This low carb, low-calorie cauliflower will astonish you how much it tastes and transforms into your favorite rice dishes.
I was really shocked by how it absorbed the same flavors in my rice Japanese Steakhouse Rice recipe and the cauliflower Italian Rice recipes just by adding the cauliflower.
No one believed me it wasn't rice!
Riced cauliflower is not only a great substitute, it's simple to make, nutritious and so healthy for you compared to regular grains with much fewer calories.
This vegetable is similar to other cruciferous vegetables packed with antioxidants and is very high in fiber.
If you are trying to find ways to have great tasting food while trimming your weight, I highly recommend starting with these recipes for your meal.
I also love using my mashed potato cauliflower recipe and when in a hurry, even eating it riced with just a quick saute with a little soy sauce on it.
I am sure you will find many ways to use this versatile vegetable riced and have the same experience our family had with being pleasantly surprised how delicious it is.
Here are two great recipes below with how to rice the cauliflower in a step by step detail today.
Scroll down to my printable recipe card and find out how to rice this cauliflower along with two special easy recipes!
Japanese Style Rice
The versions are infinite on what you can add to this cauliflower rice.
We love ours with the addition of freshly minced carrots and a few English fresh peas for color.
The cauliflower tastes exactly like fried rice but so much healthier.
Just follow the recipe instructions and one big tip, taste as you go, if you like the raw cauliflower a little softer, cook it longer.
Riced cauliflower raw cooks so fast so it won't take but 4 to 5 minutes to our taste!
Great for Weight Loss!
First, it is low in calories with only 25 calories per cup, so how great is that for eating just about as much as you want!
Of course, once you start adding some other ingredients, it will make a few more calories but it is still lower in carbs and that's a plus.
Cauliflower also can be substituted for chickpeas when making hummus and has been known to be terrific in making cauliflower steaks (sliced in thick wedges) then just grilled with a drizzle of olive oil, tomato sauce and parmesan cheese on top.
You won't have to give up all the foods you love getting creative with using cauliflower and it's a super simple to make.
Tips:
- Sake will keep up to 1 year opened stored in the refrigerator
- Only use Sake made in Japan
- Rice can be used in place of cauliflower, long-grain cooked is recommended
- This recipe should be made fresh before eating as it cooks quickly and for the best results
- Other vegetables can be added see the addition suggestions
- Cauliflower rice can be stored in the freezer for 1-month blot dry before using
- Do not ever precook cauliflower, this is always to be used raw
Additions Suggestions:
(for meats, cook in another pan with olive oil, salt, pepper, and fresh garlic and stir in after the cauliflower rice is cooked)
- thinly sliced onion
- thinly chopped bok choy or cabbage
- medallion cut sweet potatoes or carrots
- peas
- corn
- mushrooms
- sauteed boneless chicken breast or another boneless cooked meat of choice
- sauteed shrimp or other seafood
Ingredients You Will Need:
for exact measurements scroll down to the printable recipe card
Japanese Steakhouse Cauliflower Rice
- riced cauliflower kept raw not cooked (or use cooked long-grain rice)
- large eggs
- soy sauce
- teriyaki sauce
- peanut or vegetable oil
- sake
- butter
- cloves garlic
- salt
- pepper
- gomasio usually found in the international aisle ( if you can find this just add a teaspoon of honey to the cauliflower or rice it is a combination of sugar, sea salt, seaweed and sesame seeds)
- Optional: carrots, thinly shaved and diced ( you can also add some fresh or frozen peas for color)
Cauliflower Italian Rice
- cauliflower, trimmed and riced
- whole tomatoes squeezed by hand into a large bowl leaving chunks with juice
- tomato sauce
- sliced thin bell or hot peppers
- garlic cloves, minced
- fresh basil leaves
- dried oregano
- salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to taste
- olive oil
- Optional: grated Pecorino Romano Cheese or low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded
Japanese Steakhouse Cauliflower Rice
This is a recipe that is so versatile and you will find at many famous Japanese Steakhouses.
Some of them add vegetables and others leave it plain.
I left it plain with just the egg in it for you to see how easy and simple this is to make.
Carrots, onions, peas can all be added or even sauteed cooked meats, like steak, chicken or shrimp.
Just get creative and make this copycat cauliflower rice recipe like you would order it out in the restaurants you love.
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Easy Meals
There are so many recipes you can substitute cauliflower rice for.
Just give it a try and see how fast and easy this versatile vegetable that so darn healthy for you taste as a substitute for your favorite grains.
It really will amaze your family, friends, and yourself!
Let me know how you like the two recipes I chose for you today in the comments.
How To Make Cauliflower Rice and Recipes
Yield: 4
This is how to make cauliflower rice and two delicious recipes to use it with, One is Cauliflower Italian Rice and the other is Japanese Steakhouse Cauliflower Hibachi Style.
Ingredients:
- Ingredients for Cauliflower Italian Rice
- 1 large head of cauliflower, trimmed and riced
- 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes squeezed by hand into a large bowl leaving chunks with juice
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 cup sliced thin bell or hot peppers
- 3 garlic cloves, minced or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to taste
- olive oil
- Optional: grated Pecorino Romano Cheese or low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded
- Ingredients for Japanese Steakhouse Cauliflower Rice
- 2 cups riced cauliflower kept raw not cooked (or use cooked long-grain rice)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
- 3 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoon sake
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoon gomasio usually found in the international aisle ( if you can find this just add a teaspoon of honey to the cauliflower or rice it is a combination of sugar, sea salt, seaweed and sesame seeds)
- Optional: 3 carrots, thinly shaved and diced ( you can also add some fresh or frozen peas for color) add any cooked meats like boneless chicken, steak, seafood of any kind
Instructions:
- Instructions on How To Make Cauliflower Rice
- There are two techniques for making cauliflower rice.
- You can either use a box grater with the medium-size holes traditionally used for cheese, or a food processor shown with the grater blade to blitz it into small pieces on the pulse speed.
- The cauliflower needs to look like small rice bits
- Blot dry with a paper towel.
- Next, you can simply saute this in a pan with olive oil for around 8 minutes seasoned with salt, pepper, and soy sauce or store it in a tight container for 2 days.
- Cauliflower tends to mold quickly, so I do not recommend saving it and making it ahead of time however it can be done.
- There are two additional recipes below using riced cauliflower.
- Instructions for Cauliflower Italian Rice
- In a medium-sized frying pan, add a few tablespoons of olive oil and saute the garlic, peppers, and cauliflower for around 3 minutes.
- Pour in the juice for the whole tomatoes with chunks, sauce, oregano, salt pepper to taste.
- Simmer until the cauliflower is softened and half the liquid is boiled out.
- Serve with grated cheese or mozzarella on top.
- Instructions for Japanese Steakhouse Cauliflower
- In a large pan over medium heat, add some oil and scramble the eggs.
- When the egg is cooked all the way through adding the raw cauliflower (or cooked rice) with the carrots and garlic saute until the cauliflower is soft around 7 minutes stirring.
- Stir in the teriyaki, soy sauce, and the sake.
- Add the salt and pepper to taste and gomasio or honey.
- Serve with any meal as a side dish or you can add cooked meats of choice to this dish.
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