Asian Cauliflower Fried Rice. Cauliflower "Fried Rice" which replaces rice with cauliflower is my favorite low-carb side dish when I'm craving Chinese take-out! So I decided to play around with that recipe and make this Asian version to go with the Orange Chicken I posted yesterday, and my husband (who detests cauliflower). To make my cauliflower fried rice more "Asian," I added bacon, scrambled eggs, minced ginger, sliced green onions, chopped cilantro, fish sauce, and coconut aminos.
Adopting a Paleo lifestyle doesn't mean that fried rice is forever off the menu.
You just have to get creative.
First, pulse the cauliflower in a food processor until the pieces are the size of rice and chop the rest of the ingredients.
You can have Asian Cauliflower Fried Rice using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Asian Cauliflower Fried Rice
- It's 1 of large head of cauliflower.
- You need 2 tablespoon of oil.
- It's 1 tablespoon of butter.
- You need 3 of large eggs, beaten.
- Prepare 2 clove of garlic, minced.
- Prepare 2 of carrot, diced.
- You need 1/2 of cip feozen peas, defrosted.
- Prepare 2 tablespoon of soy sauce.
- It's 1 teaspoon of sesame oil.
- It's 2 of spring onions thinly sliced.
Whisk the two eggs in a small bowl with some salt and pepper to taste. Fried rice is practically a staple in Asian cuisine, and some of us choose to stay away because of the calorie content in traditional fried rice recipes. All that's changed since the introduction of healthy cauliflower rice! Have you tried cauliflower fried rice yet?
Asian Cauliflower Fried Rice instructions
- Remove the core and let the cauliflower dry completely. Coarsely chop into florets, then place half of the cauliflower in a food processor and pulse until the cauliflower is small and has the texture of rice or couscous (don't over process or it will get mushy). Set aside and repeat with the remaining cauliflower..
- In a small bowl and beat the eggs with a fork. Season with salt. Heat a wok medium heat, add oil and poring eggs and cook, turning a few times until set like scramble eggs, set aside..
- Heat a wok over medium-high heat. Once hot, add butter and oil and the minced garlic and stir-fry for 30 seconds, until fragrant but not browned. Add the carrots and cook for 2 minutes, until tender. Add the peas and cook for 1 minute. Add the cauliflower, and stir to combine..
- Spread the cauliflower mixture out evenly in the wok so that it has more area to fry, allow to cook without stirring for about 2 minutes. Mix the rice and stir-fry until the cauliflower rice is tender. Add the scramble eggs into the rice and mix well until combine. Add soy sauce and sesame oil, and the spring onions stirring again until combine well..
- Taste the rice and add more soy sauce, salt, and pepper as needed. Serve with any dish you like..
Traditional Chinese fried rice is basically a dish made from leftovers you have rotting in your fridge, which makes dinner prep a breeze. How to rice cauliflower for cauliflower rice? Ricing cauliflower or making 'cauliflower rice' is super simple. Serve this low carb Asian cauliflower rice immediately, topped with green onions and sesame seeds. Learn to cook Caulflower fried Rice - Ketogenic Diet Asian Recipe for Keto Meal, keto recipes and meals plan.
