Mushroom Cauliflower Risotto is made with riced Cauliflower. It’s the star of this rich and creamy, vegetarian, healthier risotto. Basil, sherry and mushrooms add wonderful earthy flavors. Your whole family will love it!
Riced Cauliflower is Trending, and has been for years now.
Riced cauliflower is super easy to make and it’s perfect for my Mushroom Cauliflower Risotto.
What is Riced Cauliflower?
Riced cauliflower is simply whole, raw cauliflower grated into tiny pieces, approximately the size of grains of rice.
Once cooked, it becomes a fantastic alternative to rice for someone watching their carbs.
However, dietary purposes aside, it’s simply a lovely way to eat the awesome, versatile cauliflower.
How to Make Riced Cauliflower
Remove any outer green leaves from the cauliflower and then cut it in half. Then cut out the tough portions of the stem.
You can now grate or “rice” the cauliflower a few different ways.
- Food processor. Use the grater attachment OR the blade attachment. If you use the blade attachment, be careful not to blend it too long, and turn the machine off as soon as the cauliflower is in tiny pieces (the size of rice grains or bread crumbs).
- Hand held grater. Use a hand held grater — this takes longer and more muscle, but will do the job.
- Buy it! Since it’s gained so much popularity, you can find prepared riced cauliflower in most markets in the produce section.
This is clearly not a true risotto, and there’s no rice to be found.
In this cauliflower risotto recipe I somewhat emulated the cooking technique used for Arborio rice to make risotto, letting the grains of “rice” soak up a flavored cooking liquid, to create a creamy consistency.
Since the starch content is loads less, cauliflower will not have the same creaminess as Arborio rice would — but, finished with a little Parmesan and butter, this dish has a similar vibe to risotto, and it’s utterly delicious!
I hope you love every last “grain” of this Mushroom Cauliflower Risotto! 😉
More recipes with riced cauliflower:
More cauliflower recipes:
Mushroom Cauliflower Ristotto
Ingredients
- 1 approximately (1 ½ pound) cauliflower, washed and dried
- olive oil for the pan
- 2 cups (about ½ pound) Crimini mushrooms, washed and dried, roughly chopped
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- ¾ cup yellow onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 1 cup vegetable stock
- ¼ cup cream sherry
- ½ cup lightly packed fresh basil, washed and dried, roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Remove any outer green leaves from the cauliflower and then cut it in half. Cut out the tough portions of the stem.
- Now we're going to grate or "rice" the cauliflower. You can do this a few different ways: If you have a food processor, you can use the grater attachment OR the blade attachment. If you use the blade attachment, be careful not to blend it too long -- turn the machine off as soon as the cauliflower is in tiny pieces (the size of rice grains or bread crumbs). You can also use a hand held grater -- this takes longer and more muscle, but will do the job. Set the grated cauliflower aside.
- Coat the bottom of a large sauté pan with olive oil and place it over medium high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until golden, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper and spoon them into a bowl. Set aside.
- Turn the heat to medium and add 2 tablespoons of the butter. Once it's melted, add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring often until they're soft, about 5 minutes.
- Now add the grated cauliflower and mix to be sure it's well coated with the onions, garlic and butter. Sauté for a few minutes and then add the stock and sherry. Mix, bring to a boil, and then turn the heat to low-medium, just high enough to keep it simmering. After about 5 minutes, turn the heat up a bit and, stirring frequently, cook until all but a tablespoon or so of the liquid has been absorbed, about another 5 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms back into the pan. Then add the basil, cheese and remaining tablespoon of butter. Stir to blend and season to taste with salt end pepper.
- Serve!
Notes
Sarah says
This sounds so good!!!
valentina says
Oh it is, Sarah! Hope you give it a go. 🙂
Rebekah | Kitchen Gidget says
What a unique way to use cauliflower rice! So elegant as well.
valentina says
Thanks, Rebekah. 😀
Matt @ Plating Pixels says
I love cauliflower and this totally looks like risotto! I have to try this!
valentina says
Looks are deceiving, no? 😉
Laura | Wandercooks says
I’ve only just caught on to this cooking trend with riced cauliflower and I’m loving it. Our housemate made a version with stir fried vegetables topped with fish – divine. But I love risottos so can’t wait to give this one a try!
valentina says
Sounds delicious with the stir-fried veggies and fish. Hope you try this one and love it! Thanks for checking it out.
jennai says
Very nice photos of such delicious looking food.
valentina says
Thank you! Enjoy. 🙂
Just Jo says
Bell bottoms are back? uh oh lol! I don’t care about that sort of fashion but cauliflower rice – I’m all over that and this looks mighty fine 😀
valentina says
I too prefer the cauliflower to the bell bottoms. Ha! 🙂
Beth says
I just saw this riced cauliflower at TJ’s and thought what the heck do you do with this? Now I know! I’ll be making this after my next trip to Trader Joes!
valentina says
Yay, Beth! LOVE that! xo
sippitysup says
These great textures show your creativity delicously. GREG
valentina says
You are very kind, Greg! THANK YOU! 🙂
David says
Love cauliflower in any preparation. I have had riced cauliflower simply with butter and have felt like I went to heaven… so with your recipe, do I get to go higher than heaven?
valentina says
One can only hope. 😉 Thanks, David! Hope you enjoy! XO
Kenya Avocado Exporters says
This is delicious. i love it.
valentina says
Thank you! Enjoy. 🙂
Renz says
This looks so yummy. I’ve been ignoring the riced cauliflower but this has peaked my interest
valentina says
Hope you try it! 🙂
Marvellina @ What To Cook Today says
This looks so perfect and I’ve been seeing rice cauliflower all over and I really need to give this a try !!
valentina says
Yes, it’s everywhere these days! Thank you & hope you try it. 🙂
Peter Block says
I love working with cauliflower. I love mushrooms. This is a great low carb, vegetarian dish.
valentina says
Thanks so much, Peter! Enjoy. 🙂
Amanda | Chew Town says
I love riced cauliflower – its become a big part of my life ever since coming across it. Love your version with mushroom and sherry.
valentina says
Thank you Amanda! And thanks for visiting my site. 🙂