Cauliflower is a great low carb rice substitue. Learning how to make cauliflower rice is a great tool to have in your healthy eating tool box because it can be used in so many different ways.
Cauliflower Rice Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower
1 teaspoon of coconut oil
1 tablespoon of water
Salt and pepper to taste
Cauliflower Rice Recipe Preparation
Remove the cauliflower florets from the core and chop into manageable sizes for your food processor or high powered blender. Chop the florets for about 20 seconds or until it takes the shape of grains of rice. Next, you can choose how to cook your cauliflower rice.
For microwave preparation, place the cauliflower rice in a microwave safe bowl along with one tablespoon of water. Microwave for 6-7 minutes until tender as this will steam your cauliflower rice. You may add salt and pepper to taste once done.
For skillet preparation, place a teaspoon of coconut oil into pan on medium-high heat. Add your cauliflower rice to the hot skillet and cook, stirring frequently, for approximately 4-5 minutes or until the majority of the moisture is gone. Pan frying the cauliflower rice will provide a slightly dryer consistency than the microwave version. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Nutritional Information is for 1 serving. This recipe makes 4 servings.
Calories 35.9
Total Fat 0.3 g
Saturated Fat 0.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Total Carbohydrate 7.5 g
Dietary Fiber 3.6 g
Sugars 0.0 g
Protein 2.8 g
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