Liz's Kitchen: Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice recipe

Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice
Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice Photo credit Liz Mantel

For my birthday last year I received a Blackstone and it has been life changing for cooking. Meals that used to take 5 pans and and hour take 10-20 minutes. It's just a bigger cooking surface but it does make all the difference in the world. In my quest to eat healthy I tried to think of something that is full of veggies that still tastes good. I tried my hand a spin on fried rice and it paid off. Now, when you think of cauliflower rice you probably think a watery pile and while that's true, if you cook the rice in a certain way you can't tell the difference. Then it's just picking your favorite veggies and throwing them all together with a delicious sauce! BUT WAIT - if you don't have a Blackstone, no worries! You can still make this delicious meal at home on your stovetop! I hope you enjoy!

Cooking in the Blackstone
Cooking on the Blackstone Photo credit Liz Mantel

Ingredients
1 bag Cauliflower Rice
1/2 onion diced
1/2 cup frozen carrots and peas
4 stalks asparagus peeled, diced
1/4 zucchini diced
1/4 yellow squash diced
1 tsp garlic minced
1 tsp ginger minced
2 chicken breast diced
1/4 cup green onion diced
2 eggs scrambled
1/4 cup Big Tree Farms Teriyaki Sauce

Instructions

Dice all of your ingredients and make sure they’re ready to go. Heat your griddle, cast iron, or pan medium-high heat.

Lightly oil your pan and pour the cauliflower rice into the pan. Salt and pepper and let cook until dry. You want all the moisture to be out of the cauliflower rice to help with the texture. A little browning is ok, but make sure you’re not burning.

Cook your chicken next. Place your diced chicken in a medium-high pan that’s lightly oiled. Salt and pepper your chicken and cook until done — this should go quickly. Once the chicken is cooked pour enough Teryaki sauce to coat the chicken and toss. Set chicken aside.

Next cook your onions, peas, and carrots, and asparagus. (As far as shaving the asparagus, I like to run a peeler along the stalk to get the outer layer off, it makes it less stringy when you eat it). Same deal – lightly oiled, medium-high heated pan. Start with your onions, asparagus and peas, and carrots, then add your garlic and ginger. Cook to your desired texture, some people like their veggies crunchier than others.

Next, add your squash and zucchini to the veggie mixture and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Now you will add everything to one pan, including your green onions and scrambled eggs.  Mix together and add the remaining teriyaki sauce a little at a time while mixing. You don’t want your mixture to be soupy.

Make sure everything is warmed through, dish up, and enjoy!
Note: Use any and all veggies you like or whatever you have on hand! Also, I made this on my Blackstone griddle and was able to cook everything at once. If you need to use multiple pans, that’s fine! You can make this using one pan or three pans, you’ll just need to time it out.

Featured Image Photo Credit: Liz Mantel