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Cauliflower Rice/Cauliflower Couscous

September 28, 2015 by Lisa Le 3 Comments

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Cauliflower Fried Rice | The Viet Vegan

Don’t get me wrong, I love rice. I love white rice like any good Asian, but rice isn’t necessarily the best thing for you when you’re trying to have a more balanced diet. I grew up eating rice every day. Rice with stir fried veggies. Rice with soup. Rice with marinated proteins. Rice with blanched greens. Rice turned into noodles. Rice turned into flour to turn into steamed buns. Despite how starchy and carb-heavy rice is, I’m very surprised that Vietnamese people aren’t more plump because we bloody love rice.

I remember once as a kid, my mom teaching me how to value every grain of rice. To be thankful for the food we have and not to waste it because we are very lucky to have food in abundance at all, let alone enough to waste. It’s very true. I forget what my family had to go through to live here. Escaping Vietnam under communist reign, living in the unfathomable conditions of refugee camps, making the arduous journey to come to Canada back in the day. My family came here with nothing and built a life here so that they could feed a family all the rice they could afford.

Cauliflower Fried RiceWhenever I crave comfort food, I find myself leaning towards rice-based dishes. Clumps of steamed rice accompanied with veggies galore or rice noodles swimming in a clear, flavourful, pho broth. I love visiting my family, sitting down for dinner and feeling united. Each of us with a small bowl of rice in our hand as we dish and dole out the various dishes in the centre. I am lucky to have grown up in a home where my family cooks, eats together, and can laugh and share over bowls of rice.
Cauliflower Fried Rice

Cauliflower Fried Rice
Cauliflower Fried Rice

Don’t get me wrong, rice will always have a special place in my heart, but cauliflower rice is super delicious. I was surprised I liked it so much. A light, fluffy alternative to rice that packs more nutrition, fewer carbohydrates, and texture. Oh the texture! It can be soft and pillowy like rice, or firm with a subtle crunch like barley or farro. It all depends on how long you cook it. You can use it like you would use couscous as well. Again, less carb-heavy than couscous, and just as light and fluffy in texture!

The instructions for preparing the cauliflower rice are below, but if you want the stir-fried rice recipe, visit Produce Made Simple. It’s a super versatile recipe, in which you can swap out any of the veggies for your favourites. Use frozen peas, carrots, green beans—add broccoli or cabbage. Add your favourite proteins: tempeh, edamame, chickpeas, whichever you like. I love classic tofu and peas, but you can be as creative as you like.

Cauliflower Fried Rice
Cauliflower Fried RiceCauliflower Fried Rice Cauliflower fried rice is another recipe I developed for Produce Made Simple. It’s a project from the Ontario Produce Marketing Association that aims to educate people on all things produce. There are selection and storage tips, cooking methods, flavour profiles, nutrition info, and more. Anytime I need to know how to cook something like artichokes, I check out the website because it’s alllll there.Cauliflower Fried Rice | The Viet Vegan

Disclaimer: I developed this recipe to complement the recipe I did for Produce Made Simple. All opinions are my own, I just love working for companies that love fruits and veggies as much as I do =) Thanks for reading and supporting TVV so that I can continue making recipes like these for you folks!

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TCauliflower Rice/Cauliflower Couscous

Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time5 minutes mins
Total Time10 minutes mins
Servings: 8
Author: Lisa Le

Ingredients

  • 1 large head cauliflower

Instructions

  • Remove the cauliflower florets from the middle stem. Cut away the tougher parts stem as they won't break up and be as tender to be the rice.
  • Use a box grater or a food processor to break up the florets into small pieces, slightly smaller than rice. Serve raw like in a grain salad, or cook like rice by sautéing in a little bit of oil and soy sauce or salt, or add taco seasoning to stuff burritos and tacos.

Cauliflower Rice | The Viet Vegan

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Filed Under: Appetizers & Sides, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Lunch, Vegan recipes, Vietnamese Tagged With: cauliflower, couscous, gluten-free, produce made simple, rice, stir fried, vegan

About Lisa Le

Lisa is the thirty-something, nerdy, procrastinating, feminist blogger and photographer behind The Viet Vegan. She loves spicy foods, noodles, and food in bowls.

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  1. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

    September 28, 2015 at 4:34 PM

    I love using cauliflower to make fried rice – I agree, rice is so comforting, so it’s nice to find a super healthy version that’s just as tasty :)

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  2. Donna says

    April 4, 2021 at 11:51 PM

    Thank you! I hope to visit my son for several months who is now living in Vietnam and become client in Vietnamese. I eat a seriously low carb lifestyle now and was concerned about rice being such a ubiquiitous accompaniment to meals. I wondering if it will be possible to request rice cauliflower or to being my own so dr my son has an apartment and aincoud prepare it there. Also, any suggestions for low carb rice noodle substitutes? Thanks

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    • Lisa Le says

      April 8, 2021 at 1:23 PM

      Rice noodles will always be higher carb, but you can substitute shirataki noodles if you can find them.

      Reply

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