I’ll admit it, I’m on a health kick right now and I’m making all kinds of yummy healthy dishes which I’ll share with you. But cauliflower fried rice? Yeah well I’ve brought you before my cheesy cauliflower breadsticks which are unbelievably good, so why not fried rice? It’s really simple to make too, all you need is a food processor to rice your cauliflower, but don’t worry if you don’t have a food processor. You can now find already riced cauliflower in certain grocery stores, bonus! To get those great Indian flavors here I used spices like garam masala, turmeric, cayenne pepper then of course some garlic and ginger. You can find these spices in your regular grocery store in the spice aisle. The chicken is cooked in all these spices and let me tell you, it packs some heat. Use as much cayenne pepper as you want to control the heat. I have to admit my favorite part of this dish are the roasted chickpeas! Before you ask, yes you can use store bought roasted chickpeas, why not? My spices of choice here were cumin, smoked paprika and garlic powder then I lightly seasoned them with some sea salt and ground pepper. These are now my latest favorite snack, so good!
What is Turmeric?
Turmeric is what gives the fish this wonderful yellow color. Turmeric is a very powerful spice and has a long impressive list of uses and benefits. Feel free to add more if you want.
Ingredients
Roasted chickpeas
Chickpeas – 1 entire can, drained and rinsed. Spices – Smoked paprika, cumin, and garlic powder. Seasoning – Salt and pepper.
Fried rice with chicken
Cauliflower – An entire head, broken up into florets. Spices – Cumin, garam masala, ground turmeric, and cayenne pepper. Chicken – Breast, skinless and boneless and cut into 1 inch cubes. Olive oil – We want a nice neutral flavored oil to saute our ingredients in. Aromatics – Fresh ginger and garlic. Veggies – Carrots, corn, and 1 small onion. Herbs – Fresh cilantro, totally optional.
Other additions
Fried rice is such a perfect blank canvas! You can incorporate so many amazing flavors, textures, and ingredients to achieve whatever it is you want to achieve into your little faux dish, so let’s get into it. And of course you can use actual rice if you’d prefer or if you’re not particularly carb conscious.
How to make Indian Cauliflower Fried Rice With Chicken
Cook the dish
How to peel your ginger
If you’re not familiar with this aromatic ingredient, no worries, Jo is here to give you the 411. Take your hunk of ginger and a spoon and use the dull edge of the spoon to shave off the brown outer skin on the ginger. It’s that easy!
Can’t find Garam Masala?
Garam Masala is used in Indian cuisine and it’s a blend of spices such as cloves, peppercorns, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin and bay leaf. If garam masala isn’t available you can substitute it for one part cumin and 1/4 part allspice.
Why cauliflower rice?
The cauliflower rice doesn’t take a long time to cook at all, only about 4 minutes or so. That’s what’s so great about this dish, once you have your chickpeas done, your cauliflower riced, it takes only a few minutes to put it all together, especially if you buy your cauliflower riced already. I hope you give this faux cauliflower fried rice a try, another great way to fool your kids into eating more veggies, while not sacrificing on big and bold flavors.
Crispy chickpeas, your new favorite snack
Chickpeas, especially crisped up in the oven is such a delicious, nutritious little snack! It’s packed full of flavor, fiber, and protein. You will have more chickpeas than needed for this dish, so just store them in an airtight container and snack on them.
Leftovers
Sealed in an airtight container this dish will keep for 3 – 4 days in the fridge once it’s been cooked. You can also freeze this dish, as long as the cauliflower rice is left uncooked. Sealed in an airtight container this dish will freeze for up to 2 months, just be sure to allow it to thaw in the fridge over night before cooking.
More great dishes to try:
Indian Salmon Curry With Saffron Rice Coconut Shrimp Curry Instant Pot Butter Chicken Mulligatawny Soup Tandoori Chicken Naan Bread Coconut Basil Chicken Curry Cauliflower Fried Rice Chicken Fried Rice
