JFC Fried Cauliflower is marinated in Popeyes marinade & breaded with JFC ~ Frickin Good Chicken Breading. This recipe is inspired by Colonel Sanders himself. Where the Cauliflower is placed into a wet batter and coated in Seasoned Flour.

These Cauliflower Bites are an excellent side dish or straight up as is for a delicious snack with a dipping sauce. Nice Golden Batter and tender Cauliflower bites.

This recipe uses a JAH Product JFC ~ Frickin Good Chicken Breading

Colonel Sanders Fried Cauliflower Recipe

Wet Batter

• 2 Egg Yolks beaten until fluffy
• Half a cup of Milk
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 C Seasoned Flour below

Seasoned Flour

• Flour 1 1/2 lbs – about 5 1/2 Cups
• 1 1/3 tsp White Pepper
• 1 1/2 tsp MSG
• 5 tsp Salt

Parboil Cauliflower in water with 2 Tbsp Salt and 2 Tbsp Sugar just until fork tender. Dip in batter, roll in flour mixture. Fry in hot deep fat.

The original recipe calls for 3/4 C of Seasoned flour for the marinade, and I am not sure if that is correct. When I made this up myself it seems to be a bit too thick but the ratio of milk and flour at 50:50 seems to be more correct. It should be a thin pancake batter consistency. Adjust if necessary to get a thin pancake batter.

The 1/3 tsp is a measurement used in the old days. I would just round it up to 1/2 tsp, or you can use 1/4 tsp + scant 1/8 tsp.

JFC Cauliflower Bites

This version is slightly different. First, there is no parboiling of the Cauliflower, since these will get deep-fried for about 5 minutes to reach both the right tenderness and browning of the JFC Breading.

These also go into a Popeyes Style Marinade and straight to breading with JFC Breading.

Cauliflower

Chop the Cauliflower into bite-size pieces and wash, straining well, before placing them into the Marinade. Let them marinate in the Popeyes Marinade for 30 minutes or longer. Toss again before breading.

Popeyes Marinade

Colonel Sander’s recipe I believe is the original batter for a Popeyes style chicken. Although, Popeyes adds Hot Sauce and Creole/Cajun Seasonings. But the idea of adding a Seasoned Flour into the Marinade before coating with flour, would seem to originate with Colonel Sanders himself.

This batter is used to stick to the chicken with somewhat of a thick coating before being coated in flour, which creates all those crevices that Popeyes is known for.

I have since come up with my own version of a Popeyes Marinade and use it just the same across many dishes.

Spicy JFC Fried Cauliflower

With the JFC Breading, the Fried Cauliflower is already on the spicy side, due to the breading coating a smaller item.

To add more spice to the Cauliflower Bites, add the desired level of Hot Sauce to the marinade. Additionally, add Cayenne Pepper or Black & White Pepper.

JFC Fried Cauliflower Breading

The Seasoned Flour mix used is JFC Frickin Good Chicken Breading. Since this is coating a smaller food item. The heat really comes through, creating a Cauliflower bite with a very nice heat.

Toss the Cauliflower into the Bowl of Breading while shaking the Bowl to coat the Cauliflower. Shake off any excess flour and place on a tray until the rest of the Cauliflower is breaded.

Cooking JFC Fried Cauliflower

After coating in the wet batter and JFC Breading, deep fry at 350 F only until Golden & Crisp, about 5 minutes. This amount of time is perfect to reach tender Cauliflower with good browning of the breading.

Allow it to cool before serving with your favorite condiment sauce for dipping.