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Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice. Soft and fluffy cauliflower rice with a tex mex twist of cilantro and lime.
What is Cauliflower Rice?
If you’re looking for a low carb and low calorie substitute to rice then cauliflower is the way to go!
It’s soft, fluffy and made by pulsing cauliflower in a food processor. Best of all, you can season it to taste like pretty much any other kind of rice. Like Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice!
How to make Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice:
Clean the cauliflower and dry it completely. Then cut it into florets.
The easiest way to get the small “grains” is to use a food processor. Place half of the chopped up cauliflower in the food processor and pulse until just broken up into small bits.
Pour that into a large skillet and then process the remaining cauliflower. Breaking it up like this helps to ensure that all of the cauliflower is getting processed and not turned into mush, or clogging up the processor.
Then heat the rice up in a skillet, just for a few minutes to make it tender.
Toss the rice with some chopped up cilantro and fresh lime juice for seasoning. Or you can use whatever flavoring you prefer.
What to serve alongside the Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice:
Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower
- 1 lime
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Remove the leaves from the cauliflower, and cut the head in half. Remove the cauliflower from the core so you only have the florets. Place half the cauliflower into the processor and process until only small pieces remain. Remove from the processor and place into a pan. Process the remaining cauliflower repeating the steps.
- Mince the garlic and add to the cauliflower in the pan. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. When cauliflower is slightly toasted, and garlic cooked, remove from heat.
- Toss with cilantro and juice from the whole lime.
Equipment
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
For those without a food processor, use a box food grater. Grate in a circular motion. Burn calories while making a healthy dish.
Awesome tip!!! Thanks for adding that 🙂
Simple yet delicious. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for the recipe.
My son’s family is Paleo and I am always looking for something I can fix for them when they visit. With the garlic, lime and cilantro in it how could you go wrong! Thanks for sharing on Showcase Your Talent Thursday.
I gotta try this! Hubby has to cut out the carbs so I’ve been hunting for ways to make our normal carb food without the carbs. And I love Chipotle so much so this has to go on my list of recipes to try. Found you through the Time to Sparkle link party!
Elizabeth @ Real Inspired
Thanks so much for stopping by Elizabeth 🙂 Give this a try! It’s my pure veggie version of Chipotle! Not quite a burrito bowl. But pretty close and A LOT more healthy!
I so agree with you – clean eating always IS beautiful! And delicious! This rice sounds so good!
It is really, really about time that I gave this whole cauli-rice thing a try. What have I been waiting for??
Give it a try!! It really is easy to make and it’s tasty 🙂 let me know what you think!
Serene, someone in my house would flip over this because he loves cauliflower – your photo is fantastic, too! Thank you so much for sharing at Best of the Weekend and will be pinning to our party board. Have a happy Saturday and a wonderful weekend!
Thanks so much Cindy!! Hope you had a great weekend 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you’ve got cooking for this week!
I’ve always wanted to try cauliflower rice! Love the cilantro and lime – I love chipotle so this has my name written all over it!
Just saw this on Link Party Palooza and I instantly pinned this! I am doing a clean eating challenge for 6 weeks, and I just so happen to have all of the ingredients for this! Thanks for sharing!!
-Tara
What a fun side dish, Serene! I’m loving the fact it is made with cauliflower… I really need to make this, pinning and printing. Ready to get out the food processor!
Thanks for stopping by Gloria! And thanks for the add to the Pinterest board too 🙂 Happy Friday and have a great weekend!