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thistlechaserI cooked something. It was intended to be cauliflower rice. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aliceinazeroth supplied the skill, I supplied the fail. :P Googling around to try to find the exact time to microwave it, I discovered most people used the food processor to grind it, so I did as well. I think I ground it too much, because it ended more like a powder than rice-sized. (I think grating it would have been better.) Then I nuked it (for only 2:30 minutes, my microwave is strong). Lots of the posts said cauliflower rice doesn't taste like rice but is easily overpowered, so I figured I'd stir fry/make a simple fried rice.
I browned some garlic in oil, tossed in the "rice", and when done added soy sauce. It turned out more like mashed potatoes than rice. Soy-sauce mashed potatoes.
I should have just added butter and some kind of spice (garlic salt?) instead. The taste isn't horrible (but isn't at all good), but the texture is horrid. Kind of... sandy? Grainy?
I really wanted to trysahn's idea: zucchini chips. ("Cut it width-wise into discs about a quarter inch thick or so and pan fry with a little oil until lightly brown. I'd dip it in soy sauce, but you could eat as is or season with salt or whatever") Unfortunately there were no zucchini at the farmer's market today.
I'm throwing out this soy sauce mashed cauliflower mess, but I do have half of a bowl left of the pre-fried rice stuff. Maybe I'll try the butter idea for the rest. Later.
aliceinazeroth supplied the skill, I supplied the fail. :P Googling around to try to find the exact time to microwave it, I discovered most people used the food processor to grind it, so I did as well. I think I ground it too much, because it ended more like a powder than rice-sized. (I think grating it would have been better.) Then I nuked it (for only 2:30 minutes, my microwave is strong). Lots of the posts said cauliflower rice doesn't taste like rice but is easily overpowered, so I figured I'd stir fry/make a simple fried rice.I browned some garlic in oil, tossed in the "rice", and when done added soy sauce. It turned out more like mashed potatoes than rice. Soy-sauce mashed potatoes.
I should have just added butter and some kind of spice (garlic salt?) instead. The taste isn't horrible (but isn't at all good), but the texture is horrid. Kind of... sandy? Grainy?
I really wanted to try
sahn's idea: zucchini chips. ("Cut it width-wise into discs about a quarter inch thick or so and pan fry with a little oil until lightly brown. I'd dip it in soy sauce, but you could eat as is or season with salt or whatever") Unfortunately there were no zucchini at the farmer's market today. I'm throwing out this soy sauce mashed cauliflower mess, but I do have half of a bowl left of the pre-fried rice stuff. Maybe I'll try the butter idea for the rest. Later.
