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Japanese Donburi-style Chicken Rice Bowl
Donburi, a classic Japanese chicken rice dish, screams comfort. You'll love this version with free-range British chicken thighs, and added spinach and wholegrain rice for more goodness. It's a breeze to make, and even easier to devour.
Prep in 10
High protein
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 garlic bulb
- 160g baby spinach
- 2 tbsp sesame oil (Sesame)
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 25g honey
- 1 tsp shichimi togarashi (Sesame) (crushed red chillies, orange peel, black sesame seed, white sesame seed, sansho pepper, ginger, nori)
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp tamari (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 1 tbsp organic seaweed salad
- 3 spring onion
- 500g steamed brown basmati rice (Natural Brown Basmati Rice – Steamed (98%), Rice Bran Oil, Acacia Fibre.)
- 600g British Free Range chicken thighs
Nutritional Information
Calories: 565
Protein: 39g
Carbs: 41g
Fat: 27g
Japanese Donburi-style Chicken Rice Bowl
Donburi, a classic Japanese chicken rice dish, screams comfort. You'll love this version with free-range British chicken thighs, and added spinach and wholegrain rice for more goodness. It's a breeze to make, and even easier to devour.
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Cooking Instructions
- Bring a large saucepan filled with 600ml hot water to a boil. Add the tamari, honey, vinegar and half the seaweed. Stir the cornflour into 50ml cold water. Cut 2 spring onions into 2cm pieces. Add the spring onion pieces and cornflour mixture to the pan and cook for 8-10 mins.
- Thinly slice the chicken and add to the broth. Simmer for another 7-8 mins, until the broth thickens slightly.
- Thinly slice 6 garlic cloves. Heat a medium frying pan with the sesame oil on medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 1-2 mins, then add the spinach and rice. Cook for 3-4 mins, until the rice is piping hot and the spinach has wilted. Season with a pinch of sea salt.
- Thinly slice the remaining spring onion. Check your chicken is cooked through by cutting a large piece in half; the flesh should be white and the juices running clear. Cook for longer if necessary.
- Serve the rice topped with the chicken and pour over the broth. Garnish with a pinch of shichimi togarashi (to taste - it's spicy), the remaining spring onion and seaweed.
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