Quick & easy cauliflower fried rice with chicken
Quick and easy cauliflower fried rice with chicken is a delicious, colorful and flavorful low-carb dinner that comes together in just 20 minutes!
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 small head of cauliflower
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil, see notes
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 1 ½ cups frozen peas and carrots
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups shredded or diced cooked chicken, see notes
- ¼ cup soy sauce, plus extra for serving (or use tamari or coconut aminos)
Instructions
- Prepare cauliflower rice. Rinse and pay cauliflower dry and cut into large chunks. Add to a food processor, working in 2-3 batches. Pulse until the cauliflower is broken down and resembles rice pieces, about 10-15 pulses. (If you have a chunk that’s left, you can just remove it and add it to the next batch.) Transfer the cauliflower rice to a bowl and continue with the remaining batches.
- Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add onion and sauté for 3-4 minutes, until softened. Add peas and carrots (it’s fine to add them frozen) and garlic. Stir until tender, an additional 2-3 minutes.
- Crack the eggs into the pan and stir until scrambled and mixed with the vegetables.
- Add chicken, cauliflower rice and soy sauce to the pan. Stir until everything is well combined and heated through, about 2-3 more minutes.
- Serve with extra soy sauce if desired.
Notes
Sesame oil is used a lot in Asian cooking and you’ll frequently see it as more of a finishing oil than a cooking oil. I like how it perfumes this dish subtly with the flavors without being too strong. If you don’t have any, don’t worry, you can just sub olive oil or canola oil. Or even butter or coconut oil.
I love how quick and easy the already cooked chicken makes this. You can use leftover baked or grilled chicken or a rotisserie chicken.
Or, if you want to use raw chicken breasts, cook them first. You can dice them up into bite sized pieces and cook them in the pan with some olive oil or sesame oil before you start the fried rice.
If you want to add a little kick to this fried rice, I love adding 1-2 tablespoons of spicy Asian chili garlic sauce. You could also add a couple of teaspoons or sriracha to give it some heat.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 331kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 125mg | Sodium: 1298mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g
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