Today’s style of healthy eating is all about eating the rainbow and there’s no easier way to do it than by meal prepping ingredients that when combined together create nutritious meals made in half the time.
This easy orange marinated chicken with sesame flavored broccoli rice (yes, broccoli as rice!) will totally bowl you over. Get it? Ugh. Now why did I have to go and do that???
Getting a weeknight dinner on the table isn’t really about mastering fancy cooking techniques or having all the best equipment to get things done. It’s more like a game of Tetris (my favorite!), where you plug in the holes (how much time you have, what’s in the fridge, how many will actually be showing up) with the shapes that fit.
And that’s where planning “what’s for dinnnnnnnerrrr?” more like a game instead of a call of duty can totally come in handy. Because even when it comes to cooking, strategy is always the ticket to winning.
That’s why easy meal prep is the strategic key that fits into just about every eating plan for any day of the week (lunches too). Some think they don’t have the time to set aside to meal prep, because why would you do things twice? Here’s why. BECAUSE IT SAVES FRIGGING TIME PEOPLE! Getting a few things chopped, mixed, and even cooked ahead of time will totally save in the long run.
If you haven’t tried meal prep yet, this easy orange chicken superfood bowl recipe should totally be your gateway drug to join the rest of us in our winning, cooking ways.
This orange chicken and broccoli rice (not white rice, silly, BROCCOLI RICE!) meal-ina-a-bowl recipe comes from the new cookbook Nourishing Superfood Bowls: 75 Healthy and Delicious Gluten Free Meals to Fuel Your Dayย from my fellow food loving recipe maker and AASDN-certified nutrition specialist Lindsay Cotter, the creator of the gluten-free cooking blog Cotter Crunch where she shares always healthy, gluten-free and mostly paleo recipes.
Lindsay’s cookbook features 75 gluten-free and allergy-free recipes from smoothie bowls like the Mint Almond Matcha Smoothie Bowl to plant-powered bowls and bowls meant to be shared by the whole family. Hello Baja Fish Taco Bowl!
Leafing through the book to choose a recipe to share, I knew anything with chicken would be popular with my clan, but the easy way to meal prep it is what was popular with me.
Meal prep tip #1: This simple marinade can be made and mixed with the chicken the day before, then baked or grilled when you’re ready to eat.
Add fresh orange slices to tamari (certified gluten-free if you’re going for it) or soy sauce for that umami, salted flavor, to a blender to mix well and serve as a marinade and a dressing, both.
Meal prep tip # 2: Grill or bake the chicken ahead of time, and dinner is ready when you are.
Add the oranges to the grill or oven and roast for even more sweetness.
Meal prep tip #3: Make the broccoli rice, stick it in the fridge, and add a healthy, vegetarian, gluten free alternative to rice or pasta to this pasta bowl at your service.
While you could try and chop the broccoli to this fine consistency, whizzing in a food processor until fine, to me, is the way to go.
I added a whole tablespoon more sesame oil to the broccoli for flavor than Lindsay’s original recipe, so add to meet your own tastebuds, like so many other recipes out there!
Meal prep tip #4:ย Assemble the ingredients in a bowl and drizzle with extra orange marinade and toss with fresh herbs because that’s what makes it all so good.
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Kickin' Orange Chicken and Broccoli Rice Bowls
Ingredients
- For the Orange Marinade
- ยฝ cup peeled mandarin orange slices , plus more for garnishing or topping
- 2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce or Sriracha
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 3 tablespoons orange marmalade
- ยฝ teaspoon kosher salt
- ยผ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic , pressed or minced
- โ chopped red onion or shallot , plus more for garnishing
- 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- ยผ cup avocado oil or olive oil
- 3 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
- 1 pound boneless , skinless chicken breasts
- For the Broccoli Rice
- 1 pound broccoli florets , blended or blitzed fine in the food processor
- 1-3 tablespoons sesame oil to taste
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
- Toppings
- Fresh or grilled mandarin orange slices
- Crushed red chili flakes
- Fresh basil or cilantro
- Tamari or soy sauce
Instructions
- To make the marinade, blend the orange slices, chili sauce, lime juice, orange marmalade, salt, pepper, garlic, onion, and rice wine vinegar in a blender or food processor until mixed well. Add the olive oil and tamari or soy sauce and blend again until creamy.
- Place the chicken breasts in a large bowl or gallon freezer bag and pour over the marinade jsut to cover, reserving ยฝ cup or more for using as a dressing for the bowls. Refrigerate the chicken for 20 minutes or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 425ยฐF or the grill to high heat. If baking, bake the chicken for 20-25 minutes and set the oven to broil for the last minute or two of baking.
- If grilling, place the chicken breasts on the hot grill. Cover and cook for 10 minutes then flip the chicken and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off one side of the grill and move the chicken to the other side and cook for 10 more minutes or until the breasts have an internal temperature of 165 degrees. The length of cooking time will depend on the thickness of the breasts. Remove from the grill and allow to rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
- To make the broccoli rice, steam the blitzed broccoli in a microwave-safe bowl with sesame oil for 45 seconds. Toss and taste before adding more sesame oil to taste. Top with the sesame seeds and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- To serve, divide the broccoli rice among the bowls, then add the chicken, fresh or grilled orange slices and garnish with lime, red chili flakes, and fresh cilantro or basil. Drizzle with the reserved sauce and eat up.
Check out more of Lindsay’s recipes on her recipe blog Cotter Crunch and buy her cookbook here.
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Chandra
This recipe was SO delicious. Thank you for sharing and will definitely make it again.
Heidi
Glad you enjoyed!
Kim
The 5 Stars is from me! My guy was not quite so thrilled, but he did eat everything on his plate. Every, single bit. (Midwestern farm kid – he was probably hoping for beef last night.) We both loved the broccoli rice, and I am already thinking of places I can make that instead of cauliflower rice just to change things up a bit. Very yummy chicken and not at all difficult to make. Thank you for this!
Heidi
Happy you enjoyed Kim!
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Enjoy! Thanks Stefanie!
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Hi what can I use instead of the rice wine vinegar?
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I think the use of broccoli rice balls will kill the chicken flavour.
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Love the marinade for this recipe! I was unsure about the broccoli rice, but the sauce makes this dish. Thanks for the recipe! This is my new favorite orange chicken recipe.
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Look to give this a try, in the pic it looks so yummy. thanks for sharing Heidi.
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Love the marinade for this recipe! I was unsure about the broccoli rice, but the sauce makes this dish. Thanks for the recipe! This is my new favorite orange chicken recipe.
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Lindsay Cotter
oh you! You are wonderful, encouraging, talented, supportive, kind, and purely amazing! I thank you! Thank you for sharing a recipe from my cookbook. I am so glad you chose this recipe. It’s one of my favorites and great for meal prep indeed!
p.s. Happy 7 years!
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Orange chicken has never looked better (or so fresh and flavorful). Love these bowls!
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Hi Heidi thank you so much.. It look delicious, i will give it a try !
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I hope you enjoy it Depo.
Sandi
What could be used as a substitute for the marmalade? By husband’s chemo forbids him eating grapefruit or marmalade (which is made with Seville oranges, a grapefruit/orange hybrid).
heidi
Hi Sandi, if he can eat oranges I’d suggest you use orange juice with a 1 teaspoon of orange zest and 1-2 teaspoons of honey to taste. I hope that will work!
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It looks very delicious. I will try it. Good work