Spicy Hoisin Chicken Bowls

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!

Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!

If you were reading along about a month ago I first posted about my love for Foster Farms Chicken in my One Pot Rosemary Chicken and Fall Vegetables recipe. I am a pretty straight forward person, so when I chose to write a sponsored post for Foster Farms it was because I genuinely have eaten their chicken my entire life.

My partnership with Foster Farms has actually continued since that post and I’m pretty excited to say that this post is also sponsored by Foster Farms. Of course the opinions in this post are completely my own but c’mon, did you see that picture above, I’m guessing you already know I will be waxing poetic about it.

As the weather cools down and it gets darker sooner we have moved the kids’ bedtimes up a bit (woohoo for more adult time!) and since that means I have to get dinner on the table sooner I have started looking for quicker meals and meals I can pull straight from the freezer.

Since the kids both ate at the zoo today and were not hungry, we got to go spicy. Since the chicken comes in a re-sealable bag, we could make enough for just us and keep the rest frozen. I heated up my pan screaming hot (ok maybe just on high) and added the frozen chicken to the pan.
Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!

Just under ten minutes later with nothing more than a hint of chili paste and some sesame oil I had this beautiful pan of chicken waiting to be eaten.
Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!

The “recipe” here is more of a method than anything else since the pre-marinated chicken already has so much flavor. I cooked it in sesame oil and just before it was done I added a couple of teaspoons of chili paste to the chicken. Piled on top of a bowl of sticky white rice and some wilted cabbage and carrots, this chicken is topped with some hoisin sauce for a perfect bowl meal. Best part is, for the ¾ pound of chicken (we made half the bag), I used only needed 2 teaspoons of oil, so it is also incredibly healthy!

Tip: I almost never cook rice when I am making dinner anymore unless it is a flavored rice for a dish (even then I have a rotation I use so I normally have backups in the deep freeze). For this dinner I grabbed a packet of steamed short grain sushi rice out of my deep freeze for a quick base. Equally delicious would’ve been the Perfect Brown Rice, Every Time or Light Coconut Rice. If you cook rice for this meal you will have to start the rice before prepping the chicken, since it cooks so quickly if you start them at the same time the chicken will cool significantly by the time the rice is done.

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Spicy Hoisin Chicken Bowls

Spicy hoisin topped marinated Foster Farms Sauté Ready Chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!
Yield 4
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Asian
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients
 

  • 1 pound chicken breast (Foster Farms Sauté Ready Asian Chicken)
  • 4 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons chili garlic paste
  • 1 bag finely sliced cabbage
  • 2 carrots , julienned
  • 6 cups rice (I used sticky short grain Japanese rice)
  • 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds , for garnish

Instructions

  • Add the carrots and cabbage to a glass bowl and cover with wet paper towel.
  • Microwave for 3-4 minutes to wilt the cabbage.
  • If you prefer not to use the microwave you can add to a steam basket or you can sauté (but this would require a bit of oil to prevent the cabbage from burning).
  • Warm up or cook the rice.
  • Using a large skillet, heat the pan on high.
  • Add the sesame oil and half the bag of the Foster Farms Sauté Ready Asian Chicken.
  • Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, then toss with the chili garlic paste.
  • Warm the hoisin sauce for 10-15 second in the microwave with a wet paper towel on top of the bowl.
  • Serve with rice on the bottom of the bowl, then the wilted cabbage and chicken. Add the hoisin sauce on top of the chicken and the sesame seeds as a garnish

Nutrition

Calories: 1328kcal | Carbohydrates: 254g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 763mg | Potassium: 1272mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 5350IU | Vitamin C: 86.6mg | Calcium: 200mg | Iron: 4.2mg
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Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!

 

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Foster Farms Sauté Ready.

Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!
Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!
Spicy hoisin topped marinated Asian chicken is served over wilted cabbage, carrots and sticky rice in a quick weeknight meal that is sure to please your palate, your busy night and your need for a healthy meal!

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. I have never heard of Foster Farm Chicken before, and don’t believe it is available in my area. Any thoughts on how we could marinate our own chicken to be comparable to the product your recipe calls for? Thanks! The recipe sounds wonderful!

  2. I love it when you can make something at home that is better than takeout. This is one recipe I cannot wait to try.

  3. Wow, now this is an easy dish. I haven’t seen those Foster Farms Sauté Ready chicken bags, but I am totally going to look for them. They would make dinner time a bit easier. Thanks for the recipe, too 🙂

  4. This looks really good! I am not a spicy food person, but my husband is and he would love this!

    1. Thanks Emily! You can tone the spice down by not adding the chili paste and he can add it to his bowl. The marinaded chicken itself is not spicy 🙂

  5. That dish sure does sound flavorful. I love foods that save on prep time, they are so convenient.

  6. This recipe looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients i need to make this on the weekend. I am sure it will be a big hit with my family.

  7. My husband loves anything spicy, these chicken bowls look amazing! That’s awesome that the bag is resealable so you can just use what you need for that meal!

  8. This is a great alternative to take out that is filled with MSG and salt! So yummy and I love the spice!

  9. This looks extremely good! My husband and I would love this. I’m not sure my girls would because it’s spicy though. My husband and I love spicy foods, so this is definitely a recipe we’d love to make soon.

    1. You could always leave the chili garlic paste out and just add some sriracha on top of each individual plate who likes it spicy. 🙂

  10. I saw this on Facebook and I literally drooled over it. I had to come and snag the recipe because I’ve not doubt that this will be a hit with the family.

  11. I went to a restaurant and had a chicken bowl and you know what? It was a total let down! But your recipe has reaffirmed my faith in chicken bowls. Man it looks delicious! I could totally dig into this!

  12. This looks delicious. I love that it’s a healthy dish and can be prepared so quickly. This would make the perfect dinner on busy nights.

  13. I just saw these Saute Ready packages in the store the other day and picked a few up. I’m excited about the possibilities. This time of year I need simple meal solutions with quality ingredients.

  14. This looks incredible. Now I need to see if I can get this tasty chicken in my local store! Hope to try it soon!

  15. I’ve been craving a good chicken a rice dish lately – this looks perfect! Easy to throw together, too 😀

  16. This sounds like such a great dish and I love your idea about substituting the coconut rice. I can already taste the flavors.

  17. This looks delcious, I love the combination. I am sure my family wold love to have this for dinner, a break from the basic food for sure.

  18. These chicken bowls look amazing, and we happen to have hosin in our pantry right now… so this should definitely happen asap!

    Paige

  19. Sad to say I have never heard of that sauce. I am trying to widen my palette so I am going to add this recipe to my list to try. It looks REALLY delicious!

  20. Oh, that looks fabulous. What a great quick and cheap weeknight meal. My family would love this.

  21. Your photo really grabbed my attention… it looks delicious! We love stir fry here at our house so I bet this would also be a great meal. Our girls actually like some spicy dishes, but my husband… he always wants things extra extra extra spicy.

    1. Thanks Kristi! The chicken had amazing flavor and just the hint of chili garlic paste was all we needed to heat things up. It was so good and so easy!

  22. I love their ready to sauté chicken! Plus, that recipe sounds absolutely amazing… We need to test it out this week!