Breaded fried cauliflower

  • Vegetarian
  • Low in lactose

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

Cauliflower breaded and fried until golden; 4 servings without a side dish.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,260 g

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Ingredients

  • 1,000 gCauliflower, raw
  • 100 gWheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
  • 200 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 180 gBread, crumbs, dry, grated, plain
  • 112.5 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 0.5 gSalt, table editorial addition
  • 1,400 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking not counted – removed

Method

  1. Break cauliflower into larger florets. Boil in 1400 g water with 5 g salt for six minutes, drain and let dry.
  2. Prepare three bowls: flour, beaten eggs and breadcrumbs. Coat each floret successively in all three layers.
  3. Heat 225 g oil in a wide pan and fry breaded cauliflower in batches for six to eight minutes on both sides until golden. Drain briefly on a rack and divide into four portions.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,605.5 kcal
Protein
78.7 g
Fat
144.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
257 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
30.8 g
Saturated fatty acids
25.4 g
Sodium
2,099.6 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
5.2 g

Per serving

Energy
651.4 kcal
Protein
19.7 g
Fat
36.2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
64.3 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
7.7 g
Saturated fatty acids
6.4 g
Sodium
524.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.3 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
206.8 kcal
Protein
6.2 g
Fat
11.5 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
20.4 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
2.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
2 g
Sodium
166.6 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.42 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • Some ingredient quantities use documented estimates or household-measure assumptions.
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Gluten, Egg

May contain: Soy, Milk, Sesame

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal