To make riced cauliflower, you can give it a few quick pulses in a food processor or you can simply use a cheese grater. I use a cheese grater and it comes out perfect every time. Grate the cauliflower while it is still raw.
Check out some of my other favorite low carb cauliflower recipes:
- Buttery Cauliflower Rice Pilaf
- Mediterranean Low Carb “Risotto”
- Mushroom Risotto with Cauliflower Rice
- Roasted Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Puree
- Shrimp Fried Cauliflower “Rice”
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INGREDIENTS
¼ Cup Olive Oil
½ Cup Onion – Diced
2 Tbs. Garlic – Minced
3 Cups Cauliflower – Riced
1 tbsp Cumin
2 tsp. Chili Powder
1 tsp. Garlic Salt
8 oz. Stewed Tomatoes with Mexican Seasoning
1 1/2 Cups Chicken Broth
DIRECTIONS
In a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, add olive oil, onion, and garlic. Sauté for 5 minutes.
To the pan, add riced cauliflower, cumin, chili powder and garlic salt. Stirring constantly, cook 6-8 minutes.
Add chicken broth and stewed tomatoes. Use a rubber spatula to break up the larger chunks of tomato. Reduce heat to low, cover, and allow to simmer 30-40 minutes or until all the liquid has reduced. Stir occasionally.
Prep Time – 15 Minutes
Cook Time – 50 Minutes
Makes Servings: 6
Per Serving:
Calories – 122
Protein – 1.75 g
Carbs – 6 net g
Fat –9.6 g
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mirinblue says
Yum!
Kori Vincent says
That is so funny. I just had a craving for the real spanish rice and gave into it. Then I saw this. Brilliant!!!
Rose1957 says
OH WOW GOOD JOB on your weight loss!!!! CONGRATS! YES I am screaming! lol Hubby and I are also losing. This recipe looks awesome and I will be making it! Thanx for sharing!!!
Kim says
Did you rice/grate the cauli raw or cooked?
Real Food Runner says
This looks delicious!
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RedZinnia says
I made this for dinner tonight and everyone was very happy. You don’t feel deprived on a low carb diet when you get to eat like this!
suzah8611 says
I was just craving my spanish rice for dinner! I add ground beef and cheddar cheese on top and some sour cream YUM!!
Kimberly Cabe says
Can I rice/grate cauliflower ahead of time and freeze it? I’d like to do this in several batches to make for easy dinners on football/cheerleading/gymnastics nights…
Kimberly Cabe says
Can you rice/grate cauliflower ahead of time and freeze? I’d like to do this ahead of time in several batches for football/cheerleading/gymnastics nights…
Renee Campbell says
I just tried this for a second time(delicious again!) and since it takes so long to rice by hand(I have four small kids so often don’t have the time I would like to spend in the kitchen) I decided to try doing it with my food processor. I cut as much of the stem out as I could and then used the grating attachment, and just did it in pulses so it would not end up as mush. It worked beautifully with far less mess:) Just a time saving tip I wanted to share in case anyone else wants to try it:)
Maricruz says
I made this recipe and I felt it was too much cumin. It was good but too much cumin. Then I saw the recipe on another blog and says you add two teaspoons of cumin (not 2 tablespoons) and second I also use the food processor to grate the cauliflower and it was great.
Thank you again for your recipes, I have done several of them. All delicious!
Kyndra Holley says
Maricruz,
I love cumin and that is why I used so much. As far as any other recipe like mine, I cannot speak as this is my own original recipe. I’m so happy that you have tried so many of my recipes now. Thanks!
Justin Sheppsl says
I just made this and it was wonderful…all the liquid never did reduce so i slow drained it off. Thanks
Sharon Worster says
Hello: I’m trying to pin this to Pinterest but I keep getting an invalid URL error. Do you restrict this process? Thank you.
Kyndra Holley says
No access is not restricted. Not sure what the issue is. But, here is the pinterest link – http://pinterest.com/pin/170644273353406893/
Victoria Jayne Haneveer says
I just made this and had it with minute steak. Pretty good but next time I would use less cumin. I added a tsp of oregano too which worked nicely.
Amy says
Both my kids raved about this dish. RAVED! (Ages 11 and 13.)