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.
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.
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.
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
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Foster Farms Sauté Ready.
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!
Love this recipe delicious…
Foster Farms has great quality food. Thanks for that coupon!
My pleasure!
I love it when you can make something at home that is better than takeout. This is one recipe I cannot wait to try.
Me too!
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 🙂
Thanks!
Oh my husband would love these! I will have to whip some up for him!
Awesome hope you both love it!
What a delicious looking dish you’ve created. Your food photography is amazing.
Thanks so much Janis! That is so sweet 🙂
This looks really good! I am not a spicy food person, but my husband is and he would love this!
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 🙂
That dish sure does sound flavorful. I love foods that save on prep time, they are so convenient.
Thanks Val!
Oh yum! I want one of these. This would be such a simple dinner for me to whip up.
Yes! Just takes a few minutes!
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.
Hope you enjoy it Elizabeth!
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!
Yes! Made it easy to use the rest in a second meal 🙂
I just added this to my menu for next week! It looks SO good!
Wonderful! I hope you love it!
This is a great alternative to take out that is filled with MSG and salt! So yummy and I love the spice!
Thanks Jennifer!
I love spicy food. The spicier the better for me. I have to give this a try!
I hope you love it!
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.
You could always leave the chili garlic paste out and just add some sriracha on top of each individual plate who likes it spicy. 🙂
Wow I could really go for a bowl of this right now. That looks incredibe! Yum
Thanks Jeanine!
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.
Thanks Terri! That’s so sweet!
These photos are gorgeous! I want to jump through the screen and gobble this bowl up!
Thanks Toni!
Ohhh, this looks so savory. Bookmarked for later!
Hope you love it Nancy!
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!
Thanks Amber! That is an awesome compliment!
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.
Thanks Stacie! It really was super quick!
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.
Me too! I stocked up after using this bag. It was just too easy to use 🙂
This looks incredible. Now I need to see if I can get this tasty chicken in my local store! Hope to try it soon!
Thanks Dee Dee!
I’ve been craving a good chicken a rice dish lately – this looks perfect! Easy to throw together, too 😀
Thanks Chrisy!
This sounds like such a great dish and I love your idea about substituting the coconut rice. I can already taste the flavors.
Yes! The coconut rice would be amazing with this dish 🙂
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.
Thanks Susan!
These chicken bowls look amazing, and we happen to have hosin in our pantry right now… so this should definitely happen asap!
Paige
Yes! You totally should!
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!
Thanks Jeanette. The sauce is considered to be the Chinese food version of bbq sauce 🙂
What an awesome looking chicken bowl! You packed a lot of flavor in this dish…yum!
Thanks!
this looks great! I also really like how clear your pictures are!
Thanks Alyssa!
Oh, that looks fabulous. What a great quick and cheap weeknight meal. My family would love this.
Yes done in 20 minutes!
This is delicious. This recipe looks beyond yummy. I can’t wait to try it.
Hope you love it!
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.
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!
That looks so good. Seriously. I have yet to see a recipe here that doesn’t look like Heaven in my tummy.
You’re so sweet Jennifer!
I love their ready to sauté chicken! Plus, that recipe sounds absolutely amazing… We need to test it out this week!
I hope you love it Sunny!
Oh that sounds so good. I think my hubby would LOVE this.
Awesome!