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How I Make Teriyaki Chicken Meal Prep Bowls in 35 Minutes

How I Make Teriyaki Chicken Meal Prep Bowls in 35 Minutes
Prep
10 min
Cook
25 min
Total
45 min
Serves
4
Calories
427 kcal
Carbs
69.00 g

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbspcorn starch
  • 1 Tbspcold water
  • 1/2 cuplow sodium soy sauce
  • 1/4 cupreal mirin
  • 1 inchgrated ginger
  • 2 cloveschopped garlic
  • 1/4 cuphoney
  • 1 cupwhite Jasmine or Basmati Rice
  • 1 cupwater (more if cooking in a pot)
  • 4 cupsbroccoli florets
  • 2 slicesred bell peppers
  • 1 Tbspavocado oil
  • sea salt
  • pepper
  • sesame seeds for garnish
  • spring onions for garnish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400F (200C).

  2. 2

    Add cornstarch and cold water to a small bowl and whisk until no lumps are left.

  3. 3

    Add cornstarch slurry to an oven-proof baking dish, soy sauce, real mirin, ginger, garlic, honey and whisk until well combined.

  4. 4

    Add chicken breasts to teriyaki sauce and place in the hot oven for approximately 25 minutes or until the chicken has an internal temperature of 155F.

  5. 5

    In the meantime, add broccoli florets and bell pepper slices to a large baking sheet, drizzle with avocado oil, season with sea salt and pepper, and then place next to the chicken in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

  6. 6

    While everything is in the oven, cook your rice in either the Instant Pot or on the stovetop.

  7. 7

    Remove chicken and veggies from the oven and let the chicken rest for approximately 10 minutes.

  8. 8

    Then remove the chicken from the sauce, cut into bite-sized cubes, and return to the teriyaki sauce.

  9. 9

    Divide chicken, teriyaki sauce, veggies, and rice into 4 meal prep containers, garnish with sesame seeds and sliced spring onion, and store in the fridge for up to 4 days.