Watch me make this crispy cauliflower hash browns recipe that is gluten-free and will satisfy potato cravings.

They are also perfect for a keto breakfast with scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon, and avocado slices.

Ditch Potatoes For Crispy Cauliflower Hash Browns

Lately, I’m going in for seconds, and my wife, who seems to catch me, tells me that I must change my ways.

Perhaps she’s right, although the Brit in me occasionally enjoys potatoes.

What I love about these cauliflower hashbrowns is how the cheese gets crispy.

Cutting Back The Carbs

We hardly eat anything too high in starch or carbs at our house, which is good because too many carbs can lead to excess weight gain.

We’ve also tried to limit the amount of sugar in our diets and keep sugary snacks to a minimum.

In keeping with the ketogenic diet, my wife and I work hard to create alternative healthy keto recipes that she can enjoy.

She gave these keto cheesy cauliflower hash browns a thumbs up and said they hit the spot.

Her feedback was that they are crispy and the texture is comparable to a potato hash brown.

When you first begin to work with almond flour, coconut flour, flax seed, and other alternatives to white flour, you have to get used to how they work.

I’ve had my ups and downs, but I’ve understood what I need to do while working with these ingredients.

I love when I get positive food opinions from her, but there have been times when I’ve failed miserably at a keto recipe creation.

Any time you experiment with creating recipes, you will take risks, which is why if you’re not a risk taker, stick to tried and true recipes.

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Buying Keto Ingredients

Where can I buy keto ingredients?

This is always a popular question when starting a low-carb, keto, or gluten-free diet.

You’ll find prices to be expensive when you start this way of eating, but they go a long way.

Recently, we were introduced to Low Carb Canada’s website, where you can order all sorts of low-carb, keto, and diabetic products.

The prices seem to be better than what we can find at the bulk barn, especially for low-carb flour.

We often buy keto products from Amazon Canada and our grocery store’s local health food section.

Ultimately, we find the best prices for most keto products at Costco Canada.

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Keto Cauliflower Breakfast Recipes

Cauliflower appears in plenty of low-carb recipes because it’s low in carbs, healthy and delicious when prepared in many ways.

We buy cauliflower when it’s on sale and prep it as soon as we get home, so it’s ready to eat or cook.

Another one of our delicious keto recipes is cauliflower tater tots if you want to switch up your breakfast meal plan.

We pair hashbrowns with pork sausages and fried eggs whenever we make them for breakfast.

These days we can find a head of cauliflower in Ontario grocery stores for about $2.50 each.

You can also buy riced cauliflower and frozen cauliflower for this keto recipe at Costco.

Related: Cauliflower mash beef pie (Keto)

How To Clean Cauliflower

We wash and chop the cauliflower into florets, drain and dry them, then place them in an opened freezer bag in the vegetable crisper of our refrigerator.

This way, when my wife hankers for something crunchy, she reaches into the bag, grabs some cauliflower, and goes on a crunch-fest.

If you struggle with low-carb, ketogenic eating, you must always have snacks you can eat and prepare in advance.

The better prepared you are for your keto lifestyle, the better it will be for you.

Eventually, you won’t even think of the foods you used to eat.

These keto cauliflower hash browns are perfect for that snack attack especially dipped in homemade keto garlicky mayonnaise.

Cauliflower Hash Browns A Quick Snack

These keto cauliflower hash browns are perfect when the carb craving hits or is part of a keto breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, or snack.

Mrs. CBB likes to eat them cold on the run, especially having a toddler with tons of energy and limited cooking opportunities.

How To Make Cheesy Cauliflower Hash Browns

These take no time to make, and you can fry them up in a skillet or griddle.

If you fancy adding other ingredients like bacon, ham, or other meats, you can make sure they are cut small and cooked before adding them to the cauliflower mixture.

I’m not sure how well it will hold up when frying, but you can try it and find out.

Worst case, you end up with a frying pan of cauliflower hash which would be just as delicious.

Without any extras apart from onions, cheddar, and mozzarella cheese, these cauliflower hash browns fry up crispy in coconut oil and butter.

The key is not to flip them more than once and not to cook them at too high a temperature that they will burn. 

I like to keep the dial around a med-high on the stovetop.

The Best Keto Cheesy Cauliflower Hashbrowns

Eat them as soon as possible while they are hot and crispy for the best keto cauliflower hash browns you’ll ever taste.

Any leftovers may soften but are still delicious; topped with sauce and pepperoni and put under the broiler.

We store them in a Tupperware container in the refrigerator, or you can freeze them later.

Recipe Keto Cauliflower Hash Browns

• Author: Mr.CBB
• Prep time: 35 mins
• Cook time: 10 mins
• Total time: 45 mins
• Serves: 8

Keto Extra-Crispy Cheesy Cauliflower Hash Browns are perfect for a breakfast brunch meal with all your favourites like eggs, sausages, bacon, and ham.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cauliflower, about 4 cups steamed and pressed so you get out as much water as you can
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup almond flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 2 green onions chopped
• 1/2 cup grated parmigiano regianno
• 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• coconut oil and butter for frying

Instructions

In a large bowl, add all of the ingredients together and mix.

Note: Make sure you squeeze as much water as possible from the cauliflower. I use paper towels or cheesecloth; otherwise, they will be too wet.

Place in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.

Use a large ice cream scoop to measure a portion and place it in your hands to form a round hash brown. You should be able to make 8-10 depending on your scoop size.

Place them on a platter and put them back in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to chill.

Add 1/2 cup of coconut oil and 1/4 cup of butter to medium-high temp in a frying pan.

Once the oil is heated, place your chilled patties in the frying pan. Fry four at a time and leave the rest in the refrigerator to chill.

If you need to add more coconut oil or butter to the pan, do so. That way, they won’t burn. You need to ensure they are frying in the proper amounts of oil.

Flip once after about 3-5 minutes. By lifting it and looking, you can check underneath to see if it is crispy and brown.

Once fried and crispy on both sides, place them on the dish but do not stack them.

Nutrition

Total Net Carbs for the recipe: 21.30g or 2.6g net carbs per hash brown. If you make the hash browns smaller, then this number will decrease.

Discussion Question: What other excellent keto cauliflower recipes have you tried?

Please leave your comments below.

Thanks for visiting.

Mr. CBB

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