Vegan Buffalo Broccoli Wings are perfect vegan party appetizers. These broccoli wings in spicy buffalo sauce are delicious to another level. And it's vegan, too!! This is an excellent snack for kids as well. My kid's new favorite snacks are buffalo broccoli, buffalo cauliflower, and BBQ cauliflower wings.
Vegan cauliflower wings are a trend these days. I love these cauliflower wings in any sauce. Simple roasted cauliflower also tastes excellent. The same is true of my love for broccoli. I love broccoli, too, a little more than I love cauliflower. I love dark green cruciferous vegetables and green leafy vegetables a lot.
This is one of the healthiest vegetables on this planet. Broccoli belongs to the same cruciferous family as cauliflower and kale. This is equally nutritious. It's good to make our kids eat such healthy foods. But these appetizers are excellent for making your kid eat one great vegetable.
Broccoli
Broccoli is a superfood that is rich in many essential nutrients and micronutrients. This is high in fiber content and vitamin K (115% of RDI), C (135% of RDI), folic acid, and potassium. All vitamins and minerals help to keep us healthy in numerous ways.
Vitamin C is a natural antioxidant that fights free radicals and protects us. This also builds collagen and keeps skin and bone strong. High fiber helps keep the digestive tract healthy and flushes out excess fat. It keeps our hearts healthy, prevents obesity, and reduces blood sugar and cholesterol. There are many more health benefits. Read it here.
Read other broccoli recipes:
- Broccoli tater tots
- Oven-roasted Broccoli
- Broccoli Kale Soup
- Broccoli & Mushroom Soup
- Vegan Broccoli Fritters
- Broccoli Cheddar Soup
What are buffalo broccoli wings?
These are broccoli wings (florets) and are an alternative to meaty chicken wings. To make the classic unbreaded chicken wings (buffalo wings) a vegetarian and meatless version, vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli, or seitan are used. The florets are fried or baked (for healthier buffalo wings) or air-fried. These are spiced with buffalo sauce.
What is buffalo sauce?
This is a tangy vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce. The fried wings are dipped in buffalo sauce before serving. However, all buffalo sauces available in the market are not vegan as they have melted butter. So make sure to check the label or make your homemade buffalo sauce.
Are these broccoli wings gluten-free also?
However, these broccoli wings are not gluten-free since they are breaded with panko breadcrumbs. Otherwise, I have made the batter with gluten-free chickpea flour. So, if you are looking for gluten-free broccoli wings, omit the breadcrumbs from the recipe. You can also use gluten-free crumbs.
How to Make Buffalo Broccoli Wings?
Ingredients You'll Need:-
Broccoli Head: Take a large head of broccoli. Cut into bite-sized florets. Don't discard all stalks of florets.
Flour: If you are not resistant to gluten, combine refined flour + corn starch (this will make the crispier wings). Another alternative is a mixture of rice flour and corn starch for the gluten-free batter. However, I have taken chickpea flour for gluten-free.
Unsweetened almond milk
Bread Crumbs:ย Panko bread crumbs add an extra crunch to the wings. You can also take regular bread crumbs. Skip bread crumbs for gluten-free.
Buffalo Sauce: Make your buffalo sauce with hot sauce, vinegar, maple syrup, salt, garlic powder, and olive oil (or vegan butter).
Instructions:
Make the batter: Make a batter of coating consistency with flour, salt, pepper, hot sauce, onion powder, and garlic powder. Keep the consistency medium so that florets will be coated well, and the excess batter should drip off after coating. Also, use non-dairy milk to make the batter.
Coat with bread crumbs: Take a generous amount of bread crumbs on a plate. Season it with salt and pepper. Dip the florets in the batter and roll it on breadcrumbs. Repeat for all.
Bake or Panfry: For baking, preheat the oven at 200 degrees C (400 - 425 degrees F). Transfer the coated broccoli wings to a baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes, flipping the broccoli at 10 minutes. For pan-frying, heat oil and shallow fry each side till it's golden and crispy. Flip to all sides so that it's equally cooked. Once cooked, remove the oil and keep it on a paper napkin to drain excess oil.
Prepare Homemade Buffalo Sauce:ย In the meantime, prepare buffalo sauce by adding hot sauce, maple syrup, vinegar, olive oil (or vegan butter), salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Coat with buffalo sauce: Pour the buffalo sauce on fried/ baked wings.
Bake: Bake for another 5 minutes. Or you can serve them without baking, i.e., coat them with buffalo sauce and serve. Here, I have baked them.
Air Fry: You can air fry the broccoli florets too. Preheat the air fryer to 375F (180C) for 4 minutes. Place the coated broccoli in the basket and start the air fryer at 375 F for 6 minutes. After that, remove the basket and brush the buffalo sauce on the florets. Fry for another 3 - 4 minutes more at the same temperature. If you want more crispy, you can bake it at 400 F for 2 minutes or until it looks perfect. Also, every air fryer cooks differently.
Read my air fryer broccoli here.
Recipe Card for Vegan Buffalo Broccoli Wings
Vegan Buffalo Broccoli Wings
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Air Fryer (Optional)
Ingredients
- 6 cups broccoli florets (2 medium heads)
For Batter
- 1 cup gram flour or all-purpose flour + cornstarch
- salt to taste
- ยฝ tsp black pepper
- ยฝ - ยพ cup almond milk as required to make smooth batter
- 1 tsp hot sauce optional for extra hot
For Coating
- 1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch cyanne pepper
Buffalo Sauce
- 1 cup hot sauce
- 1 tsp whilte vinegar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup to balance the hot sauce
- ยฝ tsp salt (to taste)
- ยฝ tsp pepper (to taste)
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp olive oil or vegan butter or coconut oil
Instructions
Make the batter:
- In a large mixing bowl add flour, salt, pepper, hot sauce, onion powder, garlic powder.
- Add non-dairy (unsweetened) milk to make the batter.
- Keep this coating consistency so that florets will be coated well and extra batter drips off.
Coat with bread crumbs:
- On a plate take a generous amount of bread crumbs.
- Season it with salt and pepper.
- Dip the florets in the batter and roll it on breadcrumbs.
- Repeat for all.
Method 1 - Bake:
- Preheat oven at 200 degrees.
- Transfer the coated broccoli wings to a baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes, flipping in between (at around 10 minutes).
Method 2 - Pan-frying:
- For pan-frying, just heat oil and shallow fry each side till it's golden and crispy (on medium to high flame).
- Flip to all sides so that it's equally cooked.
- Once cooked take out from oil and keep on a paper napkin to drain out excess oil.
Prepare Buffalo Sauce:
- Prepare buffalo sauce by adding hot sauce, maple syrup, vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder.
- If using vegan butter or coconut oil, then bring it to a boil. Cool and store for future use.
Coat with buffalo sauce:
- Now pour in the buffalo sauce on fried/ baked wings.
Bake:
- For crispy buffalo wings, bake for another 5 minutes at 200-degree centigrade.
Method - 3 - Air Fry
- Preheat the air fryer at 375F (180C) for 4 minutes.
- Place the coated broccoli in the basket and start the air fryer at 375 F for 5 - 6 minutes.
- After that remove the basket and brush the buffalo sauce on the florets.
- Fry for another 4 minutes at the same temperature.
- If you want more crispy, add 2 minutes at 400F.
- Keep a check on broccoli after 3 minutes as af cooks broccoli quickly. Also, every air fryer cooks differently. Change your timing accordingly.
Serve
- Serve with vegan ranch or any dip of your choice
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