People may not realize this but traditional fried rice contains an enormous amount of calories from the rice. Fortunately, there’s a low-calorie alternative: cauliflower fried rice. It has only 10-20% as many calories as regular rice.
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Where to buy
Trader Joes
- Riced Cauliflower Stir Fry
- Spicy Mexican Riced Cauliflower (WARNING: it really is spicy!)
Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 packet of riced cauliflower (~450 grams, 60 calories) (Costco sells a big bag of raw, frozen riced cauliflower)
- 1 packet of fried rice seasoning. (I like Indofood Racik Bumbu Spesial Nasi Goreng seasoning paste)
- Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup of water
Instructions
- In a large pan or wok, add the oil and water.
- When pan / wok is hot, put in the frozen riced cauliflower. Cook for 15 minutes.
- Add the fried rice seasoning and mix.
- If necessary, add some soy sauce to taste and mix.
When done, it should look more or less like this.
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For added flavor and protein, add chicken meat and fried veggies like chopped carrots and onion.
If you want to add more flavor to your dish, consider adding
- Puravida flame-grilled fajitas rajas (60 calories / cup, available at Costco)
- Steakeze Sirloin Steak Strips (180 calories per patty, available at Smart n Final)
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To cook, I prefer to use the LAMPCOOK automatic pot stirrer.
- Spray pot bottom and 1″ of the sides from the bottom with oil
- Add 1/4 cup of water to pot
- Add 1 packet of riced cauliflower
- Add 1 cup of frozen, pre-cooked fajitas (it’s a bit spicy)
- Cook on medium heat for 20 minutes while letting the automatic pot stirrer stir for y
- Optionally, fry a patty of steak strips on the side
- When the riced cauliflower is done, optionally add the steak strips or other protein
- Add a sachet of Indofood Racik Bumbu Spesial Nasi Goreng seasoning paste
- Mix thoroughly
- Eat
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Pictured without protein