Teriyaki Chicken Bowl
Prep Time
Prep Notes
This recipe is best when the chicken has marinated overnight, however you can marinate it for as little as 30 minutes.
If you marinate it overnight, you can also soak your basmati brown rice overnight and follow the recipe "How to cook brown basmati rice"
Or enjoy with white rice.
Cooking Time
25 Minutes
Yields
Serves 4
Ingredients
Use Organic Ingredients where possible
- 2 Cups Cooked Brown Basmati Rice - See "How To Cook Brown Basmati Rice" Recipe
- 1 Red Capsicum, cut lengthways into strips
- 2 Cups Broccoli, cut into small florets
- 1 Cup of fresh or canned pineapple chunks (optional)
For the Teriyaki Chicken
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup Tamari sauce or Soya Sauce
- 2 Tablespoon honey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 cup water
- 600-700 grams boneless chicken thighs. (approx 6 thighs), cut into bite-sized chunks
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 spring onion, thinly sliced
Directions
- To make the teriyaki chicken, whisk together cornstarch and 1/4 cup water in a small bowl; set aside.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add tamari sauce, honey, garlic, ginger, and 1 cup of water; bring to a simmer. Stir in cornstarch mixture until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 2 minutes; let cool to room temperature. Reserve 1/4 cup and set aside.
- In a glass bowl, combine marinade with chicken, marinate for at least 30 minutes to overnight, Stirring through occasionally, drain the chicken from the marinade.
- Heat the coconut oil in a large cast-iron pan over a medium heat. Add chicken and cook until golden brown and cooked through, about 3-4 minutes each side.
- Add pineapple and red capsicum to pan and toss through chicken until warmed.
- Place broccoli florets into a steamer or colander set over a pan of boiling water. Cover and steam for 5-7 minutes, or until cooked through and vibrant in colour.
- Warm basmati rice through and serve into bowls topped with capsicum, broccoli, chicken, reserved tamari mixture, sesame seeds and spring onions.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutritional Notes:
Broccoli is one of the most nutritious vegetables around. Its benefits to our immune system are due to its high vitamin C content. Like vitamin E, vitamin C is a potent antioxidant nutrient and also helps to regenerate vitamin E.
Ginger has been found in the scientific research to help balance the immune system to restore it to proper functioning. Ginger has also been found to enhance the protective functions of the immune system.
Garlic can be crushed, chewed or sliced to produce allicin, which is thought to give garlic its immune-boosting properties.
Credit
This Delicious recipe was inspired by DAMN DELICIOUS