This teriyaki chicken bowl will be your next dinner obsession

Rice bowls or ‘bowls for dinner’ have become a viral trend because of their fast and simple creation. This teriyaki chicken bowl leans into the ease of making up a quick bowl for dinner, but has added ingredients to make it extra tasty.

Make a homemade teriyaki sauce to dress your chicken in and fill your bowl with sushi rice, fresh vegies and your favourite toppings. It’s an easy dinner you’ll want to make every night for weeks on end!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

4 small chicken breast fillets, trimmed

2 x 250g packets microwave sticky rice

2 large carrots, shredded

3 cups (160g) shredded purple cabbage

1 avocado, quartered

Japanese roasted sesame dressing, furikake rice seasoning, pickled ginger, to serve

Teriyaki sauce

1/2 cup tamari or Japanese soy sauce

1/3 cup rice vinegar

2 teaspoons minced ginger

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon white sugar

2 teaspoons sesame oil

Method

Step 1

To make teriyaki sauce, combine all ingredients in a small saucepan. Stir over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to medium, and gently boil for 5 minutes until sauce reduces by half. Set aside.

Step 2

Meanwhile, heat oil in a large non-stick frying pan on medium heat. Add chicken and cook for 15–18 minutes, turning after 8 minutes. Pour over the teriyaki sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook for 3–4 minutes, turning the chicken every minute, until it is cooked through and glazed. Cover and allow to stand for 5 minutes in the pan.

Step 3

Heat rice, following packet directions. While the rice is heating, place chicken on a board (leaving sauce in the frying pan) and thinly slice.

Step 4

Spoon rice into four serving bowls. Add carrot, cabbage and avocado. Add chicken and spoon over teriyaki sauce from the pan. Serve with sesame dressing, furikake and ginger.

*(Photography: Con Poulos, Styling: Lucy Busuttil)*

What to put in a teriyaki chicken bowl?

The best ingredients to include in a teriyaki chicken bowl are fresh vegetables, sushi rice and toppings such as seaweed, furikake and Japanese mayo. Fresh vegetables could include shredded carrots, broccoli, green onion or sliced cucumber.

Do you put teriyaki sauce on chicken before or after cooking?

You can use teriyaki sauce as both a marinade and a sauce that is added in at the end of the cooking process. This recipe uses a homemade teriyaki sauce that is added to the chicken in the last 3-4 minutes of cooking.

Senior food editor Sarah Murphy Senior food editor

Sarah Murphy is a Senior Food Editor who has worked across leading Australian food magazines since 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Advertising and Public Relations) and has contributed to magazines including delicious., The Australian Women’s Weekly Food, Super Food Ideas and Woman’s Day. Sarah has also worked across multiple cookbooks for delicious. magazine and The Australian Women’s Weekly Cookbooks. Currently, Sarah is the Senior Food Editor for Better Homes and Gardens Magazine and oversees all food content, creating and developing achievable recipes for readers that still excite and impress.