One-Pan Cauliflower Nachos
Published 4/3/2019 โข Updated 7/5/2023
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Ditch the chips and lighten up your nachos with roasted cauliflower! Top them with all of your favorite things like beans, rotisserie chicken, pico de gallo, and avocado! These cauliflower nachos make a great appetizer or casual weeknight dinner!
Mix it up with Cauliflower Nachos
Is it just me or are vegetables becoming more and more popular? Even those people who say their not vegetable people seem to coming around to the idea the veggies are pretty OK. Why? Because we are getting creative with how we prepare and season veggies! These cauliflower nachos are a perfect example of an out-of-the-box vegetable recipe. I make these cauliflower nachos as a fun appetizer if guests are coming over or they make a great weekday dinner that your whole household will love. Before we break down the deliciousness of these nachos, let’s talk cauliflower.Here’s the Down Low on Cauliflower
What temperature do you roast cauliflower at? What temperature you roast cauliflower at depends on what you are preparing. If you are making these cauliflower nachos or roasted cauliflower, the roast temperature is 400ºF. What is cauliflower good for the body? Yes, cauliflower is packed with vitamins and minerals. Cauliflower is a cruciferous vegetable and is high in vitamin B and fiber! Is cauliflower a carb? Yes! In fact, cauliflower is a great vegetable to add to your diet if you are trying to eat low carb. You can replace cauliflower products for high carb products like pasta or rice! Check out the list of fun and delicious cauliflower products below!- Cauliflower Rice
- Cauliflower Gnocchi
- Cauliflower Pizza Crust
- Cauliflower Crackers
- Cauliflower Tortillas
How to Make Cauliflower Nachos
Typically, to roast cauliflower, you cut of the cauliflower stalk and then chop the cauliflower florets into small pieces. Today we are slicing the whole cauliflower into cauliflower steak pieces. It doesn’t matter what size cauliflower you use, take your pick! Let’s dive a little deeper into each layer of these cauliflower nachos.It’s all about the cauliflower
After slicing the cauliflower into large steak pieces, we seasoned these bad boys with mostly salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Don’t forget about the cumin and a little bit of chili powder for some heat! Slather them in some olive oil and pop them in the oven at 400ºF for about 25 minutes. BOOM, you got your base.Don’t Forget the Toppings
Nacho toppings are the fun part of nacho night at our house! For these cauliflower nachos, we went with rotisserie chicken, cheddar cheese, pinto beans, avocado, jalapeno, pico de gallo, and some red onion. We roasted these cauliflower nachos with the chicken, cheese, and beans. After baking them in the oven, we added the avocado, jalapeno, pico de gallo, and red onion after the baking! You can totally make these amazing cauliflower nachos your own by adding your personal favorite toppings such as:- Instant Pot Carnitas
- Black Beans
- Classic Guacamole
- Fajita Seasoning and Fajita veggies
- Ground beef
Healthy Cauliflower Recipes
- Buffalo Cauliflower Wings
- Amazing Recipes with Cauliflower
- Golden Roasted Cauleflower and Quinoa Salad
One-Pan Cauliflower Nachos
Ingredients
For the Roasted Cauliflower
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the Toppings
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup rotisserie chicken, or 1 large chicken breast
- 1/2 cup pinto beans, canned
- 1/4 cup red onion, finely diced
- 1 jalapeno, sliced
- fresh cilantro, to taste
- pico de gallo
- special sauce:, 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt + 2 tablespoons Frank’s Red Hot
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400ºF and rub a baking sheet with olive oil. Prep cauliflower by cutting the head into fourths. Then, slice into chip-like thin pieces. Place on pan.
- Drizzle cauliflower with a generous amount of olive oil and then season with garlic powder, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper.
- Bake at 400ºF for 25 minutes.
- Remove cauliflower and then flip. Add cheddar cheese, rotisserie chicken, pinto beans, red onion, jalapeno, and fresh cilantro.
- Bake again for 5-10 minutes.
- Serve with fresh pico de gallo and special sauce!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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These look delicious! I love anything with cauliflower!
omg i am soooo soo into this idea Lee. I love a good plate of nachos and would love to make them healthier. This would add on a bit extra time than opening a bag of chips, but totally worth it. can’t wait to try these out soon!!
YES. Even though I LOVE chips.
What a fabulous new way to use cauliflower! I have been using potato and sweet potato skins for my nachos lately, but this is another simple and lower carb alternative. Thanks for sharing
LOVE the sweet potato skins idea!
Love, love, LOVE this idea! Nachos are my fave and, let’s be real, so is roasted cauliflower! Can’t wait to give this one a shot.
These look great! I went to a vegan Cuban restaurant in Philly recently that had buffalo cauliflower tacos and they were amaze balls โบ๏ธ
GENIUS. Yum, Cuban.
LOVE this idea and wonder why I haven’t tried this before! I eat so much cauliflower during the colder months. So versatile and so many delicious ways to eat it. Thanks for sharing! XOXO
ME TOOOOO. I go months without eating it and then winter hits and BAM I eat so much of it.
Oh my GAWWWWD I could eat roasted cauliflower by the bucket so these “nachos” are perfect for me!!! Don’t get me wrong, I love my normal nachos but these look too good to be true!
SERIOUSLY IT’S SO GOOD.
Like seriously, who needs the extra carbs from the chips when you can have glorious roasted cauliflower? This is GENIUS!
LOL ๐
THIS. IS. AMAZING.
THANK. YOU.
I LOVE roasted cauliflower! And this looks so appetizing, kind of like a healthy junk food with all those toppings piled on top ๐