Crock Pot Buffalo Bacon Cauliflower (Low Carb)

Our Crock Pot Bacon Buffalo Cauliflower is a super easy vegetable side dish that packs so much flavor into every bite! 

We love that this crock pot cauliflower casserole is a low-carb party food that makes adding more vegetables to meals easy.

A couple more buffalo flavored party foods you may enjoy are Buffalo Chicken Roll-Ups, Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip, and Buffalo Deviled Eggs.

Crock Pot Buffalo Cauliflower Recipe

We love going to parties and spending time with friends. Cauliflower is a great appetizer, snack or side dish and this slow cooker recipe will amp up the flavor with your meal or at your tailgate!

This Buffalo Bacon Cauliflower if perfect because it can be prepped in 10 minutes and requires very little effort.  Turn the crock pot on low and keep doing the other things on your to-do list while this cooks! 

We began with this delicious Easy Low Carb Cauliflower Casserole in the oven and then converted it to Crock Pot Keto Cauliflower Casserole.  These recipes are some of our most popular recipes on Pinterest, so they are the foundation for this Buffalo Cauliflower!

Another low-carb appetizer that we enjoy is our Salami Roll-Ups.  They pair really well with this buffalo bacon and cauliflower recipe.

Buffalo Sauce or Hot Sauce?

Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Wing Sauce is what we use because there are no carbs, making it an option for keto diets.  The ranch dressing that we use does have 1 gram of carbs per 2 tablespoons, so be sure to check the label on the ranch as different brands vary.

Buffalo Sauce or Hot Sauce both work well. We use what we already have on hand to save money. 

The first time we made this recipe we only used 1/4 cup of Buffalo Sauce and it barely had a buffalo flavor.  One-half cup is the amount that we settled on.

Don’t write buffalo flavors off as hot, there are many ways to vary the levels of heat in this dish. You can always use less sauce in the recipe and have some dipping sauces available. 

How to Make Buffalo Bacon Cauliflower

1. Grease a crock pot or use a non-stick liner.
2. Pour half of cauliflower in a 4.5 quart crock pot.  Layer thin strips of half of the cream cheese evenly over cauliflower.
3. Mix together buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, garlic powder, mozzarella cheese and bacon.
4. Spread half of sauce mixture over cauliflower.
5. Repeat by layering remaining cauliflower, cream cheese and sauce.
6. Cook on low 3.5 to 4.5 hours.  Stir one to two times while cooking.
7. Sprinkle green onions on before serving.
8. Optional – serve with additional dipping sauce, celery and blue cheese.

Recipe Tips and Tricks

• I used a 4.5-quart crock pot and made two layers of cauliflower and toppings
• If using a larger crock pot one layer of cauliflower and topping would work better to prevent the sauces from sticking to the bottom
• Fresh and frozen cauliflower taste the same in this recipe and frozen cauliflower is typically a good bit cheaper, so I prefer frozen
• Slice the cream cheese into thin strips to help spread out the flavor as much as possible throughout the dish
• Precooked and crumbled bacon is very convenient, so it works well for us, a couple strips of bacon could be easily substituted
• Stir at least once during the cooking time to help blend all of the flavors
• If using the keep warm setting at a party stir occasionally to prevent the sides from burning
• Serve with additional dipping sauce, celery and blue cheese if desired

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