Fried Rice How To Prepare

This low-carb cauliflower fried rice tastes just like the real thing! It’s ready in 30 minutes, packed with veggies, a fried egg, and protein, and tastes great served with any of your favorite Asian dishes or just a little soy sauce.

Why You’ll Love This Low-Carb Fried Rice Recipe

It’s delicious and nutritious. Low in carbs and loaded with vegetables, cauliflower rice is a trendy alternative to regular rice and a gourmet food. It’s great on its own or paired with stir-fry recipes (like this teriyaki beef stir-fry).
It’s the perfect quick and easy meal. Thanks to its speed, great flavor, and ability to adapt to whatever we have in our fridge, fried rice is on the menu almost every week around here: homemade fried rice, chicken fried rice, shrimp fried rice, pork fried rice. We love them all.
Cauliflower rice tastes really good. If cauliflower is cooked right, it makes excellent fried rice. If you’ve ever had bad cauliflower rice, I highly recommend trying this one. This cauliflower rice is sticky and fluffy, able to absorb strong Asian flavors, and has a comforting aftertaste (a feat I didn’t think was possible until I tried it myself).

How to make cauliflower rice?

With the help of a food processor, preparing cauliflower rice becomes easy and takes less than 15 minutes to prepare.

Wash and dry the cauliflower head.
Cut it into large pieces.
Grate the pieces using a grater or food processor.

Don’t feel like making your own cauliflower rice? You can buy ready-made cauliflower rice from the supermarket.

Once you have your cauliflower fried rice, you can turn it into cauliflower fried rice!

How to Make the Best Cauliflower Fried Rice

The Ingredients

Cauliflower. The unexpected base for fried rice! Cauliflower magically transforms into rice and absorbs delicious flavors. Bonus: Cauliflower is packed with fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants and is low in carbs.
Eggs. A classic addition to fried rice that helps add protein to the dish.

Make Vegan Fried Rice

You can omit the eggs if you want to make this recipe a vegetarian fried rice with cauliflower.

Toasted sesame oil. Adds a toasty, nutty flavor that gives the fried rice a special kick.
Pineapple. The sweetness of pineapple mixes addictively with the spiciness of Sriracha sauce and salty soy sauce. Plus, it caramelizes in the pan to make something amazing and is high in vitamin C and potassium.
Veggies. I used a combination of bell peppers, carrots, green onions, and soybeans. The bell peppers and carrots add a nice crunch, the green onions add a delicious kick, and the soybeans are the perfect complement, rich in butter and protein.
Soy sauce. Seasons the fried rice and gives it a kick of delicious flavor.
Sriracha sauce. The spicy component of this sweet and spicy fried rice. This dish only has a light kick, but you can add more to level it up.

Substitution Tip

You can also use hot garlic paste (sambal oelek) to add some heat.

The Directions

1.Prepare the cauliflower rice. You can prepare it using a food processor quickly and easily.

2.Mix the eggs. Cook until set.

3.Add the fruits and vegetables and let the pineapple caramelize.

4.Add the rest of the ingredients. Almost there!

5.Add the cauliflower, then the eggs, soy sauce, Sriracha sauce and the remaining sesame oil. Enjoy the flavor!

Dietary Note

Keto Cauliflower Fried Rice. Omit the pineapple and use Sambal Oelek sauce instead of Sriracha sauce.
Whole30 Cauliflower Fried Rice. Omit the soy and replace the coconut acids with soy sauce. (You can also make these substitutions to make cauliflower fried rice.)

Storage Tips

For storage. Refrigerate cauliflower rice in an airtight container to store for up to 3 days.
To reheat. Gently warm leftovers in a skillet on the stove over medium-low heat or in the microwave.
To freeze. Freeze cauliflower rice in an airtight container to store in the freezer for up to 3 months. Let it thaw overnight in the refrigerator before reheating. The texture of the rice will be softer as it thaws.

Meal Prep Tip

Prepare the cauliflower rice up to three days ahead of time and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to finish the recipe. You can also chop the carrots, bell peppers, green onions, and garlic up to one day in advance.

What to serve with cauliflower fried rice?

Salad. Asian cucumber salad and Asian cabbage salad are delicious.
Salmon. Salmon fried rice is delicious! Try it with teriyaki salmon or salmon with soy sauce and ginger.
Tofu. Tofu is delicious with this fried rice. Try air fried tofu or crispy tofu.
Chicken. You can’t go wrong with cauliflower fried rice with delicious sweet and sour chicken, crispy Asian chicken strips, or teriyaki chicken.

Recommended tools to prepare this recipe

Food processor. The easiest way to make cauliflower rice.
Non-stick frying pan. Using a non-stick frying pan makes cleanup easier.
Extra large cutting board. The extra space is perfect for a recipe with lots of vegetables.

Avoid soggy cauliflower rice.

Dry the cauliflower! Yes, this deserves an exclamation point. Thoroughly dry the cauliflower before using it in a recipe, as excess moisture can cause the rice to become mushy.
Use high heat. This allows the cauliflower to heat up quickly before it becomes mushy.
Cook for only 1 to 2 minutes. If left on the heat for too long, the cauliflower rice will steam and become very mushy, giving it a soggy taste.
Add it at the end. Unlike traditional fried rice, you have to fry all the other ingredients first and then add the cauliflower rice at the end so it doesn’t become mushy.

More recipe tips and tricks

Change the style. Depending on the time of year, your preferences, or what’s available in your grocery store, you may want to switch up the vegetables in this recipe. Water chestnuts, mushrooms, onions, eggplant, pak choi, broccoli, and peas would all be delicious options.
Don’t overcook the eggs. This recipe is easy to make. Stop cooking the eggs as soon as they start to set. The residual heat will continue to cook them after they’re removed from the pan and they’ll be added back to the hot pan later along with all the fried rice ingredients.
Be the master of your own flavor. Add soy sauce and hot sauce and top with kimchi; fried rice is a sponge full of flavor, so enjoy!