Sticky Honey Ginger Soy Hen Bowls

A scrumptious Asian-style dressing provides superb taste to those straightforward sticky honey ginger soy hen bowls with cabbage and rice.

This straightforward weeknight dinner is extremely mild and refreshing. Name it a salad. Name it a bowl. Name it no matter you need, as a result of it’s one scrumptious meal!

Asian-Type Dressing and Marinade

The inspiration of this recipe is a flavorful concoction of pantry-friendly staples that doubles as marinade and dressing.

• low-sodium soy sauce (common soy sauce will seemingly be too salty)
• honey
• olive oil
• sesame oil
• rice vinegar (or recent lime juice)
• garlic
• ginger

Half of the marinade is reserved to make use of later as dressing. The opposite half is used to marinate the hen.

What minimize of hen is greatest? This recipe works nice with boneless, skinless hen breasts, hen tenderloins, or hen thighs.

Prepping Hen Bowl Substances

Apart from the time it takes to combine the marinade and let the hen soak for a bit, this recipe is loopy straightforward to throw collectively.

1. Grill the hen, let it relaxation after which thinly slice.
2. Chop the cabbage (I prefer it coarsely chopped for the crunch issue, however you possibly can go for skinny angel-hair strands).
3. Cook dinner or prep the rice (sticky rice, white rice, brown rice, garlic rice, coconut rice – a lot of choices right here).
4. Collect garnishes: chopped cilantro, toasted sesame seeds, chopped inexperienced onions, lime wedges.

Sticky Rice Professional Tip: we love the Bibigo model microwaveable sticky rice. It heats up in lower than three minutes within the microwave. We discover it at Costco, however it’s out there on Amazon and in lots of different grocery shops.

Assembling Sticky Honey Ginger Soy Hen Bowls

To serve these straightforward hen bowls, scoop in rice and cabbage after which drizzle with a number of tablespoons of dressing.

High with slices of hen and any garnishes you want! Contemporary avocados additionally usually make an look after we eat (or somewhat, devour) this meal.

The mix of crunchy cabbage, sticky rice, tender hen, and that punchy, flavorful dressing is simply so extremely scrumptious. YUM.

These sticky honey ginger soy hen bowls have skyrocketed to the highest of our listing of favourite meals – particularly proper now when the straightforward substances and technique are good for summer time cooking.

You can skip the entire “bowl” idea and simply concentrate on the hen. Marinated and grilled, it might be marvelous in so many various purposes.

Like maybe served over coconut rice with recent pineapple on the facet or served with a easy facet like roasted potatoes or skillet inexperienced beans.

However if you’d like my recommendation, I’d say…go for the bowls. They’re soooooo good. I hope you like them like we do!

Sticky Honey Ginger Soy Hen Bowls

Yield: 6 servings

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time: 16 minutes minutes

Marinating Time: 2 hours hrs

Complete Time: 2 hours hrs 46 minutes minutes

Marinade and Dressing:

• ½ cup low-sodium soy sauce
• ⅓ cup honey or brown sugar
• ⅓ cup unseasoned rice vinegar or recent lime juice (see be aware)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 ½ to 2 tablespoons grated recent ginger, ginger paste or ginger cubes
• 4 cloves garlic, finely minced, or 1 tablespoon garlic paste or garlic cubes
• 1 ½ to 2 kilos boneless, skinless hen breasts, hen tenderloins or hen thighs

For the Bowls:

• 6 cups chopped inexperienced cabbage (see be aware)
• 2 cups sizzling, cooked white or brown rice (see be aware)
• Chopped cilantro
• Finely diced inexperienced onions or chives
• Toasted sesame seeds

• In a medium bowl or in a blender, whisk or mix the soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar (or lime juice), olive oil, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic till well-combined.

• Measure out 3/4 cup of the marinade and switch to a lined container or jar. Refrigerate till serving.

• Place the hen in a ziploc bag or shallow dish and add the remaining marinade. Toss till the hen is evenly coated. Seal the bag or cowl the dish and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours or as much as 8 hours.

• Preheat a grill to medium-high warmth. Grill the hen for 3 to 4 minutes per facet till an instant-read thermometer registers 165 levels F when inserted on the thickest half (the precise time will rely in your grill and what minimize of hen you might be utilizing).

• Take away the hen from the grill, tent with foil, and let relaxation for five to 10 minutes. Reduce into skinny slices for serving.

• To serve, scoop a serving of cabbage and rice right into a bowl or on a plate. Whisk the reserved dressing to recombine and drizzle a number of tablespoons over the cabbage and rice. High with slices of hen and garnish with chopped cilantro, toasted sesame seeds, lime wedges, inexperienced onions, and extra dressing.

Vinegar/Lime Juice: I examined this recipe utilizing rice vinegar and lime juice. Each are scrumptious, so use what you have got readily available. It’s additionally scrumptious utilizing half rice vinegar/half lime juice.
Cabbage: I choose the cabbage on this recipe chopped coarsely as a result of it lends a scrumptious, recent crunch, however you possibly can thinly slice into positive shreds if that’s your desire. 
Rice: many kinds of rice can be utilized for this recipe. Sticky rice. White rice. Brown rice. You may even use an precise recipe, like this garlic rice or coconut rice. 

Course: Major Course

Delicacies: Asian

Methodology: Grilled

Serving: 1 serving, Energy: 443kcal, Carbohydrates: 47g, Protein: 37g, Fats: 11g, Saturated Fats: 2g, Ldl cholesterol: 97mg, Sodium: 956mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 18g

Recipe Supply: from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe (impressed by a recipe from a neighborhood Asian cafe, Zen Bento, after a brand new buddy, Kristen, who I met at a Particular Olympics occasion informed me about her knockoff recipe – I adopted her unfastened directions and performed round with the right Asian-style dressing and marinade; thanks, Kristen!)