This grain-free, cauliflower shrimp fried rice recipe is the best thing since you discovered the original version in your take-out menu.
Let me start by saying that I love a good fried rice recipe. I love rice. What I don’t always love is how it often makes my belly feel (especially the one at my favorite Asian restaurant) because the soy sauce contains wheat. But this recipe doesn’t have to since you can use coconut aminos or tamari.
Did I mention it’s super easy to make? Check out this video:
What I love about today’s recipe is that it’s not only a low-carb version of my favorite take-out version, but it’s also gluten and grain-free. This delicious cauliflower fried rice is so convincing; you won’t even miss the rice! You can eat your fill without the guilt! And if you need to make it ultra-low carb and keto, you can use a honey substitute that has a low glycemic index.
No, this is not a fried rice recipe with chunks of cauliflower in it, but a dish using cauliflower as (or in place of) the rice. I promise you’ll be shocked at how good it is plus you’ll get an extra serving of veggies! It’s a win-win. If you’ve never done it before, I’ll teach you how to make cauliflower rice here. It’s super easy!
What I love about this recipe is that it is just like the fried rice we all love, it tastes better the next day, and sometimes the day after that, when the Tamari flavors have assimilated into all the ingredients. And of course, I get to put my favorite Wok to use and feel like I’m a take-out chef right at home.
Tamari soy sauce can be used in the same way as regular soy sauce. Unlike regular soy sauce, the Tamari flavor does not flash off under high temperature. Tamari is a great flavor enhancer for any cuisine, and it is very versatile. Use it as a stir-fry sauce, marinade, glaze, dressings, and more. The possibilities are endless.
I often serve leftovers of this fried rice topped with a fried egg, making it the ultimate revamp of this original recipe.
This recipe is a mind-blowing option for low-carb dieters, gluten, and grain-free eaters, and for the rest of us who want to eat quick and healthy homemade meals.
In fact, I don’t know that I wouldn’t choose it over classic fried rice. You’ve got to try this!
What is your favorite Asian-inspired dish that uses soy sauce to make?
Cauliflower Shrimp Fried Rice
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 large head cauliflower or, 6 cups cauliflower rice
- 1/4 cup Reduced Sodium Tamari, Coconut Aminos, or soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger or, 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 bunch green onions, chopped, whites separated from greens
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 cup carrots, cubed
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 pound shrimp, thawed, peeled and deveined
Instructions
- Chop cauliflower into chunks and place in a food processor. Pulse to finely chop until it resembles rice, set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together San-J Tamari, honey, ginger, and red pepper flakes; set aside.
- In a large skillet or wok[/url], over medium-high heat, heat up sesame oil. Add in the white part of the onions and sauté for about a minute. Add frozen peas and carrots, stir, and cook to heat through for about 2 minutes. Move veggies to one side of the wok and add in beaten eggs. Cook eggs on one side of the pan, moving the mixture around as it cooks until cooked through. Add shrimp, and cook, for about 2 minutes until they’ve turned pink.
- Add in riced cauliflower and stir to combine. Pour the Tamari sauce mixture over the top, making sure to distribute evenly throughout and cook for an additional 4 minutes, until cauliflower has softened but has an “al dente” texture. Turn off heat, sprinkle green onions, cover for a minute to soften, and serve.
Notes
Make this recipe ketogenic by omitting the honey and using a honey-substitute. Swap the green peas and carrots for a higher fiber vegetable like broccoli (1 cup total, finely chopped) and you’ll drastically reduce the sugar and carbohydrate content.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 205
- Fat: 7
- Carbohydrates: 14
- Fiber: 5
- Protein: 4.5
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We love homemade teriyaki chicken bowls!
Favorite recipe using soy sauce is my broccoli & tempeh stir fry. I’m trying your cauliflower recipe tomorrow!
Love to fix chicken n vegs stir fried. Gotta have the hot sauce. Besides vegs. Add water chestnuts.
The shrimp fried rice would be gone shortly after prepared
This looks so yummy. I would not miss the rice at all!
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I use San-J all the time since we have a gluten sensitive family. It tastes so much better than regular soy sauce.
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I bought the low sodium San-J over the weekend and made this for lunch today. it was SO GOOD! I had no idea that soy sauce isn’t really 100% soy sauce. Ugh. It pays to read the labels. Thanks Laura!
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Paleo takeout?!?! Yes please!
This is so close to my moms recipe, but with rice of course. I cannot wait to make this for her to try.
I love all things sushi and lots of soy sauce!
Anything Teriyaki and I am a happy camper! And takeout 🙂
I like soy sauce on plain rice. I alway order my take out with plain rice. But soy sauce doesn’t always like me. The sodium really swells me up, so I have to eat it in moderation.
I’ve been using San-J for years since we have gluten sensitive members in our family. Happy to see that one of my favorite recipe developers loves them too! Would love to see other uses for their sauce. Oh yeah, have you tried the Mongolian marinade? it rocks my world.
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Looks like an easy one pot family meal with the wok. Easy way to get more veggies into the meal too.
Loaded veggie fried rice 🙂
I love beef and broccoli, as well as fried rice.
I love cauliflower fried rice with Tamari and coconut aminos! Can’t wait to try this version!
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Our favorite lately is variants on Korean beef – we make a ground beef one that’s delicious and uses a lot of soy sauce ;).
Oh, this sounds yummy! I love cauliflower, but I haven’t riced it before. This recipe is on my must-make list. I really love pork-fried rice and would love to try it with cauliflower.
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Made this for a family of five in a regular pan will def have to try the wok !! It was still wonderful !!
I love brown rice noodle salad with chicken. I also make mock fried rice with cauliflower, but I have never tried it with shrimp! Sounds yummy.
My family loves a chicken and veggie stir fry with a soy-peanut sauce. We are organic tamari fans as well. Have you tried roasting almonds with the tamari? They are amazing!!!
No, but what a terrific idea! Do you just toss the almonds around in the tamari? I must try.
I don’t have a favorite recipe – it’s kinda whatever I have at the moment. But usually some broccoli, chicken, mushrooms… I keep forgetting we have water chesnuts! I like those!
I keep seeing cauliflower rice, but have yet to try it even though I want to. I did make mashed cauliflower recently, though 🙂
Keep trying. It gets easier to make with every try, and it is simple the first time too.
I love to make stir fry recipes with fresh vegetables!! I whip up a stir fry sauce to put over it & my kids love it!
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Love my pressure cooker sweet and sour pork with tamari!
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I love general tso chicken.
We do lots of stir fry, and fried “rice”. Usually our sauce is fish sauce, ground pepper flakes, ginger, and crushed garlic; sometimes a little gluten free soy sauce too.
I love love love chicken with cashews!
We love teriyaki chicken with plenty of broccoli, carrots and water chestnuts!
I make pepper steak or chicken and broccoli stir fry. Also noodles — add soy sauce to the cooking water — then stir fry in sesame oil with garlic and ginger and top with an egg poached in the cooking water.
Our family loves vegetable fried rice. We put in peas, carrots, broccoli,water chestnuts and pretty much any other veggie that is in the fridge. The best part is it makes plenty and with a growing eleven year old that is a plus!
This looks so WONderful that I’m rather annoyed with myself for passing over the cauliflower at the store, yesterday! Grrr…
May have to make a special trip. I think I might leave out the shrimp and pair this with my favorite: orange beef! YUM!!!
Next time at the store, double up on the cauliflower;) You will enjoy it that much!
Me and my husband love homemade chicken fried rice.
We love the San-J Tamari as well! Lemon Empress Chicken is our favorite soy sauce/wok recipe. Can’t wait to try this one.
Let me know how it comes out! 🙂
Love your recipes! I like making chicken stir fry with lots of veggies. Can’t wait to try this recipe with the cauliflower.
I am seeing cauliflower used in so many dishes now. What a great idea for “rice”. Yum.
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I LOVE beef and Broccoli!
Plain ole stir fry. Simple & delicious with dozens of alterations available to fit differing family tastes.
Asian inspired shrimp anything stir fried with vegetables. Becouse of gluten issues I never can get Chinese takeout. So have to make it a lot.
Great recipe, thanks!
I love mu shu pork at a restaurant, but it is almost as good when I make it at home 🙂
We love all types of stir fries and I’m definitely going to try this soy sauce.
hi, Laura I’m a new subscriber . I’m so glad to have found your site as most of my grandchildren are sensitive to many ingredients that its hard to feed them good healthy food . So far recipes are bit hit with family children still getting use to change. I will try this soy sauce . Kids love chicken fried rice. Lets hope they will
love your recipe.
Thank you Angie! I am so honored that you are bringing my recipes into your kitchen! you can most certainly use chicken instead of shrimp in this recipe. Enjoy!
I’ve been thinking of getting a wok!
I make a quick “kinda” korean marinade / sauce and use to stir fry with ground chicken / turkey / beef and whatever veggies are on hand – it’s a crowd pleaser!
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Hands down, chicken with mixed veggies over white rice! My fave!
I love using San-J Tamari sauce in my stir-fry chicken and broccoli! I can’t wait to try this “fried rice” recipe. 🙂
We stir fry veggies all of the time. Usually with chicken thighs or shrimp, fresh ginger, soy sauce, and a little sesame oil. My kids love to get involved and pick the veggies they want. My youngest has multiple allergies and we have found that stir fry is one of the easiest ways to create delicious, healthy meals that satisfy the whole family.
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We love fried rice. I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
beef and broccoli stry fry is our favorite soy sauce recipe
Our family loves fried rice! I can’t wait to prepare this recipe variation. Thank you!
Recipe for wok contest—–Lettuce Wraps with Chicken
2 TBSP oil, 4 chicken breasts, 3 green onions, 1/4 cup minced water chestnuts, 1/4 cup sliced almonds, 6-8 lettuce leaves–we like Boston or Romaine
Sauce–1/4 cup water, 1 1/2 tsp corn starch, 1/3 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup vinegar (we like rice vinegar for this), 1 tbsp oil, 3 tsp sesame seeds (I like black sesame),1/2 -1 tsp red pepper flakes, 1 tsp chili oil, 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated with zester
Stir fry sauce: combine water and cornstarch and stir until cornstarch is dissolved. Add to other sauce ingredients in small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer till thick. Set aside.
Heat oil in large skillet or wok over medium heat. Cook chicken till done, turning every couple of minutes. Remove to cutting board and slice into strips with a sharp knife.. Keep the pan hot. Put the chicken back in the same pan over medium/high heat and add water chestnuts. Heat for one minute. Add 5 Tbsp reserving rest as dipping sauce, stir fry sauce to chicken and heat for 2 minutes, stirring often-sauce should be bubbly. Add green onions and almonds and stir. Serve with carrot shavings to sprinkle on wrap. Yum!!
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These sound amazing Judy!!!Good luck!
Thanks–they are!
Our favorite Asian dish is Thai green curry with chicken. I make a big batch in the crock pot and the whole house smells delicious all day!
We have just discovered wrapping ‘Asian’ ingredients in quickly blanched collard green or rainbow chard leaves. Usually glass noodles, avocado, red and yellow peppers, carrots, lettuce, crab, etc all in fine sticks and then generously dipped in a soy sauce, peanut butter, chili, garlic, sesame oil, hoisen, spicy sauce. Yum, messy, but YUM!
We love to make lettuce wraps!!!
HI! Just a heads up about the Cuisinart Wok. There are reviews on Amazon that the “tempered” glass lids are shattering in rather frightening ways. I am of the belief that you would not want to ever promote a potential hazard. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I read some of those reviews as well but still chose to buy it because a “wok” doesn’t really need a lid and I wanted a wok that didn’t have pesky teflon. I haven’t used the lid yet since covering veggies makes them soggy. but thank you for the heads up!
We do SO many Asian-inspired dishes….lettuce wraps, stir fry, Asian salad, homemade potstickers, sushi……. My family loves them all and they all use soy sauce. We also love to make a dipping sauce with soy sauce, Sriracha, and picked ginger.
I love to eat Shrimp fried rice, but like you said the rice always makes my tummy not feel too well. Can’t wait to try to make your recipe. Thanks for always sharing awesome recipes!
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My family loves honey soy salmon over barley! And I would love to have a wok!
Chow Mein noodles but I make cauliflower fried rice way more since it’s healthier! 🙂
I love to make sushi at home with soy & wasabi. I have had other gluten free soy sauces before, but will definitely give this one a try. Don’t have a wok, would sure love one to make this. My kids love fried rice!
Made it today and everyone loved it. It’s a great alternative to store bought Chinese food and probably will make it again soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Also for the contest, here’s one of my fave fried rice recipe. Enjoy ♥♥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYTtmH_v6ME
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Love this recipe, no need to order in anymore!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Sherri!
We love to homemade beef and broccoli.. We also live san-j products since they are gf! Thanks for the giveaway ❤
My favorite recipe is chicken Lo mein. I hope I win!
I made this for dinner and it was SO GOOD! Thanks for another winning recipe Laura
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I ordered SanJ’s Korean bbq sauce and I stir-fried some beef with it last night. I am hoping to win a wok to make it a regular thing!! I’d love to see more recipes with Tamari. I tried it to make an Asian vinaigrette instead of soy sauce and it’s really good.
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We love stir fry. I found a gluten free recipe for the stir fry sauce and luckily all the ingredients are easy to find, plus a GF sit sauce. I usually just toss in veggies and put it over rice. We prefer a no meat version even though we are definitely meat eaters. Stir-fry is so easy to pull together and you can use any veggies you have on hand.
Bless you for posting this recipe and soy sauce brand. I’m needing to go grain free and was puzzled about some of my favorite Asian dishes (chicken stir fry in particular).
Teriyaki chicken!
I love making soysauce and honey-lemon oven baked chicken wings. Its easy and my family loves it! Season the wings with a little garlic and pepper, whisk the soysauce, honey and lemon juice and brush over the wings. And bake. Voila! Simple dinner!
Beef with broccoli and chicken stir fry.
Cashew chicken with celery/carrots/edamame/garlic/onion/liquid coconut aminos and Paired with quinoa equals burppp
Oh my gosh–I am so stoked about this post! I haven’t been able to replace my wok in over a few years due to budget. The metal started peeling away and nobody should eat out of that! I miss cooking spicy peanut chicken and noodle dishes out of it. My spicy peanut chicken, besides the peanut butter being the main ingredient, is nothing without soy sauce. The original recipe called for tamari, but back when they didn’t carry the type in my local grocer. The sauce is made up of garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, peanut butter and chili oil. I use chicken thighs, bell peppers and top it of with scallions and crushed peanuts! You can easily add noodles and omit the poultry and add more veggies with this sauce. My favorite ‘take-out’ meal at home!
I forgot– water chestnuts go in this, too fir extra crunch! Can’t leave those out. When!
Congratulations! You have won the San-J prize pack and Wok! Check your inbox for an email from Stephanie@MOMables.com
I am beyond grateful!! What a wonderful gift you have blessed me and my family with. I cannot wait to receive it!
Love Veg Manchurian. Your recipe looks great. Will have to try it out soon
All my dishes includes soy sauce, my easy peasy is fried eggs sunny side up with a bowl of hot steamy rice drizzled with soy sauce, perfecto!
We ate this last night. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!
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Can’t wait to try this recipe. I love to make stir fry. I would love to buy that wok.
We use soy sauce as an ingredient to make Taiwanese beef noodle soup or marinate chicken drumsticks. We only put a little to keep the sodium down.
I’m eating this right now. It’s the first time I’ve had cauliflower rice. I don’t mind it but I did use my own teriyaki sauce….So for all those reading this, follow the recipe!! Everyone that did loved it…I guess not any teriyaki sauce will do! Hopefully it’s be bigger the next day!
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