❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
🥗 High Protein • Fast • Clean Ingredients
This bowl is perfect for busy days — packed with lean protein, balanced carbs, and colorful veggies. It’s fresh, filling, and ready in just 20 minutes.
This 20-Min High Protein Chicken Bowl is a quick, nutritious meal featuring juicy seasoned chicken, fluffy rice, and vibrant vegetables. Perfect for meal prep, weeknight dinners, or post-workout fuel.
⏱️ Recipe Time & Details
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 minutes
- Cook Temperature: Medium-high heat on stovetop
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Servings: 2 servings
🥣 Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp paprika
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
For the Bowl
- 1 cup cooked brown rice (or jasmine rice)
- ½ cup steamed green beans
- ½ cup roasted sweet potato cubes
- ¼ cup sliced cucumber
- Optional: cherry tomatoes, steamed broccoli, roasted corn
Optional High-Protein Add-Ins
- 2 tbsp Greek yogurt (savory dollop)
- 1 tbsp hemp seeds
- 1–2 tbsp cottage cheese (mixed into the rice)
👩🍳 Directions
1. Prepare the Chicken
- Pat chicken breasts dry and slice into strips or cutlets for faster cooking.
- Season both sides with garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken and cook 3–4 minutes per side, until golden brown and cooked through (165°F internal temp).
- Drizzle with lemon juice and let rest 1–2 minutes, then slice.
2. Prepare the Bowl Ingredients
- Warm the cooked rice in a microwave or skillet.
- Steam green beans until crisp-tender (about 4 minutes).
- Warm or roast sweet potato cubes.
- Slice fresh cucumber or any other veggies.
3. Assemble the Bowl
- Add rice to the base of each bowl.
- Top with sliced chicken, green beans, sweet potatoes, and cucumbers.
- Add any optional toppings (Greek yogurt, hemp seeds, herbs).
- Serve warm and enjoy!
📝 Recipe Notes & Variations
- Make it even higher protein:
Add cottage cheese stirred into warm rice or top with extra grilled chicken. - Swap the veggies:
Broccoli, zucchini, roasted carrots, snap peas, or asparagus all work well. - Use frozen vegetables:
They steam quickly and save time without losing nutrition. - Spice variations:
Cajun, lemon pepper, za’atar, or smoked paprika all pair nicely. - Meal Prep:
This bowl stores well for 3–4 days in the fridge in airtight containers.
🍽️ Nutrition Information (Per Serving)
- Calories: 435
- Protein: 41g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Dietary Fiber: 6g
- Total Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g
- Cholesterol: 96mg
- Sodium: 310mg
- Potassium: 890mg
- Sugar: 5g
- Vitamin A: 140% DV
- Vitamin C: 38% DV
- Calcium: 6% DV
- Iron: 10% DV
🧰 Tools You’ll Need (with shopping links)
- Nonstick Skillet — Get on Amazon
- Sharp Chef’s Knife — Get on Amazon
- Cutting Board — Get on Amazon
- Meal Prep Containers — Get on Amazon
- Digital Meat Thermometer — Get on Amazon
- Rice Cooker or Microwave Rice Steamer — Get on Amazon
- Vegetable Steamer Basket — Get on Amazon
