Keto Chicken Rice Bowl
Is it a Chicken salad or a Chicken rice bowl?
A Keto chicken rice bowl with no rice. I guess when you use vegetables to replace rice you definitely blur the lines. I mean as a concept it’s a rice bowl but that’s about it. Beyond that it’s largely a great salad. You have all your salad elements and you have a dressing and it tastes like one if I’m being honest. I think on Keto we use terms more to give you a feel or composition of what the dish is rather than trying to replicate it 100%. I mean you can use shiratake rice in this and it will give a more ‘rice’ like experience.
But even with rice in it, isn’t a rice bowl a salad anyway? At least that’s the way I see it. Unless it’s a hot curry on rice I think a rice bowl is largely like a salad or maybe I’m thinking about quinoa. Either way I hope you enjoy this recipe. Play around with the ingredients and make it your own.
Check out my video for 3 types of Keto rice that are not cauliflower. In this recipe I used my Zucchini rice.
A Caprese in disguise!
Tomato, mozzarella and basil with some salt, good extra virgin olive oil and basil. That’s the holy grail of flavour combinations and I love building different dishes with this. Pesto is an extremely amazing and versatile condiment to have at home. I love making mine fresh with a mix of basil and parsley. Most of the times I actually make it without the parmesan because in India we don’t get it easily and it’s super expensive. I also use different nuts based on what I have at home.
This pesto dressing for this bowl can be made in advance and kept in the fridge and be used as a sandwich spread, for a salad or even to marinate chicken. It’s great. The great thing about this recipe is if you just remove the chicken you’ve got a great vegetarian meal.
I deliberately kept the zucchini raw and I would strongly recommend that as it’s got a nice fresh taste and also a bit of texture. When zucchini is cooked it becomes too mushy and isn’t as enjoyable. Especially in this rice form. When it’s cut into circles or quarters it’s a lot different.
Anyway enjoy the recipe!
Keto Chicken Rice Bowl
Ingredients
For the chicken (this makes 3 servings)
- 450 grams Chicken Breast that’s 3 full breasts
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Tsp Dried Oregano
- Salt to Taste
For the dressing (this makes 3 servings)
- 1 Tbsp Pesto
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Mayonnaise
For the rice bowl
- 1 serving Chicken Breast from the recipe above
- 1 serving HK’s Pesto Dressing
- 100 grams Zucchini Rice
- 50 grams Cherry Tomatoes
- 75 grams Buffalo Mozeralla
- 20 grams Sliced Black Olives
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken in the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dried oregano and salt. Then cook on a non stick pan for about 3-4 minutes on each side till the chicken is cooked all the way through and has a nice golden brown colour on it.
- In a mixing bowl add the pesto, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and mayonnaise. Give it good mix and your dressing is ready.
- Slice up your chicken after it’s rested into nice big pieces, also halve your cherry tomatoes and slice up the buffalo mozzarella
- In your bowl add the zucchini rice, top it with the chicken, tomatoes, mozzarella and olives.
- Dress it with the pesto dressing and serve.
Made this for dinner and I used goat cheese as that was what I had on hand. I loved it!! My only question is how to cook the chicken so it doesn’t burn? I know it says in a non-stick pan and I did… but the marinade burned and all that deliciousness was turned into carbon. I did cook it low and slow because I thought it might happen.
Otherwise This meal left me feeling full and light. Will make it again 🙂
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