Mexican rice, easy & yummo

I always order this whenever we go out for Mexican food, I just love the flavours. Created for Opti intensive, it’s a good go-to and part of my weekly rotations ! Enjoy ! Great as part of the tex-mex feast !

Mexi Cauli Rice

2015-08-09 03:54:39

Serves 4

Yummy dish, generally in my weekly rotation. Super quick and easy, fresh chopped tomato gives it a nice fresh kick

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Total Time

30 min

Total Time

30 min

Ingredients

1. 1 tablespoon coconut oil
2. 1 cup red onion, small dice
3. 1 teaspoon minced garlic
4. 4 cups (about 1 medium) cauliflower, riced*
5. 1 teaspoon coriander
6. ½ teaspoon cumin
7. 1 teaspoon dried oregano
8. 2 zucchinis diced
9. 2 carrots diced
10. 1 capsicum diced
11. 1 teaspoon salt
12. 1 cup fresh tomatoes, small dice
13. ¼ cup fresh coriander chopped
14. 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (or lemon)

Instructions

1. In a large frypan, over medium heat, sauté onions in oil with a pinch of salt for 8-10 minutes, or until very soft and translucent.
2. Add the dry spices, remaining salt, remaining diced vegetables, garlic (and tomato paste if using) and stir to combine, stirring and cooking another minute. (Add a tablespoon of water if the spices get stuck)
3. Add cauliflower and sauté another 8-10 minutes, or until the cauliflower is soft. Turn off heat and stir in tomatoes, lime juice and coriander.

Notes

1. *How to rice cauliflower: Cut the head in quarters, and then cut out the core. You can then either feed florets through the shredder tube of your food processor, or use a box grater to achieve a rice consistency

Nutritional Panel notes

1. This is a US based scoring system, so notes fibre as a sub category of carbs, so you need to minus fibre to get the total carb count for the Australian & NZ calculation

By Joni Condos

Adapted from Paleo Movement

Adapted from Paleo Movement

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1. 

   Philippa
   October 24, 2015

   Hi, Have you tried freezing this recipe? I was wondering if I could make a batch at the weekend, portion & freeze for during the week or for the next. It looks yum & will try it tonight.
   Thanks
   Philippa

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     Joni Condos
     October 25, 2015

     Definately. All you would expect is for the rice to be a little “mushy” , so I would undercook it and then on reheat it will be perfecto !!! Joni

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   Deb C
   May 24, 2016

   This is delicious!! Thanks for the recipe!!

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     Joni Condos
     May 24, 2016

     Excellent Deb ! Thanks for letting me know 🙂 Joni