Carbs don’t make me feel good, so I rarely eat them. Sometimes though when I’ve had a rough day, I just want a bowl of something warm, filling and delicious. A friend of mine recently told me that you can make ‘rice’ out of cauliflower. I was like bitch, please. That’s so not a thing. She dared me to try it. Oh my. It’s quite the life changer. I threw together a quick chicken fried “rice” last night using my new-found knowledge. I think I’m converted.
What You Need
1 head of cauliflower, grated
1 red capsicum, diced
400 grams of chicken breast fillet, diced
1 brown onion, finely chopped
1/2 bunch of basil, finely chopped
4 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 bunch of bok choy, sliced into strips
1 carrot, grated
A splash of oil
Sauce of your choice (I used a Mee Goreng flavoured simmer sauce but you can use anything you like.)
What You Do
1. Heat oil in a frypan. Add onion. Stir fry until brown. Add chicken. Stirfry until sealed. Add basil and garlic. Stir fry until fragrant.
2. Add grated cauliflower. (Seriously you just grate it and it makes magical vegetable rice. It’s weird and awesome.) Stir fry for about 4 minutes until it starts to get a bit crunchy.
3. Add capsicum and carrot. Stir fry for about 2 minutes. Add bok choy. Stir fry until wilted. Add sauce and stir through quickly over heat.
4. Remove from heat and serve.
This is my first attempt at using cauliflower rice and I’m super keen to experiment. I have a feeling I can make a mad Japanese pancake with it…
Have you tried cauliflower rice? Or rather WILL you try cauliflower rice?
18 Comments
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Tonight’s dinner!
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Yay! Let me know how it is! I’m hearing rumors of a cauliflower pizza too. Stay tuned!
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I tried this recently – amazing!! There is also an awesome recipe for a cauliflower and cheese pizza base – your next dare is to try that!!
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Whoa! I have writing date with my carb frigid bestie this weekend. Picnic food sorted.
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mmmm cauliflower
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Such a power food!
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This looks like the bomb. Can’t wait to try it out. I have a paleo friend who’s going to go nuts over this. Om nom nom!
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I know! I’m like seriously annoyed I only discovered this yesterday.
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Oh my gosh! I’m going to try this immediately. Not because I’m not a carb-eater (on the contrary, I flippin’ love my carbs) but because my boyfriend isn’t super into vegies, so I’m always looking for clever ways to sneak them into out meals.
Seriously though, I actually have a tee shirt that says I Heart Carbs. For reals.
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I LOVE carbs. They just don’t love me! Kudos on the sneaky veg. Mr Smags is the same – I just snuck 2 boxes of spinach into our Bolognaise! 🙂
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This looks life changing!!!!!! If only I’d read this before I did our weekly shop, but next week I will be trying this for sure. I am on the no carbs wagon at the moment (with the exception of brown rice once a week) and this looks amazing. I love cauliflower and I love stirfry! I bet this could be great with a curry too!
Please keep your carbless recipe adventures coming <3-
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Thank you sweet pea! I’m going to try a cauliflower pizza on the weekend!
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I am a complete covert for cauliflower as a rice substitute! I do it with all my curries that I make, but have never thought to do it as fried rice! Brilliant 🙂
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I’m looking forward to using it on easy takeout nights when we get curries!
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As an advocate of the Atkins diet, “faux rice” is a staple in my house. We do Mexican with it and even the most difficult to impress end up loving the meals they have in my house!
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