Japanese
Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 4 cups cooked white rice
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 2 carrots
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- 4 scallions
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
How to cook it
- Stir the soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, and cornstarch with 1/4 cup water to make the teriyaki sauce.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium-high and cook the bite-sized chicken until browned and cooked through, about 8 minutes.
- Pour in the sauce and simmer until thick and glossy and coating the chicken, about 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile steam the broccoli and carrots until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
- Divide the rice among bowls and top with the chicken, vegetables, and any extra sauce.
- Finish with sesame seeds and sliced scallions.
Serve it with
A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Dairy-Free Chicken Rice Bowl |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Chicken Katsu Curry |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, rice, and broccoli.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.