Easy Cauliflower Cheese Buns (2024)

These cauliflower cheese buns are the bee’s knees! Cauliflower lover or not, you are going to love them! These are a delicious hash-brown kind of bun. They are super simple to make and they really taste great.

In This Post You'll Learn:

Why We Love Them

Versatile– a cauliflower bread recipe that can be used in so many ways. Toast them and top them with your favourite breakfast toppings like Guacamole or poached eggs. Shape them into small logs for an easy cauliflower breadsticks.

Low carb and keto friendly– only 2g net carbs per bun. These are very low carb friendly and also gluten free.

Quick & Easy– less than 30 minutes to make who knew it was this easy to make bread from caulilfower.

Related Recipes: Keto Cauliflower Buns / Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

The Ingredients

Scroll to the recipe card for the full list of ingredients to make these delicious low carb cauliflower buns.

Cauliflower – use fresh or frozen cauliflower. I make cauliflower rice in the food processor or Thermomix®. You can also finely chop it or grate it using a box grater.

Bacon – fry until crispy and mix it into the cauliflower mixture. You can leave it if you prefer.

Almond flour and coconut flour – I have used both flours in this recipe. I promise it doesn’t taste coconutty at all. I have not tested with any susbtitutes at this stage.

Ranch Seasoning – it is a favourite of mine but you can add any seasoning you prefer.

Mozzarella – use any shredded cheese you prefer. Add a little parmesan or even a quarter cup of cream cheese or feta for a saltier, cheesier cauliflower bread.

How to Make Them

Step 1. Fry the bacon and add the butter in the last few seconds of frying to melt through the bacon. Rice the cauliflower and combine all the ingredients together in a bowl or food processor. (See recipe card for times and Thermomix steps)

Step 2. Preheat oven to 200℃ fan/220°C static/425°F. Line 2 large baking tray with baking paper. Shape the buns directly onto a lined baking tray using a large egg ring. Season with Everything But The Bagel or salt flakes and pepper. Bake 20 minutes; flipping in the last 5 minutes if cooking time.

Step 3. Remove from the oven when lightly golden. Serve with your favourite toppings.

Step 4. Alternative cooking method. This cauliflower cheese mixture can also be cooked in a mini waffle maker aka chaffle maker too. As you can see mine turned out crispy and perfectwith no added ingredients or oil.

What to Serve with Them?

You can eat these totally on their own, toasted with your favourite toppings, or wrapped around a big juicy Low Carb Burger.

Serve with light salad like our Taboule Salad, Big Mac Salad or Keto Taco Salad.

These are perfect for serving soup. Make them into cauliflower breadsticks or cut them into strips and serve with or or Italian Meatball Soup.

These are also great served with dishes like our Curried Beef Mince, Rougail Sausages, or Savoury Mince to help mop up the sauce.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I freeze them?

Yes, you can.
Store in the fridge for up to 4 days
Freeze in a ziplock bag.
Defrost overnight in the fridge.

Can I make them nut free?

Yes. Add 1-2 extra tablespoons of coconut flour or swap the almond meal for hemp seeds.

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Easy Cauliflower Cheese Buns

Easy Cauliflower Cheese Buns are freakin delicious! Seriously, these buns are like hash browns and cauliflower had babies. They are super easy to make, and they taste unbelievably good!

4.98 from 88 votes!

Prep Time: 15 minutes mins

Equipment

Large Egg Rings

Ingredients

▢ 100 g (3 ½ oz) bacon diced
▢ 60 g (4 tbsp) butter melted
▢ 500 g (5 cups) cauliflower fresh or frozen
▢ 140 g (1 1/2 cups) grated mozzarella
▢ 40 g (5 tbsp) coconut flour
▢ 40 g (⅓ cup) almond flour
▢ 1 tsp (1 tsp) baking powder
▢ 1 tsp (1 tsp) salt flakes
▢ 4 (4) eggs
▢ 2 tsp (2 tsp) Ranch seasoning
▢ optional Everything But The Bagel Seasoning to sprinkle over the top

Instructions

CONVENTIONAL METHOD

Preheat oven to 200℃ fan/220°C static/425°F. Line 2 large baking tray with baking paper
Fry bacon until lightly golden. Add the butter in the last 30 seconds to melt into the bacon.Reserve.
“Rice” cauliflower in a food processor in 2-3 batches.
Mix all ingredients in a large bowl or food processor until combined.
Press into large egg rings (only fill halfway up) to shape the buns on baking tray (you don’t want them too thick as they are very filling). Season with Everything But the Bagel Seasoning, if using.
Bake 20 minutes flipping over in the last 5 minutes of cooking time.

THERMAL METHOD

Preheat oven to 200℃ fan/220°C static/425°F. Line 2 large baking tray with baking paper
Fry bacon until lightly golden. Add the butter in the last 30 seconds to melt into the bacon.Reserve.
Place half the florets into mixer; chop 4 seconds/speed 5. Add remaining cauliflower; chop 4 sec/speed 5.
Add remaining ingredients; mix 15 sec/reverse/speed 3.
Press into large egg rings (only fill halfway up) to shape the buns on baking tray (you don’t want them too thick as they are very filling). Season with Everything But the Bagel Seasoning, if using.
Bake 20 minutes flipping over in the last 5 minutes of cooking time.

Notes

Ingredients

Cauliflower – use fresh or frozen cauliflower. You can swap it with grated pumpkin, sweet potato, or broccoli stem.

Bacon – I use streaky bacon, but you can swap it with leftover Christmas ham, speck, chorizo, or chicken.

Almond flour and coconut flour – almond meal or almond flour either or is fine. Use hemp seeds if you need the buns to be nut-free.

Mozzarella– use any shredded cheese you prefer. Add a little parmesan or even a quarter cup of cream cheese or feta for a saltier, cheesier cauliflower bread.

Cooking Tips

I use a 10 cm / 4 inch egg ring to shape them. You can shape with your hands or make more with a smaller mould.

The buns can be cooked in a pie maker, chaffle maker, waffle iron, air-fryer, baked, or fried in hot oil.

Storage

Store in the fridgefor up to 4 days
Freezein a ziplock bag.
Defrost overnightin the fridge.

Check out more keto cauliflower recipes on the website.

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