A delicious side dish is roasted entire cauliflower with parmesan. Before roasting, the cauliflower receives a microwave pre-cook.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 1/2-cup servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (3 pound) cauliflower
- ¼ cup water, or as needed
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F).
- Cut off leaves and bottom core from cauliflower. Place in a shallow microwave-safe baking dish and add about 1-inch water.
- Microwave on high for 8 minutes. Drain.
- Stir together mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, and garlic in a small bowl until combined. Spread all over cauliflower.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tender and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with chives to serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 135 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 7 g |
| Cholesterol | 7 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 138 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 12 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Maybe it’s my oven, but it needed a bit more time, even though I put it under the broiler for 2 minutes. I should have read the reviews before trying. Because I know who I am, I had to add more to the mix: sharp cheddar (yes, I know it was Parm roasted in the title), a good sprinkle of cayenne pepper, mustard powder, and paprika for a bit more color. It was a rather large cauliflower, so I should have upped the mayo as well. If I limit it to parm, it will have to be a helluva lot more than indicated. Again, this is just in my view. I appreciate the recipe.
Yum! I read other comments and opted to add salt, pepper, onion powder as well as some mozzarella with the parm and cooked 40 minutes at 400. We will make it again very soon
Love this! Love that cooking time is cut in half with the microwave hack. I baked at 425° & it had a nice toasted brown. I make it often & any time cauliflower is on sale.
delicious I cut up the cauliflower added Panko bread crumbs on top so its crunchy i put in 1/2 cup parmesan
Even my traditional meat-and-potatoes-loving husband commented more than once on the goodness of this dish. I didn’t see the oven temperature setting, and chose 400 degrees. I baked the dish for 40 minutes, but did not broil as another cook recommended. I’ll try that next time. The only thing I added was some onion salt. I was out of fresh onion. 🙁
I hate to be the guy that leaves a mediocre review, but I just don’t understand the raves. It really _looks_ amazing, but I followed the recipe and used the typical Parmesan that comes in the spaghetti isle, so maybe it would be better with fresh grated, but I think it needs much more oomph. I think it would be a show stopper for a dinner party, but it needs more flavor. Perhaps cheddar? Perhaps high-quality tomato paste/powder? Perhaps lemon juice/zest? As it was, it just was very bland to me.
I was looking for something to make cauliflower a bit more, this is it! I didn’t measure anything, just used what I had remaining from a head of cauliflower and adjusted as I went. I did put the florets in the microwave for a couple of minutes before putting everything in a bowl and coating the florets and roasting on a silicon mat. I’ll make this again and maybe add some cayenne as others have done!
Made to the recipe with the exception of broiling for one minute to get a bit more crisp. This will be added to our dinner rotation. Easy and great taste!
Fabulous recipe! Easy, delicious, and looks wonderful in presentation. I shared the recipe with friends and everyone that tried it, loved it! Making it again today, and will make it often in the future.
Loved it, great recipe I’ve made it several times.
There is another recipe- nearly identical on this site – but calls for mustard. BUT! That one has you boil the cauliflower head (vs microwave) – and I like the microwave step better! Less mess! Had two smaller heads and nuked for 12 min. I was worried I had too much sauce to vegetable ratio but it was perfect. Got nice and brown in the oven and we loved this take on baked cauliflower! Thank you!
added extra garlic, salt and pepper. very tasty. i will make it again.
Fails to show time or temp for oven portion, but works nicely at 375 for 25 minutes.
I had about 1/3 of a head left from soup that I had made. So found this recipe and decided to try it. There was only one thing wrong with it….it wasn’t enough. I had it for breakfast and then was scraping off the bits stuck to the tin foil. LOVE IT! Only thing I did different was sprinkle some cayenne pepper on half. It will be done that way all the time. Half and half. Little ones can’t do spicy at all.
Super yummy. crispy and moist. I quarter the cauliflower for more even cooking, steaming with the stems in the water.
Very easy to make. Big hit with family, gave everyone the recipe. I used shredded parmesan, it’s all I could find. After coating the cauliflower with the mayo parmesan mixture I added the rest of the shredded parmesan all over the top. It baked up beautifully, golden. Waiting for another one to bake right now for New Year’s dinner. Delicious
375 degrees at 20 minutes. If you like cauliflower more firm, do less time in the microwave. I liked this recipe but did add Pablo on top and broiled for a couple minutes. Delicious combination of flavors!
Excellent! My favorite and easiest cauliflower recipe. It’s great as written. I spice it up occasionally by mixing in some cayenne also.
Delicious and easy! Next time I will put less water n the pan & cook less in the microwave as the bottom was overdone.
omg. so good!! looking for something different? try this recipe. it looks nice to serve and tastes even better than it looks. my kids devour it, what kids devour veggies, right?
This went over very well. I added a light coat of panko bread crumbs on top for extra crisp.