Tropical Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls Preparation with a Food Processor
During summer, preparing a meaty dish on a weekend is something that you might want to try. However, that dish has to be low-carb too. Otherwise, you would start gaining weight if you take a heavy-carb diet regularly on weekends. Right! Therefore, while keeping in mind the requirements of your taste buds and health-consciousness, I found a recipe that you can apply to prepare a special, meaty, and healthy dish on weekends named Tropical Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls.
But you have to use a food processor to prepare the dish for ease and efficiency. Yes, the processor can make the food preparation easy for you and save your precious time during your non-working days. Well, I chose Cuisinart 9 Cup Continuous Feed Food Processor for the recipe that I reviewed on my site a while ago. So in today’s post, you will learn the recipe of the chicken dish that you can easily and efficiently prepare with Cuisinart’s food processor.
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Ingredients of Tropical Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls:
There are many ingredients that you should collect in your kitchen to prepare Tropical Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls with Cuisinart’s food processor. These ingredients are different for different segments of the dish. So:
For the Chicken and Marinade:
- 1.5 lb boneless and skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 1/3 cup fresh lime juice (the juice of about 2-3 limes)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp honey or agave nectar
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 inch piece of fresh ginger
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- Salt and black pepper as per your taste
For the Cauliflower Rice:
- 1 large head of cauliflower
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or avocado oil
- Salt as per taste
For the Bowl Assemblies:
- 1 ripe mango
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1/2 small red onion
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- Black beans or edamame (optional for extra protein)
- Lime wedges (for serving)
For the Cilantro-Lime Drizzle (Optional):
- 1/2 cup simple Greek yogurt or coconut cream
- Handful of fresh cilantro
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 tbsp water
- Salt as per taste
Now let me discuss the steps to prepare the dish, Tropical Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls. These steps are:
Step 1: Prepare the Marinade and Marinate the Chicken:
First of all, add the olive oil, lime juice, honey, garlic, ginger, cumin, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper inside the food processor, Cuisinart 9 Cup Food Processor (FP-9CF). Then, you have to pulse the material 5-7 times until the ingredients are finely chopped and well combined.
Afterwards, place your chicken in a shallow dish. Pour the marinade over your chicken and ensure that it is completely coated. Let it remain marinated at your room temperature for 15-20 minutes. For a more flavourful chicken, you can marinate the chicken inside the fridge for up to 4 hours.
Step 2: Create Your Cauliflower Rice:
You have to cut the cauliflower into florets that can fit into the feed tube to be processed with the food processor. Now fit the shredding disc inside Cuisinart’s processor and start adding the cauliflower florets inside the appliance for processing. Then, in less than a minute, you can get your soft and light cauliflower rice coming out of the processor.
Step 3: Cook the Segments:
Heat a skillet or grill pan at a medium temperature. Now discard the leftover marinade and cook the chicken for 6-7 minutes per side or until fully cooked. Then, transfer your chicken to a cutting board. And let the cooked chicken remain there for 5 minutes before slicing it into strips so that your chicken could avoid residual cooking and avoid being tough, less flavourful, and chewy due to the loss of juices caused by immediate cutting.
Now, in a large skillet, add some coconut oil and heat it at a medium temperature. Then, add your riced cauliflower and some salt inside the skillet. Sauté the entire material for 5-8 minutes. You have to stir the material occasionally as well until the material becomes tender. However, you should avoid overcooking your ingredients. Otherwise, these would become mushy.
Step 4: Prepare the Drizzle and Toppings:
If you intend to use a drizzle for your dish, then rinse the work bowl of your food processor. Now add your Greek yogurt, cilantro, lime juice, water, and salt inside the processor. Process the entire material until it becomes smooth and vibrant green. Afterwards, dice the mango. You can slice the avocado and bell pepper inside the processor after rinsing it. Next, thinly slice the red onion through the processor as well.
Step 5: Assemble Your Dish:
Divide the cauliflower rice among four bowls. Now top the bowls with the slices of the tropical grilled chicken. Arrange the avocado slices, mango cubes, bell pepper, red onion pieces, and black beans in the bowls. Afterwards, drizzle the cilantro-lime yogurt sauce in the bowls. In the end, garnish the bowls with fresh cilantro pieces and serve them after adding a lime wedge on each bowl’s side.
Conclusion:
So that’s all what I have to share with you regarding how to make the dish, Tropical Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls, with a food processor. I hope you like today’s post. If you really like what I shared with you, then please share the post with your connections. In this way, they can also know about the steps to prepare the dish and make this delicious food item on their weekends.