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Teriyaki Chicken Buddha Bowls

Teriyaki Chicken Buddha Bowls

This dish is a perfect harmony of flavors and textures, combining savory teriyaki chicken with an array of colorful vegetables.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course dinner

Ingredients
  

For the Buddha Bowls:

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 1-2 cup teriyaki marinade store bought or homemade
  • 2 heads broccoli
  • 1 large sweet potato
  • 2 cups brussels sprouts (about a small bag) halved
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1 Tbsp dijon mustard
  • 2 cups uncooked rice of choice I use brown rice
  • 1 container mixed greens
  • 1 red cabbage
  • 1 green cabbage
  • 1 cup shredded carrots

For tahini dressing:

  • ¼ cup tahini
  • 3 Tbsp water more if needed
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1 small garlic clove grated
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

For the crispy chickpeas:

  • 1 15 oz can chickpeas rinsed and drained
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • ⅛ tsp fine salt
  • 1/2 - 1 tsp chili powder or any seasoning of choice

Instructions
 

  • Marinate chicken breast overnight or for at least 2 hours prior to cooking.
  • Preheat oven to 400° .
  • Grill or cook chicken.
  • Chop broccoli, sweet potatoes, and brussels sprouts and put them on a parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Sprinkle them with salt, pepper and some garlic powder.
  • Put them in the oven and set timer for 18 minutes.
  • While the veggies are cooking, mix together the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey and dijon mustard.
  • After 18 minutes, remove the broccoli from the sheet pan and put the sheet pan back in the oven. After 7 minutes remove the sweet potatoes from the sheet pan and put the sheet pan back in the oven. After 10 minutes, remove the brussels sprouts.
  • Drizzle the honey mustard dressing over the cooked brussels sprouts.
  • Cook rice.
  • Grate carrots and chop cabbage.
  • Make crispy chickpeas
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  • Make Tahini Dressing
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Assemble your bowls

  • Start with rice, raw veggies (cabbage, mixed greens, carrots) and top with cooked veggies (brussels, sweet potatoes, broccoli) and then top with chopped cooked chicken, the leftover teriyaki marinade or tahini dressing and the crispy chickpeas.

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