Saucy shredded chicken, yellow rice, pickled onions, greens, and cilantro pesto on top. It’s a flavor and color delight!
Huge props to these crockpot chicken bowls for helping me eat more protein during the week, and for actually tasting so darn good, and for reheating well (you know how reheated chicken can be sometimes).
They’re a combination of yellow rice, saucy shredded chicken, pickled onions, greens, and that cilantro pesto on top, and it’s a flavor and color delight.
I keep trying to NOT write up a recipe for it, because bowl “recipes” are just annoying, ya know? Lots of little parts, lots of components… but you guys keep asking about them, and I keep coming back to them, so let’s make this happen.
The game plan: make these 4 things.
- Crockpot chicken.
- Yellow rice.
- Pickled onions.
- That cilantro pesto I keep talking about.
(Everything you need is in the recipe below.)
I usually throw a little salad on there, either some pre-made bagged salad, or lately a handful of micro greens from Costco!
But the beautiful thing is that prepped chicken, rice, pickled onions, and green sauce are building blocks for all kinds of other deliciousness. So, double whammy. Two for one. You’re your own professional chef right now.
In our family of four, I typically make the amounts as listed for one family dinner + 1-2 lunches of the leftovers for me. And I really do look forward to those leftovers a lot.
Wishing you a week of great eating!
