Try this Easy Fried Cauliflower Rice with Ground Turkey recipe for a quick dinner or use for meal prep throughout the week. Using cauliflower rice keeps it ‘low carb’, ‘paleo’, and ‘gluten-free’.
I love sharing meal prep ideas with you! Especially this time of year when it’s Spring and it seems like there are a million things going on after work and zero time to cook. I have been making a lot more ground turkey recipes recently because they’re just so healthy and this Easy Fried Cauliflower Rice with Ground Turkey is one of my favorites! I make it on the weekend and use the leftovers to meal prep lunches for the week. You could also make it for a quick and easy dinner one night. It literally takes about 15 minutes from start to finish, Yes!
Lets start with the ingredients. I use pre-riced cauliflower rice (I can always find this one in the freezer section at my local grocery store). I choose frozen over making my own because processing the cauliflower makes too much of a mess, and I don’t have time for that. If you want to make your own, by all means go for it!
You will also need ground turkey (you could easily substitute ground chicken), carrots, scallions, edamame or peas, coconut aminos or soy sauce, sesame oil, eggs, garlic, and ginger. If you’re looking to add even more veggies I’ve also added some kale or spinach to the mix a few times.
This recipe uses cauliflower rice to keep it ‘low carb’, it’s also ‘paleo and ‘Whole 30’ friendly swapping out regular white rice. To be honest at first I wasn’t the biggest fan of cauli rice, but it’s defiantly growed on me. Plus in this recipe the sesame oil and soy sauce give it such a great flavor. FYI this recipe was also hubby approved!
To make this Easy Fried Cauliflower Rice with Ground Turkey you cook everything in one pan. Start by cooking the garlic, ginger, and carrots in the sesame oil, then you’ll add in the ground turkey. Once the turkey is almost cooked cooked you’ll add the room temperature cauliflower rice and edamame or peas and cook for 3-5 minutes.
To add the eggs I make little ‘holes’ in the mixture to crack each egg in, then quickly mix it all up as the eggs cook. You’ll then remove the pan from heat and add the additional sesame oil, coconut aminos or soy sauce, and scallions.
Then I suggest avocado, sriracha, sesame seeds, and/or cilantro for toppings. And for meal prep I portion the mixture into four glass containers, these are the ones I own and love.
Easy Fried Cauliflower Rice with Ground Turkey
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- 12 oz bag frozen cauliflower rice
- 1 cup frozen edamame or peas
- 1 pound lean ground turkey or chicken
- 3 whole carrots, cubed
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
- 3 tablespoons sesame oil (divided)
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 6 scallions, chopped
- Bring the frozen cauliflower rice and edamame or peas to room temperature.
- Heat 2 tablespoons sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add carrots, garlic, and ginger. Cook for about 2 minutes then add the ground turkey or chicken and cook for an additional 4-5 minutes chopping the meat up into bite sized pieces.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon sesame oil and add the cauliflower rice and edamame. Cook until the cauliflower is soft.
- Turn the heat down to low and make a hole in the middle then add the beaten eggs and stir until the eggs are cooked, then remove from heat.
- Stir in the coconut aminos and scallions.
- Top with sriracha, avocado, sesame seeds, and/or cilantro.
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Questions of the Day:
What’s your favorite low carb alternative?
Tell me a way you sneak veggies into a meal.
What’s your favorite quick and easy dinner?
Emily @ Pizza & Pull-ups
May 4, 2018 at 11:41 am (5 years ago)Yum! Cauliflower fried rice is part of the regular rotation for us, I love the idea of adding ground turkey.
sweetandstrong
May 8, 2018 at 11:21 am (5 years ago)Yes I love the ground turkey for some extra protein! Hope you’ll give this recipe a try Emily!
Kelli at Hungry Hobby
May 4, 2018 at 4:51 pm (5 years ago)Cauliflower rice is one of my favorites! I really like that you made it into a fried rice, so smart! I would add some extra veggies to it too!
sweetandstrong
May 8, 2018 at 11:22 am (5 years ago)Yes it took me a little while to get used to cauli rice, but now I love it! Definitely got to give this fried rice version a try!
Jenny
May 7, 2018 at 10:32 pm (5 years ago)Made this tonight. So, so delicious! (I give this 5 stars, it would only let me click 4!)
sweetandstrong
May 8, 2018 at 11:23 am (5 years ago)Oh Jenny that makes me so happy! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Thanks always for reading and sharing!
Christie Armstrong
July 10, 2019 at 12:12 am (4 years ago)I used frozen cauliflower rice with carrots, peas and onions with all the listed ingredients. Can’t believe how delicious this was.
sweetandstrong
July 11, 2019 at 1:01 am (4 years ago)Aw this is so good to hear Christie. So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Christie Armstrong
July 10, 2019 at 12:15 am (4 years ago)I used frozen cauliflower rice with peas, carrots and onions. Follows the rest of this recipe and I can’t believe how delicious this was.
Isaiah
July 14, 2019 at 12:59 am (4 years ago)Excellent recipe! Very healthy. My family loved it. Next time im adding shrimp?.
sweetandstrong
August 6, 2019 at 1:18 am (4 years ago)Oh that’s a great idea to try it with shrimp. I’ll have to do that next time 🙂
Yovanka
October 30, 2019 at 3:51 pm (3 years ago)Hi, could you please share nutritional information?
sweetandstrong
November 1, 2019 at 2:00 pm (3 years ago)Unfortunately I don’t have a plugin that does that, I know there are several apps you can use to get nutritional information though.