This recipe is my final entry for Kevin’s Natural Foods recipe challenge. All of the recipes for the contest are keto, paleo, dairy-free and gluten-free. I used the cilantro lime sauce to make cauliflower rice to pair with delicious carne asada. Real cilantro rice has a ton of carbs! A cup of white rice has 45 carbohydrates, even half that at once might be enough to kick you out of ketosis. This keto cilantro lime rice version has about three net carbs per serving.
Cilantro lime cauliflower rice is perfect with a nice, seared flank steak. It’s also great with ground beef dishes! Combined with the bright flavor of the Kevin’s cilantro lime sauce, this makes a delicious and easy meal.
I paired this recipe with a Dry Farm Wines French red. The heavier style paired perfectly with the meat. Be sure to check out my Dry Farm Wines review. Every bottle they sell has less than one gram of sugar in the entire bottle. I’ve tested my ketones several times before and after drinking Dry Farm Wines and if anything they go up slightly.
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Making Keto Cilantro Lime Rice
First, you’ll need some riced cauliflower. Cauliflower is a popular substitute for rice in so many recipes. Cauliflower rice is easy, even if you don’t have a food processor. Check out my guide to easily make cauliflower rice at home three different ways.
Making your own cauliflower rice at home is slightly cheaper than buying prepared and you can easily freeze it. The super-easy way though is to buy frozen cauliflower already riced. Either way you choose, it’s great to have it in the freezer so you have a keto-friendly substitute any time you need it.
If you can remember the flavor of the cilantro lime rice at Chipotle, this is actually WAY better. However, I added poblano for some extra flavor and color which you won’t find at Chipotle. The Kevin’s sauce adds some additional fat as well that you won’t find in a typical cilantro lime rice dish. You can easily leave the poblano out if you’d prefer a more traditional version of cauliflower rice.
Ingredients for Keto Cilantro Lime Rice
Just in case you can’t find the Kevin’s Chipotle Lime sauce, our chimichurri sauce mixed with a couple of tablespoons of lime juice is a great substitution. However, finding the sauce for cilantro lime cauliflower rice really isn’t a problem since you can easily order from their website or on Amazon.
As for the carne asada, my favorite place to buy, healthy, grass-fed, grass-finished beef is US Wellness Meats. They have a great selection and often run sales and specials. Always buy the best meat you can afford as what the animals are fed can affect the Omega three to Omega six profile of the meat.
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