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    Published: Jan 3, 2018 · Modified: Aug 6, 2020 by Erika Burt & Danielle Coonerty

    How to Make Cauliflower Rice

    Learn how to make cauliflower rice with this step by step guide. How to make cauliflower rice is part of the Have Butter will travel 'How to' series.
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    Butter Chicken with spinach and cauliflower rice

    Cauliflower rice is a staple for a lot of people living the keto lifestyle. It has become so popular in the last couple years, you can even find it pre-packaged in the vegetable section of the supermarket. We have prepared this step-by-step guide to show you how to make cauliflower rice at home.

    Learn how to make cauliflower rice with this step by step guide. How to make cauliflower rice is part of the Have Butter will travel 'How to' series.

    How to make cauliflower rice

    Cauliflower rice is very easy to make yourself, so save yourself some extra dollars and make your own. All you need is a food processor and a microwave, oh and obviously a cauliflower. Butter chicken and cauliflower rice is a dish we love to serve family and friends when entertaining.

    Try adding some fresh herbs or your favourite spices to your cauliflower rice for some extra flavour. If we are serving it with a curry I love to stir through some fresh coriander (cilantro) once it is cooked. If you are a cauliflower fan check out how to make creamy cauliflower mash here.

    Don’t have a food processor?

    Neither do we! We use our stick blender as it is so versatile and comes with a bowl attachment. The bowl attachment is so handy as it is a mini food processer, without taking up all the cupboard space of a traditional food processor.

    We love our stick blender as you can use it to whizz up your bulletproof coffee and it is much less cleaning up compared to using a blender in my opinion. It is also perfect for making homemade mayonnaise or a quick and easy hollandaise sauce.

    Cauliflower Rice process

    Cauliflower is the new black

    If you are new to eating low carb you will find out pretty quickly that cauliflower is pretty much the darling vegetable around here. It is used in a lot of recipes to substitute for the much missed potato. You will see cauliflower mash, cauliflower ‘fauxtato’ salad, cauliflower hash browns, cauliflower steaks, cauliflower toast and of course cauliflower rice.

    There are a lot of claims that you will not notice the difference between cauliflower hash browns and the original potato version for example. Now I wouldn’t go that far, but it certainly is a good substitute. Remember cauliflower naturally has more water than potato so it is always going to have a slightly different texture, and it also tastes different. So you may need to adjust your expectations sometimes.

    Equipment

    • Food processor (I use the small bowl attachment of my stick blender)
    • Microwave
    Learn how to make cauliflower rice with this step by step guide. How to make cauliflower rice is part of the Have Butter will travel 'How to' series.

    Ingredients for making cauliflower rice

    • Cauliflower
    • Salt, pepper and butter to season (use olive oil or ghee for a dairy free option)

    Serving Suggestions for cauliflower rice

    Substitute this in anywhere you would normally use rice. It’s great to make some to have with indian takeaway or to serve with curries or stir fries.

    We love cauliflower rice on the side of our Zest butter chicken.

    Make Cauliflower Fried Rice. Dan misses fried rice from the local Chinese takeaway and has found this to be a decent substitute.

    You can even make Cauliflower Porridge, who knew!

    Butter Chicken with spinach and cauliflower rice

    Steps for how to make cauliflower rice

    1. Cut the cauliflower into chunks that will fit into your blender bowl
    2. Pulse in blender until texture is like a course grain. We usually would pulse 5-6 times and end up with the texture below
    3. Place blended cauliflower in a microwave safe bowl. Cook on high for 3 minutes and stir. Then microwave in 2 minute increments until cooked. You are looking for the texture to be softened and not crunchy. The amount of time needed in the microwave depends on the amount of cauliflower you are cooking. We used half a small cauliflower and needed to cook it for 6 minutes
    4. Once cooked season with, salt, pepper and butter or ghee to taste

    What do you like to serve with your cauliflower rice? Let us know in the comments below.

    We hope you found this helpful. Check out our other posts in the  ‘How to’  series for more step by step guides.

      Butter Chicken with spinach and cauliflower rice

      How to make Cauliflower Rice

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      Learn how to make cauliflower rice with this step by step guide. How to make cauliflower rice is part of the Have Butter will travel ‘How to’ series.
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      Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
      Cook Time: 6 minutes minutes
      Total Time: 11 minutes minutes
      Course: Side Dish
      Cuisine: Keto, Low Carb
      Servings: 2
      Calories: 75kcal

      Ingredients

      • 200 g cauliflower
      • salt and pepper
      • 1 tbsp butter or ghee

      Instructions

      • Cut the cauliflower into chunks that will fit into your blender bowl
      • Pulse in blender until texture is like a course grain. We usually would pulse 5-6 times and end up with the texture below. make sure you don't overload the blender. Depending on the size of your blender you may need to do a couple of batches
      • Place blended cauliflower in a microwave safe bowl. Cook on high for 3 minutes and stir. Then microwave in 2 minute increments until cooked. You are looking for the texture to be softened and not crunchy. The amount of time needed in the microwave depends on the amount of cauliflower you are cooking. We used half a small cauliflower and needed to cook it for 6 minutes
      • Once cooked season with, salt, pepper and butter or ghee to taste

      Notes

      NOTE: THIS IS BASED ON THE INGREDIENTS WE USED, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE INGREDIENTS USED.

      Nutrition Per Serve

      Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Net Carbs: 2g
      Want more free recipes like this?Check out Have butter will travel for 5 keto family favourites dinners

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      Comments

      1. Gloria says

        May 02, 2020 at 2:24 pm

        Easy peasy! Tasted as I went along rather than waiting until the end. Added garlic and onion powder. Finished with some parsley flakes. Omnivore hubby loved it! Thank you.

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        • havebutterwilltravel says

          May 05, 2020 at 3:11 pm

          Yum. I always love when we make the Husbands happy too

          Reply
      2. Redz says

        August 08, 2019 at 12:59 pm

        I wonder what this tastes like. Can’t wait to try this!

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        • havebutterwilltravel says

          August 10, 2019 at 7:46 am

          It’s one of our favourite sides.

          Reply
      3. RL says

        February 18, 2019 at 10:22 am

        Thanks for introducing me to cauliflower rice. It is delicious.

        Reply
        • havebutterwilltravel says

          February 18, 2019 at 10:23 am

          We recently rediscovered it

          Reply
      4. Cheryl says

        July 10, 2018 at 7:09 pm

        WE all love Cauliflower Rice!
        It is easy to make & incredibly versatile.

        Reply
        • havebutterwilltravel says

          July 11, 2018 at 5:38 am

          It is a great substitute and you are right – so versatile!

          Reply
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