These Bang Bang Chicken Bakes are full of flavor and a must try chicken bake meal prep recipe! Dare I say these are my favorite chicken bake I’ve made yet? You’ll be making these on repeat, trust me! These Bang Bang Chicken Bakes are such a good combo of savory, sweet, and spicy!
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS MEAL PREP RECIPE
- It’s so quick and easy to throw together!
- It’s packed with flavor! Sweet, savory, and spicy!
- It’s packed with protein! Each bowl is over 34 grams of protein!
- It’s easyily modifiable! Swap out the chicken for shrimp or pack in lots of extra veggies!
INGREDIENTS
- Chicken Breasts – I usually use breasts, but thighs would be great too! Just keep in mind if tracking your macros that each bowl will yield about 4.5 grams of fat more per serving (bowl) is using thighs.
- Rice – I prefer basmati or jasmine. You just don’t want to use brown for these chicken bakes because it takes too long to cook and will overcook your chicken.
- Chicken broth
- Light mayo – Again you can use full fat quality mayo, but keep in mind the macros will change if using full fat mayo.
- Sweet chili sauce – I like to use the P.f. Changs chili sauce from Walmart.
- Sriracha
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Chili powder
- Salt & Pepper
- Green Onions -optional topping
- Avocado -optional topping
RECIPE TIPS
- Keep the rice on the bottom -Try to make sure most of the rice is submerged in the liquid beneath the chicken before baking. This will help insure the rice cooks fully.
- Don’t over cook! -Don’t cook longer than 40 minutes or your chicken will be overdone and dry.
- Save half the mayo, sweet chili sauce, and Sriracha for drizzling on top! Just mix it up well in a bowl and drizzle on top of your cooked bowls.
- Top with fresh avocado slices before eating.
VEGETABLE OPTIONS
Remember that these meal prep bowls are highly customizable! Add in veggies before or after baking. I love toping mine with half an avocado before eating each day. Here are some other vegetable ideas:
- Cabbage
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Peas
- Squash
- Diced carrots
- Diced Asparagus
RICE SUBSTITUTIONS
- Riced cauliflower (leave out the chicken broth)
- Quinoa – This works great in place of rice and can be simply swapped in without any other alterations.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION / MACROS
Makes 5 servings
Serving size: 1 bowl
456 cal / 34.4p / 42.8c / 14.6f
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MEAL PREP SUPPLIES USED
4 cup glass bowls -Make sure the bowls you’re purchasing are oven safe. They will say so on the label if purchasing in store.
Half size sheet pan – This is the perfect size for 5, 4 cup glass bowls. You can of course use a full size sheet pan but your bowls will slide around. I wish I could find a link for my cute white sheet pan in the images and video but I can’t. I bought it at Home Goods a few years ago.
RICE TROUBLESHOOTING
If you have trouble getting your rice to cook you’re not alone. Unfortunately not all ovens work the same. Here are some suggestions for making these bakes work for you. Finding a solution is worth the effort!
- Try rinsing and soaking your rice 1-2 hours before cooking.
- Cover your bowls with foil when baking.
- Parboil your rice or purchase and use parboiled or quick rice.
- Cook rice separately and add after baking the chicken.
- Cook your chicken bake all in one dish, covered, then divide into 5 servings.
REHEATING INSTRUCTIONS
These bowls can easily be reheated right in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. If you prefer, reheat the oven and warm them back up for about 10 minutes.
FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS
Easily freeze these Bang Bang Chicken Bakes. Let them cool, cover with the lid, and store for up to a month in the freezer. Make sure you always let the bowls defrost some before putting them in the microwave so they don’t crack.
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Bang Bang Chicken Bakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 25 ounces boneless skinless chicken breast
- 15 tablespoons basmati rice
- 1.25 cups chicken broth
- 10 tablespoons light mayo
- 10 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
- 5 tablespoons Sriracha
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and arrange 5 oven safe containers on a cookie sheet.
- Dice up chicken and season it with the garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, salt, and pepper.
- To each bowl add 3 tablespoons rice, 2 tablespoons mayo, 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce, a squirt of Sriracha, and 1/4 cup broth.
- Stir well and then top each with 5 ounces of the seasoned chicken.
- Bake for about 35-40 minutes, or until the rice is cooked.
- Let cool before covering with lids and placing in the refrigerator. Reheat in the microwave for 2-3 minutes.
8 Comments
Delicious and have been so helpful for my husband’s long days at work as a nurse. He feels fueled and energized and it’s easy to prep in less than an hour for the week.
A large adjust to the macros or just the recipe? I wouldn’t think it would make much of a difference when mixing it up. If you’re wondering about the macro change, I would think it’s pretty minimal and I wouldn’t personally worry about it.
This is my favorite dish, and my husband and I absolutely love it! I must say I make it about every week it’s so delicious.
Slotted to try this week. Wondering why in the world the measurements are “15 tablespoons” instead of 3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon, etc.
Your meal prep recipes inspired me. I saw them on Instagram a couple times and I love the fact that you prep the bulk of it right in the bowl that you cook it in and stored it in and serve it in. A lot of meal prep is basically you have to make quantities of several things (usually bland or basic) and then portion them into containers, so they are separate. It seems like more effort than it’s worth. Besides being one bowl your recipes have flavor, zing, YUM. I frankly do not care about macros, so I adjusted some of the proportions to be more to our liking. If I gave my husband two or 2-3 tablespoons of rice or quinoa he look at me like I was crazy, I went to a 1/4 cup of rice for this one and upped the liquid to 1/3 cup (he still may think I am nuts). I only did four bowls because all the oven safe prep bowls only came in a four pack. Once I get more in the swing of things, I’ll probably go back and buy another. Other than the rice/broth The only other change I made was to add a 1/2 teaspoon of rice vinegar to the liquids. Basically because we have a bang bang chicken recipe that we love and the proportions were very close to yours, except it also had vinegar, so I adjusted for that.
Hi Lara! Thank you so much for the great review! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the recipes and making them work for you and your family. You can usually snag a single meal prep bowl at stores like Ross, TJ Maxx, or Home Goods. Thanks again for the review!
How do you think swapping the mayo with fat free greek yogurt would work out?
Hi Kara! It will change the flavor of the dish, but it works! Chicken cooks great with Greek yogurt.