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Home » Recipes » 30-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls

30-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls

5/8/17

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These 30-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls with jasmine rice and snap peas are a healthy takeout substitute, and ready in under half an hour!

These 20-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls with jasmine rice and snap peas are a healthy takeout substitute, and ready in under half an hour!

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It's a brand new week and I've got a brand new slew of healthy, easy recipes for the week coming right at ya!!!??

Starting with these 30-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls.

Umm, hello perfection. THIS is exactly what you want to be eating after a long day when you're craving takeout. It's a surprisingly close copy cat of the sweet, savoury sesame chicken you get at your local Chinese food joint, and it's a dinner you can throw together at the very last minute with ingredients you likely already have on hand at home.??

I mean, don't you just LOVE pantry meals????

The kind where you can literally clear out your vegetable crisper, use some chicken from the freezer and then take the rest from your fridge and pantry? I mean, you always have sesame oil, cornstarch and soy sauce on hand (at least I do!)

Hopefully you also have a couple eggs in your fridge because those are key alongside the cornstarch in getting the perfect coating on the chicken. It's quite simple actually: toss some cut up chicken breasts with cornstarch and egg, then fry on medium-high heat with some sesame oil. Add a bit of soy sauce for some extra flavour, then comes the sesame sauce and the veggies!

These 20-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls with jasmine rice and snap peas are a healthy takeout substitute, and ready in under half an hour!

And jasmine rice. OMG, this is what MAKES these Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls!? I swear, the nutty flavour of this rice with the sweet and sticky honey sesame sauce is what drives this dinner over the edge – and these are perfect as leftovers for the week.

As a single person, half the importance of meal planning and preparation is turning dinner leftovers into lunches for the week. Though I'm technically not on my own and cooking for just myself right now, I am often on my own for lunches and a few dinners a week depending on everyone's schedules. Of course when I'm not shooting all this food, I'm prioritizing efficiency and want to make everything in batches for the work week.

But sometimes, you just don't have time to do batch meal prepping, like after you've had a busy weekend for instance. I was out all day Saturday and Sunday running around, having fun, doing family stuff and all of a sudden we got home last night at like 6pm and I was dead tired.?No way I'm going for groceries, cooking or any of that. I know this story isn't unique to any of you either! So, what to do? Make dinner do double duty for the week!

And these Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls are absolutely PERFECT for that.

The chicken tastes just as good re-heated, and this recipe makes so much that even if you're making it for just yourself, you'll still have three or four lunches ready for the week. And you'll enjoy the leftovers just as much as the first time around. That's what I call a win-win in the meal prep world!?

And even if you do get sick of these Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls or need to stretch it all out, you can always switch it up by adding in extra veggies or toppings to make the recipe a bit different for the work week. I love adding in mushrooms, bean sprouts, broccoli and baby corn to stir fries, so you could always add these things in after or even add another protein like shrimp and stir fry all together.

Sesame chicken rice bowls

Or rice noodles or yakisoba noodles! Omg I might love noodles even more than jasmine rice. Have a little bit of extra sauce kicking around and toss the noodles with the chicken and veg and you've got another unique meal for the week. Really, I could just eat this stuff all the time.?

Will you be making these 30-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls? 

I know I am ALL for more easy, fast dinners that are reminiscent of takeout. And when they're this healthy, it's certainly a bonus! ?

If you try any of my recipes be sure to let me know on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or in the comments – I’d love to see what you come up with!

 

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Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls

These 30-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls with jasmine rice and snap peas are a healthy takeout substitute, and ready in under half an hour!
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Chicken
Cuisine: Asian-Inspired
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken beasts, cubed
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tsp soy sauce or tamari
  • 1 cup snap peas
  • 1 red pepper, chopped
  • 2-3 cups cooked jasmine rice
  • 3 scallions, sliced
  • 1 red chili pepper, sliced
  • Extra sesame seeds for garnish

Sesame sauce

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce or tamari
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp fresh ginger, minced
  • 2 tsp sriracha (optuional)

Instructions

  • Cook jasmine rice according to package directions (I usually make enough servings for 4) in a rice cooker or on the stovetop. Prepare veggies and chicken.
  • In a large bowl, toss chicken with cornstarch and egg. Mix together well. Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp sesame oil in a large skillet over med-high heat. Add chicken and 2 tsp soy sauce, sauteeing for 4-5 min until chicken starts to brown.
  • Meanwhile, mix sauce ingredients together. Pour overtop of chicken, then add red pepper and snap peas, sauteeing for another 3-4 min until veggies are tender and sauce has thickened.
  • Serve chicken overtop of rice and garnish with scallions, sesame seeds and red chili peppers. Enjoy!

These 20-Minute Sesame Chicken Rice Bowls with jasmine rice and snap peas are a healthy takeout substitute, and ready in under half an hour!

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Hey there, my name's Taylor! I’m the founder of The Girl on Bloor, a food blog where I share healthy meal prep recipes for busy people. I'm a busy city girl living in downtown Toronto on (you guessed it!) Bloor Street. I've got 10 years experience meal prepping, along with a Master's degree in journalism, and you can find my work across the internet featured on publications such as Buzzfeed, HuffPost, Women's Health, Reader's Digest and more. I also run the awesome 5-Day Meal Prep Challenge, which is a free email course and Facebook group where I share my meal planning strategies and easy meal prep tips and recipes. Be sure to check out my free beginner’s guide to meal prep and follow me on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to get my latest recipes and meal prep tips!

Comments

  1. Lindsay | With Salt and Pepper says

    May 13, 2017 at 11:11

    These look SO GOOD!!!!

    Reply
    • Taylor Stinson says

      May 15, 2017 at 11:43

      Thank you so much Lindsay! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Vanessa says

    March 24, 2019 at 20:33

    Wow this was a big fail for me. I followed everything to a t and the sauce burned and stuck but the chicken wasn’t cooked. It’s all gummy 🙁

    Reply
    • Taylor Stinson says

      March 25, 2019 at 07:49

      I’m sorry this didn’t turn out for you Vanessa – not sure what could have gone wrong. If the chicken wasn’t cut up into 1-inch pieces that could result in it being undercooked. I honestly don’t know how the sauce could have burned either. Maybe your stovetop medium-high is hotter than other appliances, or you weren’t stirring enough. Wish I could troubleshoot what went wrong here!

      Reply
  3. Jen Quinn says

    January 6, 2020 at 18:06

    I made this with beef and it was still yummy. Going to try tomorrow with chicken and pineapple 👌🏼

    Reply
    • Taylor Stinson says

      January 6, 2020 at 19:00

      So happy you enjoyed 🙂

      Reply
    • Kristin says

      February 9, 2020 at 10:36

      This recipe was absolutely delicious! My two kids gobbled it up and so did my husband and I. We were all out of red peppers so we only used the snap peas. It was absolutely delectable. Thank you. We will make this again and again. It is a total full family pleaser. The sauce was outstanding! FYI- I can’t seem to convince my phone to let me do a rating but this is a 10+ star for our family. Even for my picky eater daughter

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      • Taylor Stinson says

        February 10, 2020 at 07:35

        I’m so happy you all enjoyed Kristin! Thanks so much for leaving your review 🙂

        Reply

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