Easy Keto Fried Rice
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If you love fried rice, but you're watching your carbs, you're in the right place. This Keto Fried Rice is going to be your new favorite dish.
It's packed with vegetables and flavor, and it's so simple you'll want it in your meal rotation for sure. Make it with beef and eggs as shown, or with eggs alone, or be creative. Any way you make it, it's sure to please.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
This recipe is great in so many ways.
It's easy, so you can easily whip it up even on busy weeknights.
It's super healthy, loaded with healthy beef (grass-fed is best), and loads of veggies.
It's special diet friendly. Swap out whatever veggies you need an you can even swap out the beef for eggs or another protein. I personally love making it with beef, and since we have one person in our home who will not eat eggs, that version works best for him!
Ingredients
- cucumber
- zucchini
- carrot
- cabbage
- ground beef
- eggs
- cauliflower
- sesame seeds
- butter
- tamari
- red pepper sauce
- oil
Recipe Notes and Substitutions
- Vegetable Options: Besides the vegetables listed in the recipe, I've also used chopped lettuce, radish, and bean sprouts.
- Meat Alternatives: The meat can be substituted with more egg. Any ground meat will work, I used beef but pork or even chicken will fit.
- Vegan Alternative: Use beans or tofu in place of the meats, or omit the meat and don't replace it.
- Soy Alternative: If you need to be soy free, feel free to substitute coconut aminos + salt for the tamari. The best fat to use is butter, for that nutty flavour, however if you can't eat dairy, olive oil or baking coconut oil will do.
Special Diet Options
AIP: Omit the sesame seeds and the hot red pepper sauce. Use olive or coconut oil for the fat. Also, substitute organic coconut aminos and additional salt for the tamari.
More Easy Dinner Recipes
– Gluten-free Chili Mac – so easy and soo good! Dairy-free option too!
– Ground Beef Curry – our family's favorite meal ever.
– Homemade Hamburger Helper – better than the boxed stuff!
– Egg Roll in a Bowl – a guaranteed favorite
Keto Fried Rice (paleo, grain free, with AIP option)
Ingredients
- 1/2 large cucumber
- 1/2 small zucchini
- 1 large carrot
- 3.5 ounces crinkly cabbage
- 10 ounces ground beef
- 2 eggs, scrambled
- 16 ounces cauliflower (or 3 cups cauliflower rice, fresh or frozen, or cooked short grain rice)
- 1/3 cup sesame seeds (omit for AIP)
- 1/3 cup butter (or either olive or coconut oil)
- 3 tablespoons tamari
- hot red pepper sauce (omit for AIP)
- fat (for sauteing)
Instructions
- Grate vegetables into a large bowl.
- In a little fat, brown the ground meat in a frying pan over medium high heat and add to bowl.
- Scramble eggs in a pan with a little coconut oil or butter.
- Process the cauliflower through a food processor until rice sized. Add a little fat into the frying pan and add cauliflower and a bit of water and saute. The cauliflower should be cooked and soft but still with some bite, not mushy. (Omit this step if using rice.)
- Add cauliflower (or rice) to large bowl.
- Pour sesame seeds onto a clean dry pan and shake to distribute the seeds. Heat at medium heat, occasionally shaking to prevent burning. When the seeds are brown and fragrant, add to the large bowl.
- Pour oil or let butter melt on top of the hot ingredients. Pour over tamari and mix well.
- Serve and add hot sauce to individual bowls. Enjoy!
Notes
- Vegetable Options: Besides the vegetables listed in the recipe, I've also used chopped lettuce, radish, and bean sprouts.
- Meat Alternatives: The meat can be substituted with a fried egg or two per person for a vegetarian version. Any ground meat will work, I used beef but pork or even chicken will fit.
- Soy Alternative: If you need to be soy free, feel free to substitute coconut aminos + salt for the tamari. The best fat to use is butter, for that nutty flavour, however if you can't eat dairy, olive oil or baking coconut oil will do.
Nutrition
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Naomi is originally from Canada but is now a wife and mom in Slovakia. She tries to live each day as a follower of Christ in the chaos of caring for children. Using real food and creating an environmentally friendly surrounding for her family is a priority. She dreams of a little farm while living in an apartment, enjoys handmade creations, and still doesn't like brussels sprouts. Naomi shares her food creations and photos of Slovakia at Almost Bananas. She looks forward to connecting with you on Pinterest,and Facebook.
I would probably re-title this “bokkeumbap” because that’s what Korean fried rice is called, and it looks like that’s what this is. Except, you know, cauliflower instead of rice.. “Bap” means rice. And “bokkeum” means fried. As you said, bibimbap is mixed rice. I know it sounds like a small distinction but these are two very different (but equally delicious) dishes. I was actually on google hunting for a low carb way to eat bibimbap since the the red pepper paste is so high in sugar when I stumbled across your blog. In any case, it looks delicious and I’m glad I stumbled across your blog!
How interesting – thanks!!! I have personally never had the red pepper paste. Welcome and hope to see you around again!
One difference, I think, is that none of the vegetables are fried, they are all raw like in bibimbap. At least, my Korean friend said that this was an approximation to bibimbap.
Yum! This looks so awesome that I just put it in my family’s menu plan for next week!
Thank you!
You’re right in your description. This is not even close to being anything like bibimbab!! I lived in Korea for many years, and my husband is Korean – and I wouldn’t call this bibimbab when I cook it for him, he would be like, “what on Earth are you talking about!?” haha It is definitely a fried rice – and there is actually nothing ‘fried’ about bibimbab. It’s actually – traditionally – loads of fresh veggies and rice (and like you said, with gochujang and sesame oil, all “mixed” up!) …
If it were to be more like bibimbab, the veggies would all be fresh, topped on the rice, and then mixed up!!
That aside – it looks delicious and I’ve been dying to try cauliflower “rice.” Thanks for the inspiration I need to make cauliflower rice this week!!
The veggies are fresh, only the cauliflower is sauteed to substitute for the rice. Some recipes for cauliflower ‘rice’ call for steaming, but I found that it made it more mushy.
I hope you enjoy the western-style-grain-free-bibimbap-substitute!
How do you think this would come out without the sesame? I have a daughter who is highly allergic. I suppose I could toast the seeds separately and just add them to the rest of our plates….
It wouldn’t be the same without sesame but it would still be good. If she can have butter or ghee, that would be give some nuttiness, and you can sprinkle toasted sesame on individual plates. I wonder if a nut oil would work? Even olive oil and no nuts or sesame it would still be tasty. Let me know what you try!
Found your site through Fat Tuesday. Just signed up for your blog and shared on Facebook. Have never heard of Bibimbap before, but it’s going to be our dinner tonight. Love trying new things.
Welcome!!!
I love new recipes that use known ingredients in a new way. I love trying new things too!
This looks amazing! I have been wanting to try cauliflower rice and this looks like something the whole family would enjoy. Putting this one on the menu.
This appeals to everyone in our family, I hope to yours too! It’s a great introduction to cauliflower rice.
Mmm…looks delicious! I’ve got some cauliflower rice in the freezer to use up! Thanks for sharing!
Perfect! I’m so glad to share with others who will enjoy it!
Never heard of Bibimbap before but it looks so yummy I am going to try some! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I hope you enjoy it!
I LOVE bibimbap! When we lived in Japan we would frequent our favorite Korean spot for some delish fried rice. I’m excited to try this out.
I never had it even when I was in Japan. I lived in a pretty remote area so I don’t even recall a Korean spot there. I can’t wait either!
Even though my dad is Japanese, bibimbap was new to me this summer. I hope you enjoy it!
How fun – your dad is Japanese. Did you know I lived there? Does he speak Japanese?
Yes, I remember you lived there. It was on my to-do list but life happened and I never did. He immigrated to Canada in his 20s, so all his family is back over there. A major regret of mine is that I don’t speak Japanese, and it has made it so important to me that my own kids are bilingual. We did eat what Japanese food we could, though, living far from the ocean!
I love the language. No time to practice these days but the words are still in there :).
Looks and sounds great!
Thanks, I hope you enjoy it!