Spicy Bacon Cauliflower

Spicy Bacon Cauliflower

In my ever expanding quest to find new sides, I decided to venture away from my old standby sides and try something new.  I’ve gotten tired of eating spinach and brussels sprouts are just too much work. Instead, I wanted something relatively simple, easy to cook, and not green 🙂  Enter Spicy Bacon Cauliflower (not actually that spicy).

Spicy Bacon CauliflowerAs with all keto sides, it looks like greasy mush, but in reality that is a sign of a solid keto ratio as well as awesome taste 🙂 Frozen CauliflowerIn an effort to make things simpler (and cheaper), this recipe starts with frozen cauliflower.  With a decent sale we’re talking $1.

Frozen Cauliflower in mixing bowlUnload the cauliflower into a plastic mixing bowl.  If your microwave is like mine, you can just hit the frozen vegetable button and off it goes.

Bacon ready for cookingWhile the vegetables are cooking, we need to make the bacon.  I’m all for frying my bacon on the cast iron skillet, but unfortunately the most efficient way is in the oven.  In fact, the absolute most efficient is in a convection toaster oven as the extra air flow crisps the bacon super fast.  I just lay out 5 slices, pop it in cold, and set it to 450 with convection.  Its normally done in 10-15 minutes.

Bacon Grease in SkilletPretty soon the microwave should beep with the conclusion of the cauliflower cooking. Get the skillet ready with some bacon grease. Also, I recommend getting a skillet handle so you don’t burn the crap out of your hand.

Cauliflower and Old BayNow for the good part, throw in the cauliflower and add the secret weapon.  Believe it or not, for this we’re going to use Old Bay.  For some reason it goes really well with this dish.

Finished BaconMake sure to check on your bacon every once and a while.  When it looks like this, its done!

Add bacon to cauliflowerCut up the bacon with some kitchen shears and add it to the cauliflower.

Finished Spicy Bacon CauliflowerOnce it looks like this, you’re done!

Spicy Bacon Cauliflower
 
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Nutrition Information
  • Serves: 4
  • Serving size: 4
  • Calories: 100
  • Fat: 6
  • Carbohydrates: 5
  • Fiber: 3
  • Protein: 6
Cook time: 
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Ingredients
  • 16 oz Frozen Cauliflower
  • 5 slices thick cut Bacon
  • Old Bay to Taste
Instructions
  1. Microwave the whole bag of cauliflower
  2. Cook the bacon until crisp in the oven at 450 degrees starting cold
  3. Heat some bacon grease in a skillet
  4. Add the cooked cauliflower to the grease and heavily cover with old bay
  5. Saute, mixing around, for maybe 5 minutes
  6. Now reapply Old Bay
  7. Keep mixing until the cauliflower is broken up and well cooked
  8. Bacon should be done by now, take out of the oven and cut into pieces and add to mixture
  9. Once combined, the dish is done!
 

 

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