This breakfast fried cauliflower rice is savory, filling, and ridiculously tasty! It’s packed with veggies, bacon, seasoned just right, and topped with perfectly cooked eggs. This breakfast anytime meal is also Paleo, Whole30, low carb and keto friendly!
Can you tell I’m on a cauli rice kick? I’m just making up for lost time by cooking all the fried cauliflower rice combos that I should’ve been making for years!
Next stop? Breakfast, of course! Hey, we do sweet potato breakfast hashes all the time and now it’s time to invite cauliflower to the par-tay.
What makes cauliflower rice so ideal for breakfast (in my opinion) is how quickly it cooks!
No waking up early the way I need to for sweet potatoes – those extra 5 minutes actually go a long way – and make me respect cauli rice that much more.
What You Need to Make This Breakfast Cauliflower Rice
For those of you wanting to eat fewer carbs, of course a breakfast like this one is flip-tastically perfect.
We have tons of veggies (I went with broccoli and peppers), bacon (because I said breakfast, okay?) a choice of breakfast seasoning blends, perfectly cooked eggs, and green onions to top it all off.
We wind up with a breakfast packed with flavor, protein, good fats, and fun, of course.
Here’s everything you’ll need to prepare this breakfast cauliflower rice:
- nitrate free bacon
- scallions
- red bell pepper
- broccoli florets
- riced cauliflower, fresh or frozen
- coconut aminos
- Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- eggs
- Everything bagel seasoning, or your favorite breakfast seasoning
How to Make This Breakfast Cauliflower Fried Rice
Heat a 10” skillet over medium high heat. Add the bacon pieces and cook until crisp. Once done, remove to a paper towel lined plate and set aside. Let the skillet cool down a bit.
If using the rendered bacon fat for cooking, save 2 Tbsp and leave about 1 Tbsp in the skillet. If not, discard bacon fat and add 1 tablespoon of preferred fat to skillet and heat over medium.
Add the white part of the scallions and the bell pepper and cook until, stirring.
Add another tablespoon of cooking fat along with the broccoli and stir to coat. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and seasoning. If broccoli is fresh, cover the skillet for 15-30 seconds to soften broccoli slightly. If frozen, stir and cook 15-30 seconds.
Add the cauliflower rice, coconut aminos and salt and pepper. Stir to coat cauliflower rice with the other veggies and cook 30-45 seconds to soften.
Crumble in the cooked bacon, then lower the heat and create 2 grooves in the mixture for the eggs. Add a bit of fat to each groove and crack an egg in each one.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and seasonings of choice, then cover the skillet and cook about 2 minutes for a soft yolk, or until eggs are cooked to preference.
Serve right away and enjoy!
Tips for This Breakfast Cauliflower Fried Rice
A note on the seasoning blends I used. In the photos you can probably see the Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel seasoning blend that I can’t live without.
Any everything bagel seasoning works for this!
Also, there’s another breakfast seasoning blend from Primal Palate that I love that seems to make everything I put it on taste like it was sent from breakfast heaven (which by the way, is a real place that I strongly believe in.)
Now for the eggs! I’m an over medium gal through and through, and to get my eggs to cook perfectly on the stovetop, I lower the heat way down and make sure I make room for each egg to cook in the skillet.
No need to clear everything out, but a good spot where the egg can make contact with the skillet-bottom gives it that “fried” texture that I love.
You might have to practice a bit with the timing and heat level on your stove (every stove is different) but once you get it, you have a brand new superpower – the powder to make literally anything into breakfast at any time 🙂
Okay, it’s go time! I hope you guys are ready for a new favorite fried cauliflower rice – let’s start cooking!
Breakfast Fried Cauliflower Rice {Paleo, Whole30, Keto}
Breakfast Fried Cauliflower Rice {Paleo, Whole30, Keto}
This breakfast cauliflower fried rice is savory, filling, and ridiculously tasty! It's packed with veggies, bacon, seasoned just right, and topped with perfectly cooked eggs. This breakfast anytime meal is also Paleo, Whole30, low carb and keto friendly!
Ingredients
- 4 Slices nitrate free bacon {Sugar free for Whole30}
- 2 Tbsp cooking fat divided (you can use the rendered bacon fat)
- 8 oz riced cauliflower
- 1 bunch scallions white and green parts separated
- 1 small red bell pepper diced
- 4 oz broccoli florets cut into bite size pieces
- 2-3 teaspoons coconut aminos
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 large eggs Or one per person
- Everything bagel seasoning or your favorite seasoning blend
Instructions
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Heat a 10” skillet over medium high heat. Add the bacon pieces and cook until crisp. Once done, remove to a paper towel lined plate and set aside. Let the skillet cool down a bit.
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If using the rendered bacon fat for cooking, save 2 Tbsp and leave about 1 Tbsp in the skillet. If not, discard bacon fat and add 1 tablespoon of preferred fat to skillet and heat over medium.
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Add the white part of the scallions and the bell pepper and cook until, stirring.
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Add another tablespoon of cooking fat along with the broccoli and stir to coat. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and seasoning. If broccoli is fresh, cover the skillet for 15-30 seconds to soften broccoli slightly. If frozen, stir and cook 15-30 seconds.
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Add the cauliflower rice, coconut aminos and salt and pepper. Stir to coat cauliflower rice with the other veggies and cook 30-45 seconds to soften.
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Crumble in the cooked bacon, then lower the heat and create 2 grooves in the mixture for the eggs. Add a bit of fat to each groove and crack an egg in each one. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and seasonings of choice, then cover the skillet and cook about 2 minutes for a soft yolk, or until eggs are cooked to preference.
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Remove from heat and garnish with the green scallions. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*To make ahead, follow all steps except for cooking the eggs - reheat the rice mixture in a skillet when ready to serve, then cook the eggs as instructed.
**You can use frozen broccoli florets and frozen cauliflower, but watch since they'll cook faster.
Nutrition
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