauliflower Steaks

The best way to serve cauliflower steaks is serve it immediately drizzled with chimichurri sauce as side with roast chicken or lamb.

I don’t mind serving it for my mains. Generous drizzle of chimichurri sauce or mashed peas or with harissa tahini along with good squeeze of lime, it’s hearty and satisfying.

Other Variations

Cauliflower is an excellent blank canvas. It allows you to fill it up with any spices, herbs and oil.

Try and pick some of your suggestions below –

• Salt, pepper, garlic powder and maple syrup.
• Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin powder.
• Salt, turmeric powder, curry powder.
• Salt, pepper, cumin powder, coriander powder and cayenne pepper.

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Best Ever Roasted Cauliflower Steaks with Chimichurri Sauce

Amazing oven roasted cauliflower steak is going to be your new favorite vegetarian entrée or side dish, undoubtedly! The flavors in the steak and chimichurri sauce together will blow your mind away!

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Course: Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 342kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

For Steak:

• 2 or 3 large cauliflower heads
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon Cajun seasoning mix adjust spice mix depending on how spicy you like your steaks to be can be substituted with paprika or cayenne pepper
• 1/3 cup olive oil good quality

For Chimichurri Sauce:

• 1/4 cup Chimichurri sauce

Instructions

How To Cut Steaks –

• First remove the green inedible leafy parts from the base of the cauliflower.
• Trim off little part of the stem if it’s too long. Make sure you don’t cut too deep. We want to keep the core/stem intact.
• Cut cauliflower head right through the middle into half.
• Cut and 1 inch thick slice of steak from each half of the cauliflower. The smaller florets will break and fall part, don’t worry about it. I was able to get two or sometimes 3 full sized steaks from one cauliflower hear depending on the size and shape of cauliflower head. You should be able to get 2 hearty steaks atleast from each cauliflower.
• Save the crumbly parts of excess florets that can be used in other recipes.

How To Roast –

• Drizzle olive oil over each steak on both sides and rub it very gently all over the surface of the steak.
• Sprinkle the seasoning mix (salt, pepper, garlic powder and Cajun seasoning mix) as little or as generously as you like on both sides. Using gentle fingers rub the spice mix all over the steak.
• Cover tray tightly with aluminum foil. This will help cook the steaks and soften it too.
• In a preheated oven at 500 degree Fahrenheit, roast it for 15 minutes.
• Remove foil and continue to roast the steaks for 3 to 5 minutes or until it begins to brown.
• Flip it once in between and roast it until golden brown on the other side.
• Broil it for a minute to sear it if needed.
• Serve it immediately with creamy chimichurri sauce or a mash.
• These roasted steaks tend to become softer due to the moisture in it after cooking, so it’s best served immediately, right out of the oven.

Notes

1. Cut out steaks of same thickness for even roasting.
2. Don’t worry about crumbly bits of cauliflower when you cut out thick steak from the middle.
3. Cajun spice mix is spicy, use the amount of spice with caution depending on your spice level tolerance.
4. If you want creamier texture of chimichurri sauce simple pulse the ingredients in a blender for 1 or 2 seconds or more depending on how creamier your sauce needs to be.

 

 

Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition

Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 798mg | Potassium: 2149mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 123IU | Vitamin C: 346mg | Calcium: 158mg | Iron: 3mg

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