Does anybody have tips on how to make cauliflower crispy?
So far I tried making a flour based coating and frying it and I’ve tried frying it for 5 mins before putting it in the oven. Neither option was successful.
This is the way. I’ve had good luck cutting it into small pieces, coating in oil (or ghee), and then air frying until you’ve gotten your preferred level of doneness.
I don't think cauliflower has the sugar or the protein to crisp up on its own with just fire, you would probably need to rely on some form of coating that includes sugar or deep fry it with some batter in which case the textural element would come from the batter and not the cauliflower. Maybe I could offer some more specific advice if I knew what was the context of you making this.
I can't say I've ever tried to crisp it, I have cooked the shit out of it and can't really think it if crisping. Even coming out brown in an oven or a skillet I still don't think I'd say it's ever crispy, you'd have to put something heavier in the breading, I'd try panko?
Maybe try searing it on high heat until it gets brown and crispy-ish on the outside and then put it in the oven? Breading it might be another option, but in both cases you're only going to get it semi-crispy on the outside - I think it has too much water content to crisp all the way through.