Prawn Egg Fried Rice Lite: Half Cauliflower, 132 Fewer Calories

Replace 300 g of the original cooked rice with 300 g cauliflower rice while keeping the prawns and eggs. The estimate is about 450 kcal and 36.8 g protein per serving; the original page lists 582 kcal, a difference of about 132 kcal. Fry the cauliflower dry before combining so the rice stays loose. Find the prawns and Asian pantry ingredients at Umall.

Ingredients for 3

An Australian tablespoon is 20 ml. Keep chilled food at 5°C or colder and thaw meat in the fridge. Use separate utensils and plates for raw and cooked meat. Contains crustaceans, egg, soy, wheat and sesame. Cool cooked rice promptly in shallow containers and refrigerate within 1 hour at 5°C or below; use the next day. Cooking and chilling rice, and thawing prawns, are extra. Nutrition is estimated and includes rice, cauliflower, prawns, eggs, vegetables and all listed oil and sauces.

Method

1. Step 1Prepare the half-and-half base

   Use 300 g properly chilled cooked rice. Pat 300 g washed cauliflower florets dry and pulse in short bursts, or grate, into small rice-size pieces; stop before it becomes a paste. Thaw and dry the prawns. Dice the vegetables and beat the eggs.

   

2. Step 2Scramble the egg

   Heat a large wok over medium-high heat. Add 5 ml of the neutral oil and scramble the beaten eggs into soft curds, about 1 minute. Transfer to a clean bowl; they will finish heating in the rice.

   

3. Step 3Sear the prawns

   Add another 5 ml oil and spread the prawns in one layer. Stir-fry for about 2–3 minutes until opaque throughout; larger pieces may need longer. Transfer to a fresh clean bowl, not the bowl that held the raw prawns.

   

4. Step 4Soften the vegetables

   Add the remaining 10 ml oil, then the carrot, onion and spring onion whites. Stir-fry for about 2–3 minutes until the carrot is tender-crisp and the onion begins to soften.

   

5. Step 5Cook the cauliflower rice

   Add the raw riced cauliflower to the cooked vegetables. Stir-fry for about 3–4 minutes until tender-crisp and excess moisture has evaporated. Keep the pan uncrowded; cook in two batches if needed.

   

6. Step 6Add the chilled rice and season

   Add the 300 g cold cooked rice, breaking up soft clumps with a spatula. Stir-fry for about 2–3 minutes until hot throughout. Drizzle in the soy sauce and sesame oil and toss evenly.

   

7. Step 7Return egg and prawns

   Return the cooked prawns and egg, with the spring onion greens. Toss for about 1–2 minutes until the whole dish is steaming hot, the egg is cooked and the prawns are opaque and firm. Check the reheated rice mixture reaches 75°C throughout, turning and checking more than one place; keep cooking if needed. Reheat chilled rice only once.

   

8. Step 8Serve the lighter bowl

   Serve immediately in three bowls. The base is half cooked rice and half raw cauliflower by starting weight. It has a softer, more vegetable-like bite and less starch than the classic. Reheat cooked rice only once; do not use rice left on the bench overnight.

   

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Why this version works

• Half the rice weight is replaced with cauliflower; the combined rice-and-cauliflower weight stays 600 g.
• Dry-fry cauliflower first so excess water does not soften the finished rice.
• Keep properly chilled cooked rice for separate grains.
• Prawns and eggs remain, giving an estimated 36.8 g protein per serving.
• 450 versus the original page’s 582 kcal is about 132 fewer kcal; it is not a half-calorie claim.

Swaps and variations

• The separate classic Prawn Egg Fried Rice page uses 600 g cooked rice for the same three servings.

Nutrition per serve

Estimated per serving using FSANZ Australian Food Composition Database Release 3 and the stated ingredient proxies; brands, cooked yield and portions vary. All listed oil and sauce are included. Classic about 582 kcal; this version about 450 kcal per serving, approximately 22.9% lower in this model. Only the stated half-and-half swap is changed. It does not reach a one-third reduction; no low-energy or one-third calorie claim is made.

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Sources and credit

Method developed for Umall from the references below, with our own quantities for Australian home kitchens. Nutrition is an estimate; reference photographs are generated illustrations.

• RecipeTin Eats — Cauliflower Fried Rice
• 菜花米基础版 — 下厨房
• US Department of Veterans Affairs — Cauliflower Fried Rice
• Umall — Classic Prawn Egg Fried Rice

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