KETO RICED CAULIFLOWER & PORK FRIED CAULIFLOWER RICE
What is your favorite way to eat rice? Plain white or fried with soy sauce? Chinese cooking and a side of rice! Rice is incredibly high in carbs and isn’t nutritious at all…other than to sop up all the wonderful gravy and sauces to any Asian dish. How many times have you eaten at an Asian restaurant and ordered additional sides of rice…overeaten more than one cup of measured rice (equivalent to consuming a few days worth of CARBS in one sitting). You leave feeling bloated and stodgy for hours!
The previous food blogs I’ve posted need a side dish of “RICED CAULIFLOWER” to sop up all the wonderful natural juices and flavors.
KETOGENIC RICED CAULIFLOWER is “faux rice”, or low carbohydrate cauliflower rice. One large head of cauliflower will yield 6-8 cups of cauliflower rice. When making the rice for your family, allow one cup per person as a small side dish. it is a quick and easy way to add an Asian staple on a low carbohydrate diet. Cauliflower is low in carbs, high in fiber, full of Vitamin A, B6 and C. I’ve added several fresh vegetables that add a “crispness” & “color” to the dish. For a hearty one dish meal, add additional vegetables…use your imagination!
The easiest way to chop the cauliflower is to use a food processor (pulse button) or hand grate with a food grater. For a quick alternative, buy a bag of pre-riced cauliflower in the frozen produce section.
Cauliflower has 25 calories per cup vs. 218 calories for a cup of cooked brown rice (carbs: 5 g per cup for cauliflower and 46g for a cup of brown rice).
Cauliflower 1 cup serving: 5.3g carbs, 2.5g fibre, 2.4g sugar, Vit A 0.3%, Vit B6 10%, Vit c 77%, calcium 2.2%, iron 2.4%, magnesium 4%
White rice 1 cup cooked : 53.2g carbs, 0.6g fibre, 0.7g sugar, Vit A 0%, Vit B6 15%, Vit C 0%, calcium 0.6%, iron 15%, magnesium 21%
Brown rice 1 cup cooked : 44.8g carbs, 3.5g fibre, 0.7g sugar, Vit A 0%, Vit B6 15%, Vit C 0%, calcium 2%, iron 4.5%, magnesium 21% (% of your daily requirement)
