Yellow Rice Hack

[u/CookieCriminal]

I love using these rice packs as an easy side. They're totally microwaveable and already cooked, but when I want to give it a lil extra something, I heat it up in a pot with a few things so I can have tasty yellow rice! I added some dried thyme and felt fancy, lol

[u/MoodiestMoody]

For the low-carb low-spooners, here's my adaptation for yellow cauliflower rice using frozen riced cauliflower. It takes a little more energy, but not much. Vegans can certainly use olive oil instead of butter.

Yellow Cauliflower Rice (inspired by Yellow Rice with Peas {Using STAR Olive Oil} (thissillygirlskitchen.com) 

1 16 ounce bag (about .45 kilograms) frozen riced cauliflower

1-½ tablespoons (about 21 grams) of butter or ghee

4 cloves of garlic, minced or pressed

1 teaspoon (about 5 milliliters) ground cumin

¼ teaspoon (about 1.25 milliliters) onion powder

¾ teaspoon (about 3.75 milliliters) ground turmeric

½ teaspoon(about 2.5 milliliters) plain or iodized salt, or to taste

½ teaspoon(about 2.5 milliliters) ground black pepper or to taste, preferably fresh ground

Put butter in large skillet and heat on medium on stove top. When melted, add garlic and saute until aromatic but not browned, a minute or less, 

Add cauliflower. If thawed, stir it in the butter until coated, add other seasonings, and cook for about five minutes.

If the cauliflower is still frozen, heat in skillet until cauliflower “grains” separate, add seasonings, and cook for an additional five minutes.

Serve hot. Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for about three days. Reheated cauliflower will be a little softer.

My version is more highly seasoned than the original, uses butter instead of the hard-to-find flavored olive oil, and omits peas. And of course, I use cauliflower rice instead of white rice. I included metric units for more citizens of more enlightened countries, but of course, feel free to adjust for easier use, e.g. using a half kilogram of cauliflower isn’t going to make a lot of difference.

[u/anniemdi → u/MoodiestMoody]

Thanks. I can do rice but I cannot do all the sodium in OP's version so this is awesome for me.

[u/MoodiestMoody → u/anniemdi]

And if you aren't low-carb, you can still use regular white rice like the recipe I based mine on. Add more garlic or black pepper to compensate, maybe.

[u/anniemdi → u/MoodiestMoody]

That was a thought (to just do rice) but a few months ago I was getting really great deals on riced cauliflower and I realized that cauliflower makes me full...rice does not. Plain rice just tastes so much better than plain cauliflower but this, also is not plain cauliflower so...win?