25 Minute Chicken Cauliflower Fried Rice

Cut the carbs and greasy take-out and still get your chicken fried rice fix with this 25-minute chicken cauliflower fried rice recipe.  Cauliflower fried rice is a delicious, easy, and healthy fried rice substitute!

Guys, I’m really excited to share this Chicken Cauliflower Fried Rice recipe with you.  Not only is it a sneaky way to add in more veggies into your diet, but it’s also a great way to, well, eat more fried rice.

Because fried rice is pretty awesome, if you ask me.

While you could make your typical fried rice more healthy just by subbing brown rice for white rice, I like taking it another step further on the wild side and turning cauliflower into rice.

I know, I’m quite wild.  Watch out.

But I adore cauliflower recipes and this cauliflower fried rice recipe is one of my faves. And, since I didn’t want to make just a delicious side dish, I paired the cauliflower fried rice with chicken and ta-dah – chicken stir fry with cauliflower rice.

You have absolutely no reason to wait for cheat days to enjoy chicken fried rice if you combine the chicken with the low carb fried rice because the chicken and cauliflower rice is clean, healthy, low-calorie, and low carb.

Amazeballs!

So, next time you’re thinking about ordering take out fried rice, try this 25-minute chicken cauliflower fried rice and skip all the unnecessary grease, carbs, and money.

HOW TO MAKE CAULIFLOWER FRIED RICE

If you never made cauliflower rice before, you’re probably wondering how the amazing cauliflower can turn into rice? Or how to make cauliflower fried rice. Well, let me start by telling you the process of making cauliflower fried rice involves only 2 simple steps. Woot! You basically break raw cauliflower into tiny, rice-size pieces and then cook them until tender. Here’s how to make cauliflower rice:

1. Grate cauliflower (keep reading for detailed steps about this part);
2. Cook the cauliflower rice into a pan with sesame seed oil over medium-high heat.

How long to cook cauliflower rice – until it’s tender, approximately 5-8 minutes.

What to do with cauliflower rice – try cauliflower rice recipes with chicken like my chicken cauliflower fried rice. I like to add diced chicken and scrambled egg into this chicken cauliflower fried rice recipe, but you can easily just leave those out if you’re looking to keep it vegan or go vegetarian. Both are good, but I prefer mine with the chicken and egg.

There are a few more options you can try if the cauliflower chicken fried rice is not for you or if you have dietary restrictions that prevent from following my recipe as it is right now.

How to make cauliflower fried rice vegan:

If you’d prefer to make this cauliflower fried rice recipe vegan, you’d just need to leave out the chicken and eggs. You can replace with some tofu, if you’d like.

How to make cauliflower fried rice gluten-free or paleo:

If looking to make this cauliflower fried rice recipe gluten-free, you can replace the soy sauce with coconut aminos.  Otherwise, no other substitutions are required!

WHAT IS CAULIFLOWER RICE?

If you’ve never made homemade cauliflower rice before, it’s pretty much a game changer.  It totally mimics the look and feel of white rice, but has so much more fiber and nutrients and fewer carbs, too.

As to whether or not cauliflower is better for you than rice, the short answer is YES.  Cauliflower is basically a powerhouse of goodness.

Cauliflower is loaded with nutrients including:

• fiber;
• vitamins C;
• vitamin K;
• vitamin B6;
• potassium.

Plus cauliflower has 25 calories per cup versus 218 per cup of cooked brown rice. And cauliflower has 5g carbs per cup versus 46g carbs for a cup of brown rice. And that’s brown rice!  Amazing, right?

Calories in cauliflower fried rice? If you make the chicken stir fry with cauliflower rice – only 377 kcal per serving.

HOW TO RICE CAULIFLOWER

To make cauliflower rice, you have a few options, which I’ve listed below:

• Use a kitchen grater and grate the cauliflower by hand into small, rice-size pieces;
• Use a food processor to make quick work of the cauliflower, florets by floret.

The food processor makes quick and easy work of the cauliflower, but it is easier to puree the cauliflower, as compared to using the kitchen grater.  If using a grater, keep the cauliflower whole and grate as you would cheese. If using a processor, break the cauliflower into florets – it may be necessary to do this in 2-3 batches.

HOW TO FREEZE CHICKEN CAULIFLOWER RICE

While making cauliflower rice stir fry is extremely easy to do, you might have extra on your hands and need to freeze it for later.  Fortunately, the low carb cauliflower fried rice freezes very well — just follow these easy steps:

How to freeze cauliflower rice:

1. add the cauliflower rice to a freezer safe bag or storage container;
2. place in the freezer.

If using a bag, I recommend either quart or gallon size and then freezing flat first on a baking sheet so it freezes flat.

To reheat healthy cauliflower rice:

You can cook the cauliflower rice straight from the freezer in a covered fry pan.

1. If you are reheating frozen cauliflower fried rice, just add the entire contents straight from the freezer into a large fry pan, cover, and cook until heated through.
2. Once fully heated through, remove the lid and allow for some of the additional moisture to cook out.

HOW LONG DOES CHICKEN CAULIFLOWER FRIED RICE LAST?

This chicken cauliflower fried rice will last in the fridge for 3-4 days if you store it properly in an airtight container or Ziploc bag.

In the freezer, cauliflower rice, cauliflower fried rice, and chicken cauliflower fried rice last for up to 6 months.

3 MORE HEALTHY CAULIFLOWER RECIPES

Seriously though, let’s take a moment to discuss how crazy awesome cauliflower is. It’s such a sneaky vegetable that can be added to so many recipes. For example, here are some more yummy cauliflower recipes you should try. All of these are great cauliflower recipes that we very much love and have enjoyed a ton of times.

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The Creamy Parmesan Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes have the perfect creamy texture, can be easily adjusted for paleo and vegan diets, and they are easy to make. Get the recipe.

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CAULIFLOWER TORTILLAS (JUST 42 CALORIES!)

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Chicken Cauliflower Fried Rice

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

Cut the carbs and greasy take-out and still get your chicken fried rice fix with this 25 minute chicken cauliflower fried rice recipe.  Cauliflower fried rice is a delicious, easy, and healthy fried rice substitute! 

Categories: 30 Minute Meal, Clean, Healthy, Make It Healthy

Difficulty: Easy

Keyword: cauliflower chicken fried rice, cauliflower rice recipes with chicken, chicken cauliflower fried rice

Servings: 4 meals

Calories: 368 kcal

Author: Lacey Baier

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp sesame oil, divided
• 1 lb chicken breasts, boneless skinless
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 large head cauliflower
• 2 carrots, finely diced
• 1 cup (frozen) edamame
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 5 stalks green onion, sliced
• 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 tsp chili paste
• 2 eggs

Instructions

1. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat and add some sesame oil.

2. Season the boneless, skinless chicken breasts with kosher salt and pepper, then place into the hot oil.
3. Cook for 4-6 minutes per side, turning occasionally, or until the chicken is cooked through.
4. Once it’s cooked through, remove from the pan, dice into bite-size pieces, and set aside.

5. To make the cauliflower rice, grate a head of cauliflower using a kitchen grater (or you can also use a food processor).

6. Once you’ve grated all the cauliflower, add to that same pan, adding a little more sesame oil if needed.

7. Cook the cauliflower rice over med-high heat until tender. Then, remove from the pan and set aside.

8. Add the diced carrots into the empty pan and cook until they’re mostly tender, followed by the low sodium soy sauce, peanut butter, and chili paste and stir to combine.
9. Add the frozen edamame, minced garlic, and sliced green onions, and cook until heated through.
Return the cauliflower rice and diced chicken back to the pan, and stir to incorporate.

10. Push the fried chicken cauliflower rice mixture to one side of the skillet and pour the eggs into the empty side of the pan and then scramble. Once the eggs are mostly scrambled, break up with a spatula and combine with the rice mixture.

11. Serve hot, topped with sliced green onions, if desired.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Nutritional info provided is for 2 cups of the cauliflower rice, which is one meal.

Nutrition Facts

Chicken Cauliflower Fried Rice

Amount Per Serving (1 meal)

Calories 368 Calories from Fat 144

% Daily Value*

Fat 16g25%

Saturated Fat 3g15%

Cholesterol 154mg51%

Sodium 958mg40%

Potassium 1391mg40%

Carbohydrates 20g7%

Fiber 7g28%

Sugar 7g8%

Protein 37g74%

Vitamin A 5250IU105%

Vitamin C 107.3mg130%

Calcium 101mg10%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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