Pork (or Chicken) and Spanish Cauli-"Rice"
Pork (or Chicken) and Spanish Cauli-"Rice"

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pork (or chicken) and spanish cauli-"rice" using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pork (or Chicken) and Spanish Cauli-"Rice":
  1. Prepare cauliflower, riced by hand or in processor
  2. Get cumin
  3. Make ready Olive oil + 2 Tbsp rendered chicken fat (or 1/4 cup olive oil)
  4. Take onion, chopped
  5. Make ready green bell pepper, chopped
  6. Prepare garlic, minced
  7. Get pork (or chicken), cubed
  8. Take oregano
  9. Take threads saffron
  10. Get tomatoes, drained & chopped (or 3 fresh Roma's)
  11. Take chili powder
  12. Prepare salt & pepper
  13. Make ready cilantro, chopped (optional)
  14. Prepare Monterrey Jack cheese, shredded
Instructions to make Pork (or Chicken) and Spanish Cauli-"Rice":
  1. Dry roast the cumin in a dry skillet over medium heat until it smells toasty but is not burned. Remove and set aside.
  2. Rice the cauliflower either with a hand box grater or in a food processor. Set aside for now.
  3. Preheat oven to 350º.
  4. In a large skillet or dutch oven heat the oil and chicken fat. Add the meat and slightly brown it on the surfaces.
  5. Add the onion and bell pepper. Saute to partially tenderize.
  6. Add garlic, roasted cumin, salt, pepper, chili powder and saffron threads. Add the cilantro last, if using. Stir well.
  7. Turn off heat. Add the cauli-rice & tomatoes into the pot and stir to mix it evenly into the meat mixture.
  8. Cover the casserole pan or Dutch oven with a tight fitting lid.
  9. Pop into 350º oven for 30-35 minutes and allow flavors to blend.
  10. Remove and sprinkle with Monterrey Jack cheese and return to oven without lid for 5-10 more minutes to allow cheese to melt and become bubbly.
  11. Pairs nicely with a lovely guacamole salad.
  12. Note: you can sub regular rice for the cauliflower if you have a diehard cauli-hater, but this is the dish to win them over with! :-)

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