Simple cauliflower burger recipe with a spicy chickpea coating that’s naturally gluten-free. These meat-free vegan burgers are easy to make, hold together firm and require no shaping. Slices of cauliflower are dipped into a chickpea and cayenne coating to add flavour, protein, texture and crunch. Suitable for gluten-free, grain-free, paleo and vegan diets.

A dairy-free cool ranch dressing is the perfect accompaniment to this burger and is included in the recipe below. This raw ranch dressing is made using cashew nuts with herbs and apple cider vinegar. Full of heart healthy fats and protein

I’ve served the simple cauliflower burger in a seeded gluten-free bun loaded with little gem lettuce, tomatoes, raw ranch, red onion and avocado for the photos.

The gluten free bun was bought from a local shop and was a rice, potato and corn sourdough blend. I have got a recipe for quinoa burger buns if you fancy making your own high protein gluten free bread for a burger.

Also works well loaded with a mixture of tomato puree and apple cider vinegar and slices of pickled gherkins.

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The burger is double baked and might seem like a lot of effort. But it’s really much easier than most other recipes as no steaming, blending or shaping is needed. It also won’t fall to bits when you eat it like many home made vegan burgers do.

Don’t be put off that the total time is over an hour to make the cauliflower burger as most of that is the oven doing the work while you sit back. You can if you like make several of these burgers and freeze some for later. It’s not a recipe that can be done quickly when you are hungry – it’s more of a Sunday afternoon when you’ve got the time and want a healthy burger.

This recipe is a variation on my Gluten-free Cauliflower Wings recipe. If you are not wanting a fully loaded burger then try the simpler recipe. You may want to make the end pieces of the cauliflower into vegan “wings”.

With a whole cauliflower you can get between 4-6 cauliflower burgers before it starts to fall to bits. A standard cauliflower gets 4 slices, a small one gets 2 burgers and a monster one that I get from a Turkish supermarket gets 6 slices! You need to be able to get some of the stems into the cauliflower burger slice for it to stay together.

These simple cauliflower burgers have a great texture that while the won’t fool anyone that they are meat they do a good job at filling the void. Another way to serve this burger is in grilled giant mushrooms with a sprinkle of sesame seeds.

We are often told to avoid white foods like bread and sugar as they contain no nutrition. While cauliflower might be white it still contains just about every vitamin and mineral that we humans need.