Paleo Nasi Goreng – Indonesian Fried Cauliflower ‘Rice’

Impressed by Indonesia’s traditional nasi goreng, this paleo fried rice dish makes use of finely diced cauliflower and carrots, prawns and hen flavoured with sambal oelek. It’s low-carb, gluten-free, satiating and really nutritious.

It is a recipe I made some time again however I made a decision to carry it again to the sunshine as a result of it’s actually scrumptious. This paleo fried ‘rice’ is made with cauliflower, hen, shrimp, and scrumptious spices and chilli sauce is impressed by nasi goreng.

What Is Nasi Goreng?

Nasi goreng is Indonesia’s nationwide dish, and for those who’ve been to Bali you’d have tried it on a couple of event (or each single breakfast for me once I go there). In truth, most of you’d’ve tried an identical dish in a single kind or one other, as nasi goreng actually means ‘fried rice’.

I like the warmth from sambal chilli and the sweetness of ketup manis sauce used within the conventional recipe – it flavours the rice superbly. Plus, you get to combine within the runny yolk from the fried egg served on high.

Though I do eat white rice once in a while, I actually needed to make a low-carb, paleo model of this attractive Asian dish. Unsure I can name my recipe nasi goreng because it doesn’t really include the important thing ingredient – rice, or nasi in Indo and Malay. I used finely diced cauliflower and carrots, plus an honest quantity of hen and prawns for protein, and flavoured the dish with sambal oelek sauce.

Cauliflower Rice Nasi Goreng Suggestions

Sambal is made with a lot of purple chillies, garlic, shallots, and lime. There are numerous variations, however you should not have any downside discovering a normal sambal oelek in supermarkets and Asian grocers. You may make your personal and retailer it in a jar within the fridge to make use of in stir-fries and different dishes.

As an alternative of utilizing the tremendous candy ketup manis sauce, which is actually candy soy sauce, I used Tamari wheat-free soy sauce and honey. You should utilize coconut aminos as an alternative of Tamari for a 100% soy-free model.

It took me half-hour to make this dish, however as I’m a little bit of a rocket within the kitchen, permit your self 30 to 40 minutes.

I used hen thighs as a result of I discover the meat is extra tender, however you possibly can simply use hen breast or turkey meat. For a vegetarian model, omit the hen and prawns, and use mushrooms and further greens and tempeh as an alternative.

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