Cauliflower Fried Rice

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Cauliflower Fried Rice is a lower carb, healthier take on the original fried rice recipe that comes together in 10 minutes and tastes amazing! Feel free to use all riced cauliflower or use half brown rice, half cauliflower.

Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice

Cauliflower Fried Rice

Today I’m sharing this amazing and delicious Chicken Cauliflower Fried Rice recipe. Cauliflower rice is just grated or finely chopped cauliflower that looks like rice. You can make it yourself or buy it fresh or frozen. I like buying it frozen and throwing it into different recipes. It’s a nice, healthy staple to have on hand.

For this chicken fried rice recipe, its a nice substitute for rice to reduce the number of carbs and increase the veggie servings. I have made this for a quick lunch or dinner and my husband (and kids!) gobble this up no problem. It’s quite similar to my Original Fried Rice, but with even less guilt because we’re using cauliflower, as well as adding in shredded chicken for some extra protein.

Frozen versus Fresh Cauliflower Rice

I recently started buying cauliflower rice instead of making my own to save time. I have a tendency to choose frozen over fresh cauliflower rice for a few reasons. The main reason being I can store it for quite a while and not have to worry about it going bad. Another reason is its usually cheaper than the fresh! If you can catch the frozen cauli rice on sale, it ends up being cheaper than making it yourself, so be on the lookout for that. Also, I love love love having frozen cauli rice on hand because of how convenient it is to throw dinner together in a snap.

Main Ingredients Needed

Lots of obvious fried rice culprits on this ingredients list! This is basically just like making regular fried rice, but instead of using rice, you substitute the cauliflower rice. See my note below about adding in a little rice with the cauliflower to bulk this recipe up a bit.

  • olive oil-keeps things moving and grooving in the pan.
  • onion + garlic– the most flavorful duo!
  • bacon– I used precooked bacon from Costco to save time (Kirkland Signature Brand) but feel free to use raw bacon and cook it along with the onions and garlic.
  • riced cauliflower– I prefer using frozen cauliflower rice, but fresh is fine too! Use what you have. This is the kind I used for this recipe.
  • frozen mixed vegetables– there’s no way I’m prepping all these veggies fresh, so I use frozen! The Steamfresh Asian Medley is great.
  • shredded chicken– any precooked chicken that you can shred is great! I used rotisserie chicken without the skin.
  • eggs– a classic ingredient for fried rice, cauliflower fried rice included!
  • soy sauce– used for salt, but also gives that darker color!
  • dried ginger– if you have fresh, use fresh, but the dried ginger works just as well.
  • sesame oil– I love love love this ingredient! It’s so darn tasty!
  • green onion– adds a light and fresh onion flavor while also adding color.

Adding in Frozen Rice

Not only is this a super fast recipe, but it’s really quite healthy too (if you overlook all the bacon…haha!) Lots of cauliflower, mixed veggies, eggs and chicken, flavored with ginger, garlic, onion, soy sauce and sesame oil. Learn how to make your own frozen brown rice here.

Fried Cauliflower Rice

How to Make Cauliflower Fried Rice

Yes, this is ready to eat in 30 minutes or less! The precooked bacon, frozen veggies and store bought riced cauliflower makes up a lot of prep time! Here’s how to do it:

  1. Place a large skillet over medium heat and add olive oil. Saute onion and bacon 2 minutes or until onions start becoming tender. Add in garlic and stir until fragrant; about 30 seconds.
  2. Pour in frozen cauliflower rice, frozen mixed vegetables and shredded chicken. Increase heat to high and stir fry until completely warmed through. Reduce heat to medium.
  3. Push rice mixture to one side of the pan and scramble the eggs on the empty side of the pan. Once they are scrambled to your liking, stir into the rice and toss with soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil and green onion. Stir briefly and serve hot.

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4.29 from 7 votes

Cauliflower Fried Rice

Cauliflower Fried Rice is a healthy, clean take on the original fried rice recipe that comes together in 10 minutes and tastes amazing! 
servings 4 servings
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 medium yellow onion finely diced
  • 5 slices pre-cooked bacon preferred brand: Kirkland Signature
  • 1 clove garlic finely minced
  • 8 oz pre-cooked brown rice preferred brand: Uncle Ben’s
  • 10 oz frozen riced cauliflower
  • 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
  • 1 pre-cooked small chicken breast shredded*
  • 2 eggs
  • 3-4 tablespoons soy sauce more or less to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried ginger
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 green onion finely chopped

Instructions

  • Place a large skillet over medium heat and add olive oil. Saute onion and bacon 2 minutes or until onions start becoming tender. Add in garlic and stir until fragrant; about 30 seconds.
  • Pour in brown rice, frozen cauliflower rice, frozen mixed vegetables and shredded chicken. Increase heat to high and stir fry until completely warmed through. Reduce heat to medium.
  • Push rice mixture to one side of the pan and scramble the eggs on the empty side of the pan. Once they are scrambled to your liking, stir into the rice and toss with soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil and green onion. Stir briefly and serve hot.

Notes

*I used a small, precooked chicken breast I had left over in my fridge from a previous meal. Feel free to use rotisserie chicken or pre-cooked chicken from previous recipes. OR, omit all together.

Nutrition

Calories: 430kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 136mg | Sodium: 1080mg | Potassium: 675mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2476IU | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 2mg
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Cauliflower Fried Rice

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  1. Kris

    5 stars
    This was SO DELICIOUS & easy to make!! Instead of bacon I used 5 thin deli slices of ham that I diced into small squares. I sautéed the ham separately & then added to the dish at the end. I also added salt & pepper & a tablespoon more of soy sauce. I also through in chopped cilantro and ate it with siracha. Saving this recipe! Thank you for making it!! 🙂 I will definitely be making again.

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  5. Nina

    I live in Germany, so Wal-Mart isn’t going to work. But thanks for the instructions, sounds like I can easily make my own!

  6. Lindsay

    4 stars
    My husband was impressed and asked if it was “homemade”. Took me a little longer than the 10 min because I never remember to cook my chicken breast’s before hand. Otherwise, it was a hit with my littles, they had no idea there were so many veggies 😉

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  8. Nina

    Can you recommend a way to make cauliflower rice? I don’t think you can buy that ready-made here. Is it better to grate by hand or to use a food processor? I’m worried that it would just turn to mush in a food processor.

    1. Bradford Huntsman

      You can buy it at Wal-Mart, or any grocery store (Jolly Green makes it). But if you want to make it, just cut up your cauliflower and put it in your food processor and pulse until rice sized. Then just stir fry it a little longer so it gets soft like rice.

      1. Nina

        I live in Germany, so Wal-Mart isn’t going to work. But thanks for the instructions, sounds like I can easily make my own!

        (sorry for the duplicate comment)

  9. Linda

    5 stars
    Love, thanks to you I keep rice (brown) in the freezer, just break off (large gallon size ziploc,, flatten out until frozen)as needed.

  10. Ginger

    1 star
    Never mentioned in the ingredients anything about an egg plus this says chicken fried rice but no chicken but says bacon??? Where is the correct recipe ingredients?

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