Description
Our easy and flavor-packed Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl recipe is a one bowl meal that is perfect for dinner this week!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- kosher salt and ground black pepper
- 1 head of cauliflower, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1/2 cup buffalo sauce (homemade or store-bought + more for serving)
- 4 cups cooked rice
- 2–3 celery stalks, sliced
- 1 cup English cucumber, cut lengthwise and slice
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 1/4 cup green onions, sliced
- 1 cup romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles (more, if desired)
- serving suggestion (optional): ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Bake Chicken: Place the raw chicken thighs on one side of a large rimmed baking sheet and rub the outside of them with olive oil. Then season with salt and pepper. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes.
- Bake Cauliflower: Carefully remove the sheet pan from the oven and add the fresh cauliflower florets to the other side of the pan. Drizzle the chicken and cauliflower with 1/2 cup of buffalo sauce. Return to the oven and bake for another 10 minutes.
- Rest + Cut: Once the chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees F (use a meat thermometer). Let them rest for about 5 minutes. Then place the cooked chicken on a cutting board and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Assemble Bowls: Divide the cooked rice, celery, cucumber, carrots, green onions, romaine lettuce, and blue cheese evenly between 4 bowls. Add the cubed chicken and buffalo cauliflower on top. Option to drizzle more buffalo sauce, ranch, and/or blue cheese dressing on top!
Notes
- Buffalo Sauce: If you have the time, we highly recommend making our homemade buffalo sauce! And if you don’t have the time, we love Primal Kitchen’s Buffalo Sauce.
- Chicken: We love using boneless skinless chicken thighs, but boneless, skinless chicken breasts would work too. Just make sure you increase the bake time to ensure the internal temp. at the thickest part of the meat reaches 165 degrees F.
- Dairy Free: simply skip the blue cheese and if you are adding a dressing on top, make sure it is dairy-free.
- Variations: All of the rice bowl additions are optional. Feel free to adjust the amounts or sub in any of your favorite rice bowl ingredients.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6 oz
- Calories: 295
- Sugar: 6.8 g
- Sodium: 1568.6 mg
- Fat: 19.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.8 g
- Protein: 16.2 g
- Cholesterol: 47.7 mg