This slow cooker cauliflower is rich and creamy and oh-so-cheesy. The ultimate low carb keto comfort food dish!
I am really loving my slow cooker lately. It’s usually one of those countertop appliances that I don’t actually keep on my countertop. It typically lives down on my pantry shelving in the basement, coming up once or twice a month. But these days, I make a recipe with it and clean it up and intend on hauling it back down stairs, only to discover another recipe idea in my head that requires it. My husband, who can be somewhat fastidious about uncluttered counters, gave up trying to get it out of the way because I was using it almost daily. Really, it’s been good to me lately, producing some easy and delicious food for my family.
How To Make Keto Pepper Jack Cauliflower
The best slow cooker recipes are the ones where you just dump the ingredients in and walk away. This is almost one of those recipes. I say almost because you do have to come back and add the cheese at the end, and stir and then let it cook a tiny bit longer. But really, there’s so little work here and you end up with a super creamy, super flavourful low carb side dish.
And can I just say that the leftovers make a great breakfast? Bacon optional.
And be sure to check out these amazing low carb cauliflower recipes!
- Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Alfredo from Crunchy Cream Sweet
- Roasted Cauliflower and Cheddar Soup from Two Peas and Their Pod
- Rosemary Garlic Mashed Cauliflower from The Cookie Rookie
- Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower from The Reluctant Entertainer
Slow Cooker Pepper Jack Cauliflower
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound cauliflower cut into 1 inch florets
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- ¼ cup whipping cream
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 4 ounces Pepper Jack cheese shredded
- 6 slices bacon cooked crisp and crumbled
Instructions
- Grease the inside of a 4 to 6 quart slow cooker.
- Add the cauliflower, cream cheese, whipping cream, butter, salt, and pepper. Cook on low for 3 hours.
- Add the Pepper Jack and stir to combine. Continue to cook another 30 minutes to an hour, until cauliflower is fork tender.
- Add bacon crumbles and serve.
Marianne says
Yum! I am eating this for the first time and it is great. I wanted it to go a little faster so I microwaved the cauliflower for 5 minutes before putting it in the crockpot and it cut the time down nicely. Thanks for the recipe – it is such a great idea!
Stephanie says
Such a great recipe! I usually make this twice a week for a snack.
Erin says
This is so good! Really easy to make and means my kids actually eat their vegetables!
Matt Taylor says
Cauliflower, cheese, bacon, cream, salt, pepper, nothing in there I don’t like! So amazing and easy to make!
Amber says
My husband barely tolerates cauliflower, I on the other hand crave it!! So thought I would give this a try!! Well according to my hubby “It’s a keeper!!” I did end up putting a smidge of Veggie Broth* because I thought it needed a little more liquid. We both agreed it would also work good as a soup too!!
* Better than Bouillon veggie
Carolyn says
Excellent!
patricia Peterson says
love the crock pot pepper jack califlower
Sarah says
I made this today to be my Thanksgiving side dish with a cornish hen, and I couldn’t stop eating it even as I was putting the leftovers in a glass dish to store. This was so good that I didn’t realize I left the bacon on a side counter and forgot to add it in! I ate the bacon later- I’m not crazy!- but it was THAT good. Thank you for the wonderful recipe!
Carolyn says
Wow, so happy to hear that!
Barb says
I’m not a big fan of cream cheese.
Is there anything that I can use to substitute the cream cheese?
I have to say, I never liked cauliflower and your recipes are turning me to a fan. I also like that many of your recipes are vegetarian friendly or can be easily converted to vegetarian. My husband is vegetarian, and it’s hard for me to find recipes that I personally like. Loving the blog.
Carolyn says
I honestly don’t know what you’d replace the cream cheese with. Maybe a little heavy cream? But you wouldn’t want much or it would be soupy.
Kyle says
I love all of these recipes that ‘claim’ they’re keto friendly but then DONT show nutrional value per serving. It is so VERY helpful NOT knowing the nutrional value of the meal you are promoting.
And if you didn’t get the hint. There is sarcasm in that comment.
Carolyn says
You can be as sarcastic as you like but you would actually be wrong. You didn’t click through to the full recipe which does, in fact, contain ALL the nutritional information.
Kath says
I made this and we LOVED it! My husband, who is known to be extremely fond of bacon, even said that the bacon was unnecessary. It’s THAT good! I’m going to double it for an Easter side dish with our ham. Thanks for this amazing recipe.
Angie says
Can I substitute the pepper jack cheese for Gouda or cheddar instead?
Carolyn says
Sure!
Jacquelyn Brooke says
Recipe looks awesome and I can’t wait to try it! I’d love if you could list ingredients and measurements within your blog for convenience though! It makes for an easy screenshot then grocery list lol. Plus it seems it’s answer a few of the questions people have asked for you.
Thank you for sharing your recipes!
Carolyn says
This is one I was paid to create and so the whole recipe lives on the Sweet Life website. Should be pretty easy to take a screen shot of that.
Stephanie says
Can I use riced cauliflower for this??
Carolyn says
Probably but you’d need to cook it a LOT less.
Shellee Schroeder says
Looks amazing! Do you drain the cauliflower after the first 3 hours? Is it watery?
Carolyn says
No, I don’t drain it.
Emily says
Do you have any cooking suggestions to change this from slow cooker to instant pot? It looks delicious but im too impatient qnd unprepared for slow cooking more often than not haha.
Carolyn says
Check out some IP cauliflower recipes and then use my additions. I am not really sure of the timing of it. Wish I could help more!
Heather says
I see that the recipe calls for whipping cream, but did not see you use it in the video. Is this optional? Looking forward to making this tonight.
Carolyn says
Works either way. I honestly think I just forgot in the video!
J. Park says
Yum! Do you have any instructions for making this in the Instant Pot pressure cooker?
Jessica says
Hi Carolyn! I was thinking about adding chicken to this recipe to make it a meal in and of itself. We love it as a side! I was thinking that if I added some cubed chicken to the cooker before all the rest it might come out about the same if I drained any extra moisture before adding the cauliflower. What do you think?
Carolyn says
I think it would be great.
Kati says
I’m using my instant as a slow cooker today and it doesn’t have a high or low setting. I currently have had the cauliflower in for a 1.5 hours and it’s already tender. Should I put the cheese in now?
Carolyn says
YES!
Charla says
Carolyn – I work outside the home, so prepping this for a 3 hour leadtime is problematic. Wondered if you had any experience with doing it in the Instapot?
Love love love your recipes. I was gifted an EKK cookbook for Christmas!
Carolyn says
One reader did it and it was total mush. Tasty mush, but mush nonetheless.
Jo says
I’ve been known to set my lamp timer and plug my crockpot into that before leaving for work. If everything I put in is very cold from the ‘fridge, I figure it is all good for an hour or two before it starts cooking.