🇲🇽 Mexican

Cauliflower con Arroz

Name: Cauliflower con Arroz
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Onion; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 300 g Rice; 1 head Cauliflower; 200 ml Tomato Sauce; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 600 ml Stock or Broth

🇲🇽 Mexican

A one-pot rice dish where cauliflower perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. About 30 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, finely chopped
Vegetable Oil2 tbsp
Rice300 g
Cauliflower1 head
Tomato Sauce200 ml
Ground Cumin1 tsp
Stock or Broth600 ml

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Vegetable Oil in a wide pot, soften the onion, and bloom the ground cumin for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the cauliflower, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with fresh cilantro.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Cauliflower Spanish Rice Recipe | Rockin Robin Cooks · on YouTube