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grilled cauliflower steak on a plate with roasted red pepper sauce
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5 from 2 votes

Easy Cauliflower Steaks with Red Pepper Sauce

Easy roasted red pepper sauce over delicious smoky charred cauliflower steaks for a hearty and delicious low carb vegan meal everyone loves.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Vegan
Cuisine: keto
Keyword: cauliflower, cauliflower steak, red pepper sauce steak, vegan, vegan steak
Servings: 4 cauliflower steaks
Calories: 375kcal
Author: Courtney O'Dell

Ingredients

  • Cauliflower Steaks:
  • 2 heads Cauliflower
  • ¼ cup Olive Oil
  • Juice from 1 Lemon
  • 4 minced cloves Garlic
  • ½ tsp. Salt
  • ½ tsp. Black Pepper
  • Red Pepper Sauce:
  • 2 Red Bell Peppers
  • 2 Roma Tomatoes
  • ½ cup Walnuts
  • ? cup Parsley
  • ¼ cup Olive Oil
  • 1-1.5 Tbsp. Red Wine Vinegar depending on your taste
  • 2 cloves chopped Garlic
  • ½ tsp. Salt
  • ½ tsp. Black Pepper
  • ½ tsp. Paprika preferably Smoked
  • Optional: Red Pepper Flakes

Instructions

  • Rinse the cauliflower and cut off the hard stem at the bottom of the heat, making sure to leave the core intact.
  • Remove any leftover leaves from the stem.
  • Place the cauliflower on your cutting board, cut side down, and make vertical slices into the cauliflower to make “steaks.”
  • You’ll get 3-4 intact steaks from the cauliflower that have the center core and the rest will most likely come apart into large florets.
  • All of these pieces can be grilled, so save anything you think will be large enough to grill.
  • Reserve any remaining small pieces of cauliflower for roasting, crudite, cauliflower rice, etc. 
  • In a bowl, combine the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper.
  • Gently toss the cauliflower steaks/florets in the lemon oil mixture and allow it to marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat your grill to medium high heat.
  • Place your cauliflower steaks/florets onto the grill.
  • Toss the red pepper and tomatoes in any residual marinade and place them on the grill as well.
  • Grill the cauliflower for a minute and flip them over.
  • Repeat this until they begin to soften and are nicely grilled on the outside. 
  • Flip the bell peppers every 1-2 minutes and let them grill on every side.
  • Continue doing this until they begin to char, then remove them from the grill.
  • The roma tomatoes can be grilled for a few minutes on each side and can be taken off once their skin splits. 
  • Allow the peppers to cool and then place them into a bowl of cold water. Remove the seeds from the inside and the charred skin from the outside. Remove the skin and seeds from the tomatoes as well.
  • Place the peppers, tomatoes, walnuts and garlic in a food processor and pulse until chunky.
  • Add the red wine vinegar, parsley, salt, pepper and paprika and pulse while drizzling in the olive oil.
  • Continue pulsing until the sauce reaches the consistency of your liking.
  • Serve your cauliflower with the red pepper sauce and garnish with chopped parsley.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cauliflower steak + 1/4 cup sauce | Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 345mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g