Dukan Appetizer Contest Co-Winner: Kari’s Tator Tots
Tator Tots
There were two winners this time! These were fabulous and so were the crab cakes–so we have a tie (I’ll post the crab cakes tomorrow)! The only thing wrong with this recipe? If you’re going to take the time to make them, I’d grab 3 heads of cauliflower. I could’ve eaten all of these myself!! Another tip, when straining the water from the cauliflower, I used one of these soup socks. Made it really easy. I put the sock in a large glass and folded over the ends like I was filling a frosting bag. I also didn’t have the yeast so I just left it out! Thanks, Kari, for this wonderful recipe.
Name: Kari
Recipe Name: Dukanized Tator Tots
Original Recipe: I adapted this recipe from one I found on yourlighterside.com which was made from cauliflower and parmesan cheese. I simply made it more dukan friendly.
Dukan-Friendly Recipe:
1 large cauliflower
2 T nutritional yeast
2 T oat bran
1/2 t coarse kosher salt
1 T dried minced onion
2 T grated Parmesan cheese
Remove florets from cauliflower and cook, covered, in microwave for 12 minutes. Pour off water and let stand until cool. Process well in a food processor and the squeeze dry in cheese cloth getting out as much moisture as you can.. Place cauliflower in a bowl, add 1 T of the nutritional yeast, oat bran, salt and minced onion. Combine remaining 1 T of nutritional yeast and Parmesan on a plate. Form cauliflower into 1” balls and drop into mixture. Coat with dry mixture. Form into tot shapes. Place tots on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 Degrees for 15 minutes, carefully turning every 5 minutes. These may be frozen before baking and then baked later. Serve with sugar free ketchup or dipping sauce of your choosing. Recipe contains 2 tolerated items (nutritional yeast and Parmesan cheese).
Baaah, this looks delicious. I like the cauliflower idea!
Wow! I never seem to follow any recipe to a tee,this turned out so good. Hubby ate more than I could serve up at one time. It’s very forgiving for my faults. I threw all ingredients together, added more oat bran if looked watery. baked & voila! a winner!Thank You
just a suggestion. I boiled my cauliflower, drained it, but put it back in the pot on the warm element to dry out. left heat on low if needed. No need to squeeze.
woo hoo, just made these, no nutritional yeast, but added some lean turkey ham ribbons too, absolutely loved them. thanks
yea, they take a bit of work, but are well worth it!!
i like it! i really hated the squeezing step! thanks for the tip!
yea, they are delicious. like i said, i definitely think 2 heads of cauliflower next time!
did you try them yet? they’re phenomenal!