High Protein Chicken Shawarma Rice Bowls
Serves 6
Directions
- 1Season your chicken with fresh garlic, onion powder, parsley, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, cumin, and squeeze your lemons.
- 2Mix the chicken until the color changes, ensuring both sides are coated with seasoning. Add more if needed.
- 3For the samurai sauce, combine fat-free yogurt, light mayo, hot sauce, salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder, paprika, and lemon juice.
- 4Mix the samurai sauce until smooth and creamy.
- 5Cook the chicken in light butter for 10 minutes until golden brown, ensuring medium heat.
- 6Chop the cooked chicken into cubes.
- 7In a bowl, add yogurt, chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, salt, garlic, cumin, and parsley for the cucumber yogurt mix.
- 8Mix the cucumber yogurt ingredients until well combined.
- 9Boil the basmati rice with turmeric, paprika, salt, and cumin until cooked to make the golden rice.
- 10Serve the dish with golden rice, shawarma chicken, the spicy samurai sauce, and the cucumber yogurt mix.
Ingredients
- 1125 g Chicken Breast cut into thinner fillet slices
- 6 Minced Garlic Cloves
- 3 tsp Onion Powder
- 3 tsp Dried Parsley
- 3 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 2.25 tsp Salt & Pepper
- 3 tsp Cumin
- 1.12 Lemon Juice
- 45 g Light Butter (for cooking all pieces)
- 300 g Low Fat Greek Yogurt (Brand: Milbona)
- 150 g Light Mayo (Brand: Hellmanns)
- 37.5 g Hot Sauce (Sauce Shop Buffalo Sauce)
- 0.75 tsp Salt, Pepper, Garlic, Onion Powder, Paprika
- 0.38 Lemon Juice
- 150 g Greek Yogurt
- Chopped Cucumbers & Tomatoes
- to taste Salt, Garlic, Cumin
- Fresh Parsley
- 300 g Uncooked Basmati Rice
- 840 g Cooked Rice
- 1.5 tsp Turmeric, Paprika, Salt, Cumin
Tips
- Make sure both sides of the chicken are coated with the seasoning - Add more if needed!
- You can bottle and store the Spicy Samurai Sauce in the fridge and use for other meals too!
- When cooking the chicken make sure it’s on medium heat.
- Use cooking spray or olive oil if preferred for cooking chicken.
- Make the golden rice before cooking the chicken.
- You can make the Samurai Sauce and Cucumber Yogurt mix in bulk and store separately. Only add to your meal when ready to eat.
- Reheat the rice and chicken separately to the other components.
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