Cajun Sausage and Cauliflower Rice Skillet

This Cajun Sausage and Cauliflower Rice Skillet is loaded with peppers, onions, andouille hen sausage and tender riced cauliflower seasoned to perfection with our home made Cajun seasoning!  The right low carb dinner for your loved ones!

Should you’re searching for a dish with TONS of taste then look no additional.  This Cajun Sausage and Cauliflower Rice Skillet has the proper quantity of daring, zesty flavors to boost an in any other case boring cauliflower rice!  I imply you’ll be able to’t go mistaken with this combination of andouille hen sausage, bell peppers, onions, and garlic all sautéed along with my homemade cajun seasoning and tender cauliflower rice.

This can be a excellent low carb meal for busy weeknights as a result of this recipe is fast, tremendous EASY and makes scrumptious leftovers!  The beauty of cooking with cauliflower is that you could actually have enjoyable with quite a lot of seasonings since cauliflower by itself is fairly bland and tasteless so it takes on no matter flavors you throw at it.

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• This complete meal is prepared in lower than half-hour.
• It’s low carb (7 web carbs), gluten-free, dairy-free and paleo.
• Loaded with veggies and tons of taste.
• Made multi function pan for simple clean-up!
• Save time by buying frozen cauliflower rice, no must thaw!

Substances You’ll Want

• Cauliflower rice – you should use recent or frozen store-bought riced cauliflower on this recipe or simply make your personal!  (See under for extra directions)
• Andouille hen sausage – I used this andouille chicken sausage, however any cajun-style sausage will work on this recipe
• Bell peppers – a mixture of purple and inexperienced bell peppers, however you should use no matter coloured bell peppers you’d like on this
• Onions – you’ll want a 1/2 cup of white or yellow onion together with some chopped inexperienced onions for shade
• Garlic – you should use recent chopped garlic or minced garlic from the jar
• Rooster broth – be happy to make use of hen broth, vegetable broth or any shares you’ve got readily available.  You possibly can additionally use water, however you’ll lose a number of the taste
• Cajun seasoning – I used this scrumptious homemade cajun seasoning

Rice Your Cauliflower

The perfect half about cauliflower rice is that you could find it all over the place today!  I discover that it’s actually a lot simpler to simply use store-bought riced cauliflower (both recent or frozen) straight from the bag since there’s no giant chunks of cauliflower to fret about and the rice is uniform in measurement.  You possibly can in fact rice your personal cauliflower, should you’d desire!  To do that, merely chop up one head of cauliflower into florets and place them within the bowl of a food processor.  Then simply pulse a number of occasions till the cauliflower resembles grain-like “rice.”  Relying on the dimensions of your food processor, you might want to do that in batches.  Simply watch out to not over-process the cauliflower as it may well grow to be mushy.

Make Cajun Cauliflower Rice Skillet

1. Chop, chop, chop!  Chop all of your veggies and slice up the andouille chicken sausage.  If making your personal riced cauliflower, chop one head of cauliflower into florets and pulse in a meals processor till the cauliflower resembles “rice.”  You can too use recent store-bought riced cauliflower or a frozen bag of riced cauliflower.
2. Prepare dinner the sausage.  Warmth 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a big skillet over medium-high warmth and prepare dinner the andouille hen sausage till browned and cooked via, about 6 to 7 minutes.
3. Sauté the greens.  Add the chopped onion and bell peppers and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes, till softened.  Add within the garlic and prepare dinner for an extra 30 seconds.
4. Add in cauliflower rice.  Add the cauliflower rice to the skillet together with the hen (or vegetable broth) and 1 tablespoon of cajun seasoning, mixing effectively.  Let the cauliflower prepare dinner for about 5 to six minutes till softened.  Ensure that to not cowl the pan as steaming the riced cauliflower will make it mushy.  Flip the warmth off, combine within the inexperienced onions, and revel in!

Can I Use Frozen Cauliflower Rice?

Completely!  I’m an enormous fan of preserving luggage of frozen cauliflower rice in my freezer to make use of any time I wish to whip up a fast dinner or I’m in a pinch.  No must thaw the frozen cauliflower rice both earlier than cooking, you simply wish to be sure any giant clumps are damaged up earlier than dumping it out onto your sizzling skillet.

Prepping and Storage

This sausage and cauliflower rice will final for 3 to 4 days saved in a sealed, hermetic container in your fridge.  Sadly I don’t suggest freezing this meal as the feel of cooked cauliflower rice modifications after being frozen and doesn’t maintain up effectively.

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