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Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe

Published: Mar 22, 2018 · Modified: Feb 1, 2023 by Ginny · This post may contain affiliate links.

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This Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe is a quick and healthier take on your favorite reliable takeout dish, vegetable fried rice. And at just 204 calories and 4 Freestyle Points per serving, it makes a perfectly light side dish.This Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe is a quick and healthier take on your favorite reliable takeout dish, vegetable fried rice.Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe

Guys, this cauliflower fried rice recipe tastes just like actual fried rice. I am a rice lover through and through, and can say that this is one healthy swap I don’t mind one bit.

This cauliflower fried rice is ready in under 20 minutes, so it makes a SUPER quick dinner.

🍓 Ingredients

Having some cauliflower fried rice around our house is a must. We use it for so many different meals as a side dish. I hope you get as much use out of this recipe as we do. Let’s discuss some of the ingredients that you’re going to be needing.

Eggs:  we wanted to make our fried rice recipe so similar to regular fried rice that we knew we had to add some eggs to it. Let me tell you the eggs take it from ordinary to extraordinary in a matter of minutes.

Frozen vegetables:   using a combination of frozen peas, carrots, and frozen corn gives this fried rice recipe a look, texture, and feel of typical fried rice. That’s exactly what we were going for, and you’ll be so excited to know this is so much healthier for you than traditional fried rice recipes.

Cauliflower:  obviously, the star of the show is going to be the cauliflower. You will need 5 cups of fresh cauliflower. You can mince it, or you can crumble it depending on what you have available to prepare it. If you want to mince it, you could put it in your food processor for a couple of minutes until it has been minced.

This Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe is a quick and healthier take on your favorite reliable takeout dish, vegetable fried rice.

Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe Tips

  • Make it Gluten Free. To make this cauliflower fried rice recipe gluten free, use a gluten free soy sauce or tamari.
  • Make it Vegan. To make this recipe vegan, skip the eggs. They definitely do add to the flavor of the dish, but it’ll still be a tasty batch of veggie fried rice without it!
This Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe is a quick and healthier take on your favorite reliable takeout dish, vegetable fried rice.

To save some time, instead of ricing the cauliflower myself, I just used minced cauliflower from the produce aisle at the store.

I’ve seen it called a few things…

  • minced cauliflower
  • cauliflower crumbles
  • riced cauliflower

It’s basically all the same thing, so any of these types will work. You just want them to be rice-like in shape. You can also, of course, make your own from fresh cauliflower. I wanted to save some time, so I cheated a bit.

Can I use Frozen Cauliflower Rice?

I’ve seen a ton of cauliflower fried rice recipes using frozen, so yes, you definitely can use frozen. The reason I didn’t is because I think it would probably make the rice a bit soggy, so I prefer to use fresh.

 

Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe

This Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe is a quick and healthier take on your favorite reliable takeout dish, vegetable fried rice.
4.38 from 8 votes
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Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Asian, Vegetarian
Prep Time: 7 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes minutes
Total Time: 18 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 204kcal
Author: Ginny

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggs
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp. Vegetable Oil Divided
  • 1/2 Yellow Onion Diced
  • 1 cup Frozen Peas and Carrots
  • 1/2 Cup Frozen Corn
  • 5 cups Fresh Minced/Crumbled Cauliflower find it pre-packaged in produce section
  • 1 tsp. Sesame Oil
  • 2 Green Onions Chopped

Sauce:

  • 4 tbsp. Soy Sauce Low Sodium
  • 3 Garlic Cloves Minced
  • 2 tsp. Sesame Oil

Instructions

  • Beat two eggs in a medium bowl along with a dash of salt and pepper. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, mix together soy sauce, garlic and 1 tsp. sesame oil, set aside.
  • In a large pan, heat 1/2 tbsp. of vegetable oil over medium high heat. Add onion and frozen vegetables. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Saute for about 5 minutes. 
  • Add remaining vegetable oil to pan and add riced cauliflower and soy sauce mixture. Saute for about 5 to 6 minutes. 
  • Reduce heat to medium heat. Move all ingredients to one side of the pan. Then add 1 tsp. sesame oil to the empty part of the pan, and add eggs to the sesame oil.
    Scramble eggs on one side of the pan for about 3 minutes, then incorporate into the cauliflower rice. Sauté additional 2 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and add green onions. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 947mg | Potassium: 833mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 3505IU | Vitamin C: 104.6mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 2.2mg
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Ginny Collins is a passionate foodie and recipe creator of Savor and Savvy and Kitchenlaughter. Indoors she focuses on easy, quick recipes for busy families and kitchen basics. Outdoors, she focuses on backyard grilling and smoking to bring family and friends together. She is a lifelong learner who is always taking cooking classes on her travels overseas and stateside. Her work has been featured on MSN, Parade, Fox News, Yahoo, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and many local news outlets. She lives in Florida where you will find her outside on the water in her kayak, riding her bike on trails, and planning her next overseas adventure.

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Hi!

Ginny Collins is a passionate foodie and recipe creator of Savor and Savvy and Kitchenlaughter. Indoors she focuses on easy, quick recipes for busy families and kitchen basics. Outdoors, she focuses on backyard grilling and smoking to bring family and friends together. She is a lifelong learner who is always taking cooking classes on her travels overseas and stateside. Her work has been featured on MSN, Parade, Fox News, Yahoo, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and many local news outlets. She lives in Florida where you will find her outside on the water in her kayak, riding her bike on trails, and planning her next overseas adventure.

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  1. Bindi U says

    December 11, 2023 at 1:33 pm

    5 stars
    such a staple!

    Reply
    • Ginny says

      January 16, 2024 at 3:28 pm

      Thank you! We love it!

      Reply
  2. Sandy Rybak says

    May 24, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    I plan on making this recipe for my husband and myself. I just entered all the ingredients into the Weight Watcher recipe builder, to make it easier for tracking …and one serving came up as 2 Freestyle Points. That’s even better … but I wonder why it came out to half the points printed on this recipe.

    Reply
  3. Amanda Finks says

    April 18, 2018 at 3:10 pm

    5 stars
    I love this fried rice recipe using cauliflower! Great texture and flavor!

    Reply
  4. Michelle says

    April 18, 2018 at 2:14 pm

    5 stars
    This is such a gorgeous dish! I love fried rice and can’t wait to try out this healthier cauliflower version!

    Reply
  5. Carolyn Hoyer says

    March 24, 2018 at 6:56 pm

    5 stars
    This was delicious! I used fresh asparagus and mushrooms instead of the other veggies. Loved it!

    Reply
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