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Chicken and rice protein bowl with roasted veggies

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 45 minutes, around $2.29 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam.

45mintotal
≈ $2.29a serving
856kcalper serving
45gof protein
Freezes well
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Preheat the oven

    Turn the oven on to 200 °C on convection and line the baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Cut the veggies

    Cut the zucchini (190 g) and the red bell pepper (110 g) into 2 cm cubes. Peel the red onion and cut it into wedges.

  3. Season the veggies

    In the mixing bowl, toss the veggies with 2 cl of olive oil, half the curry powder (2.5 g), half the salt (2.5 g) and half the pepper (2.5 g). Spread them out on the sheet.

  4. Roast the veggies

    Roast the sheet for 20 min at 200 °C, stirring halfway through so they brown on all sides.

  5. Cook the rice

    Rinse the 190 g of basmati rice in cold water. Put it in the saucepan with 38 cl of water and 1 g of salt, bring to a boil, then cover and cook over very low heat for 12 min. Turn off the heat and let it swell, covered, for 5 min.

    Tip · Don't lift the lid while it cooks or while it rests, the steam finishes cooking the rice and makes it fluffy.
  6. Cut the chicken

    Cut the 300 g of chicken breasts into 2 cm pieces. Toss them with the rest of the curry powder (2.5 g), the rest of the salt (1.5 g) and the rest of the pepper (2.5 g).

  7. Sear the chicken

    Heat 2 cl of olive oil in the skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken for 8 min, stirring, until it's golden and white all the way through, with no pink at all.

    Tip · Don't stir the chicken for the first 2 minutes: it browns better. Cut a big piece in half to check it's white all the way through.
  8. Build the bowls

    Fluff the rice with a fork and split it between two bowls. Add the chicken and roasted veggies, then drizzle 3 cl of olive oil over both bowls.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 856 kcal. 39% comes from carbs, 21% from protein and 38% from fat.

83 gCarbs
45 gProtein
36 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy856 kcal
Protein45 g
Carbs83.3 g
of which sugars7 g
Fat36.2 g
of which saturated fat6 g
Fiber6.9 g
Salt2.7 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $2.29 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $4.57for 2 people
≈ $2.29a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.

2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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