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Easy Weeknight Rice Bowl Recipe

A fast, endlessly customizable weeknight dinner — fluffy rice, your choice of protein, crisp fresh vegetables, and a quick sriracha mayo, on the table in under 30 minutes.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 bowls
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Calories: 520

Ingredients
  

Rice
  • 1 cup jasmine rice rinsed
  • 1¾ cups chicken broth or water
Sriracha Mayo
  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1-2 teaspoons sriracha
  • 1 squeeze lime juice
Bowls
  • 1 pound chicken tenders, fish fillets, or ground beef
  • 1 tablespoon oil for cooking
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cups purple cabbage shredded
  • 1 cucumber sliced
  • 1 cup carrots shredded
  • 1 avocado sliced
  • 1 cup shelled edamame
  • sesame seeds, sliced green onions, pickled ginger, lime wedges for serving

Method
 

Instructions
  1. Cook the rice: Combine 1 cup rinsed jasmine rice with 1¾ cups chicken broth (or water) in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce to low, cover, and simmer for 12 minutes. Remove from heat and keep covered for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
  2. Make the sriracha mayo: Whisk together 3 tablespoons mayonnaise, 1–2 teaspoons sriracha, and a squeeze of lime juice until smooth. Refrigerate until serving. Adjust heat level to taste.
  3. Cook the protein: Season chicken tenders, fish fillets, or ground beef with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Cook in a hot skillet with 1 tablespoon oil — chicken tenders 3–4 minutes per side, fish 3–4 minutes per side, ground beef about 8 minutes until cooked through.
  4. Prep the veggies: While the protein cooks, shred the cabbage, slice the cucumber, peel and shred the carrots, and slice the avocado. Arrange in prep bowls for an easy topping bar.
  5. Assemble: Divide the cooked rice among bowls. Top with the cooked protein and arrange the fresh vegetables alongside. Drizzle generously with sriracha mayo or your sauce of choice.
  6. Finish and serve: Add any extra toppings — sesame seeds, sliced green onions, pickled ginger, extra lime wedges — and serve immediately while the protein is warm and the vegetables are fresh and crisp.

Nutrition

Calories: 520kcal

Notes

Cook the rice in chicken broth instead of water for extra flavor. Keep a batch of cooked rice in the fridge (up to 5 days) so bowls come together in about 10 minutes. Store components separately: cooked protein 3–4 days, prepped raw vegetables 2–3 days (keep avocado unsliced until serving), sauce up to 1 week.

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