Say goodbye to bland cauliflower recipes and hello to this bright and flavorful dish.
Just Add Hot Sauce's Grilled Cauliflower Steak and Date Chimichurri
Say goodbye to bland cauliflower recipes and hello to this bright and flavorful dish.
Welcome to Put on a Spread, a recipe series that takes you inside the kitchens – and dining rooms – of some of our favorite home cooks. For this instalment, Alex Hill of Just Add Hot Sauce shares her recipe for grilled cauliflower steak and date chimichurri.
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Cauliflower is certainly having its moment in the food world. Whether it's in the form of rice, a pizza base, fried, or in a soup, this humble vegetable's versatility is unparalleled.
Alex Hill celebrates the nutty-flavoured food by grilling the steaks and adding a punchy chimichurri sauce on top. A combination of dates, parsley, cilantro, and jalapeño adds a sweet and sour kick to the vegetable and creates a restaurant-quality dish – from the comfort of your own kitchen.
It's perfect as a starter or a side dish to complement our other delicious recipes.
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Ingredients
For the cauliflower:
- 1 head of cauliflower, split down the middle and sliced through the stalk
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt
- Fresh cracked pepper
For the date chimichurri:
- 1/3 cup parsley, chopped
- 1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
- 6 dates, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeño, serrano pepper or Fresno chilli pepper, finely chopped (seeds removed if you don’t like a lot of spice)
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Kosher salt
- Fresh cracked pepper
Method
For the date chimichurri:
- Finely chop and combine together all ingredients except olive oil.
- Drizzle in the olive oil in to further combine ingredients.
- Taste to adjust the seasoning.
- Note that the chimchurri will taste better the longer it sits.
For the cauliflower:
- Cut the cauliflower through the root so it stays in place into steak pieces.
- Season cauliflower steaks with salt and pepper and brush with extra virgin olive oil.
- On medium-high heat, add extra virgin olive oil to the pan and let it get hot.
- Add the cauliflower steaks to a cast iron pan and grill on each side for about 4-5 minutes.
- Serve hot, topped with a generous amount of chimichurri.
For more from Alex follow her at @justaddhotsauce_
