Old Bay roasted head of cauliflower and sous vide chicken
Dedicated to my meat-free mates
Although there is chicken in the meal
Old bay roasted head of cauliflower in a casserole served with some leftover sous vide chicken and leafy green vegetables dressed in American mustard, tomato sauce, and mayonnaise.
Okay, so this is not a meat-free meal but it could be. The chicken isn’t essential, but I had it in the refrigerator, and it needed to be eaten.
Cooking in a heavy thick casserole at a relatively moderate heat ensures a nicely cooked head of cauliflower flavoured with some herbs and spices.
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I bought all the ingredients from Coles. Yummy Lummy is not sponsored by anyone.Recipe
Old bay roasted head of cauliflower in a casserole served with some leftover sous vide chicken and leafy green vegetables dressed with American mustard, tomato sauce, and mayonnaise.
- 1 head Cauliflower
- Iodised salt
- Black pepper
- Old Bay seasoning
- Butter
- Dried mixed herbs
- 1 Skinless chicken thigh
- Iodised salt
- 2 leaves Cos lettuce
- 1 leaf Silver beet
- Peanuts
- Pumpkin seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- 1 tsp American mustard
- 1 tsp Mayonnaise
- 1 tsp Tomato sauce
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Remove the leaves from the stem of the cauliflower
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Melt some butter with microwave radiation or in a saucepan with conventional heating methods
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Stir the Old Bay seasoning and dried herbs into the melted butter
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Rub the butter over the head of cauliflower
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Season with iodised salt and black pepper
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Place the head of cauliflower into the casserole and cover with the lid lined with baking paper
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Place the casserole into a pre-heated oven at 180 °C for 75 minutes
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Check that the cauliflower is soft and tender with a skewer
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Place the cauliflower onto a plate and spoon over juices from the casserole
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This is from a piece of chicken I cooked last week
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Season a piece of skinless chicken thigh fillet with iodised salt
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Vacuum seal in a plastic bag
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Cook at 76 °C for 2 hours
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Place the cooked chicken into the refrigerator to chill
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Open the sealed bag
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Pat the chicken meat dry with paper kitchen towel
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Cut the chicken into thin slices
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Cut the cos lettuce leaves into thin shreds
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Cut the silver beet or chard leaves into thin shreds
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Place the lettuce and silver beet leaves into a mixing bowl with some crushed peanuts, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds
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Mix through a teaspoon of mayonnaise, American mustard, and tomato sauce until all the bits of green leaves are coated in the sauces
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Cut a wedge of cauliflower and place on a plate
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Add the salad next to the cauliflower
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Place the slices of chicken on top of the salad
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Shoot a photograph and a short video because Google now wants video on recipe cards.
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Eat the meal.
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Wash the dishes (hint, wash as you cook, it makes life easier).
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Write the recipe.
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Write the blog post.
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Hit publish and hope this blog post gets shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
Recipe Video
Disclaimer
I have no culinary training nor qualifications. This post is not intended to convey any health or medical advice. If you have any health concerns about anything you read, please contact your registered medical practitioner. The quantities are indicative. Feel free to vary the quantities to suit your taste. I deliberately do not calculate energy for dishes. I deliberately default to 500 Calories or 500,000 calories because I do not make these calculations.
Photographs
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Roasted Old Bay cauliflower 
Sliced sous vide chicken thigh 
Cos lettuce and silver beet salad with nuts and seeds dressed with American mustard, mayonnaise, and tomato sauce 
Roasted Old Bay cauliflower in a casserole 
Old Bay cauliflower with sous vide chicken and lettuce silver beet salad 
Avocado, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Fennel, Parsley, Pears, Silver beet, Spring onion
Questions and answers
What are you going to do with the rest of the cauliflower?
I’ll eat it cold for lunches at work. I hope it tastes okay that way. It’s a good thing I didn’t add any garlic. I don’t want my work mates harmed in any way.
Does cos lettuce and silver beet go together?
I know it’s an odd combination but silver beet is rich in iron and I reckon I need more dietary fibre in my bowels.
Does Old Bay seasoning suit an head of cauliflower?
Yes, indeed it does. I remain grateful to my friend Jennie for putting me onto Old Bay seasoning.
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Final thoughts
- Have you ever roasted a head of cauliflower?
- How else do you like to cook a head of cauliflower? I like to make cauliflower soup. Oh my, how it makes me fart.
- Do you like silver beet (aka chard)?
Yum to baked cauliflower Gaz and also yum to that salad.
Thanks Sue, maybe if I took out the chook, it could be something you’d enjoy eating.
Ooh love Old Bay but am finding it hard to use up my canister so I shall try to give this a go! 😀
I was going to use curry powder, but Old Bay seemed to be the best choice.
You will not believe the co-incidence of this, Gaz. I’ve just finished writing up a post for my blog about a cauliflower dish. Oof. Great minds think alike? Yours looks delicious.
Wow, thanks, Emma. I agree, great minds! I look forward to reading your post 😃
Thanks Gary. It was spooky. I finished writing, checked my inbox and notification of your post came in!
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