Chicken and Cauliflower Rice

This dish is a one pot meal that is on the table within 30 minutes!  This meal is bursting with flavor and is healthy!  It’s paleo and whole30 friendly, but even if you aren’t following either of those, it’s a clean dish that it healthy and filling!  Not only does this cook quickly, it is also very easy to clean up!

Never did I think that something so easy would be so amazing!  Once you try this, it will be added to your rotation of meals no matter if you are being strict or not!  It just one of those meals that I always want on hand and because it’s so simple and very few ingredients, I can throw this together any night of the week.

Now that I’ve covered how easy and healthy this is for you, let’s get into some details.  Most people have used or tried the cauliflower rice.  To be honest, it’s a great substitute, but it’s not for all dishes.  I do LOVE it with this recipe though because I think the cumin makes it’s way through the entire dish very nicely.  I will also add a few slices of avocado to this dish as well.  

I’ll tell you all a little secret as well, I make a big container of the seasoning so I can have on hand for other dishes as well!

I hope you will enjoy this dish as much as I have over the past few years!  I’m so happy to could add this to my collection to share with you all! Either leave a comment or let me know on instagram how it turned out for you!

Chicken and Cauliflower Rice

This is one of the healthiest, easiest one pot meals I make!  And it’s so full of flavor, when the smell makes it’s way to everyone at work once it’s heated up during lunch, everyone then wants that recipe!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  

• 3-4 chicken thighs boneless, skinless
• 1 cup chicken stock might not need it all
• 16 oz cauliflower rice
• 1/2 cup diced green and red bell peppers
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• Seasoning Mix

Seasoning Mix

• 1/4 tsp oregano
• 1/4 tsp basil
• 1/4 tsp garlic granules
• 1/4 tsp onion granules
• 1/4 tsp rosemary
• 1/4 tsp thyme
• 2 tsp smoked paprika you can use regular paprika if that's what you have.
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp ground cumin

Instructions

 

• In a small bowl mix together the spices for the chicken.  Take half of the season if cover the chicken on both sides.
• Heat your cast iron pan (or your favorite skillet) with some olive oil.
• Once heated, add your chicken and brown on both sides.  About 3-4 minutes per side.  You will finish cooking the chicken later.  Move your chicken to a plate and set it aside.
• Dump your cauliflower rice, diced peppers and 1/2 of the stock in the skillet.  Mix in the rest of the seasoning mix and mix everything together and be sure you get all of the cooked chicken pieces off the bottom of the cast iron, it adds such great flavoring.
• Add the rest of the stock if needed.
• Add your chicken thighs back in the skillet with your cauliflower mix and make sure your chicken is sitting in the cauliflower rice.
• Cover and cook on medium/low heat for 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.

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