Buddha salad bowl is a healthy and satisfying meal option. It is rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals. A Buddha salad bowl contains many ingredients but, the more important ingredients are quinoa, peanut butter, and chicken. They will make this recipe very delicious.
You can also try these refreshing salads: Mexican salad bowl, Tahini Chickpea salad bowl
Ingredients for Buddha salad bowl:
Chicken broth – 3 cups
Quinoa – 1.5 cups
Sweet potato diced – 1 large
Red onion chopped – 1 large
Olive oil – ¼ cup
Salt – as per taste
Black pepper – as per taste
Garlic crushed – 3 cloves
Ginger crushed – 1 tbsp
Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – 1 pound
Lime juice – ¼ cup
Smooth peanut butter – 2 tbsp
Soy sauce – 1 tbsp
Honey – 1 tbsp
Sesame oil – 1 tbsp
Baby spinach – 2 cups
Avocado thinly sliced – 1
Cilantro chopped – 1 tbsp
Sesame seeds toasted – 1 tsp
Method:
- Firstly, in a pan, add chicken broth and quinoa and bring to a boil. Then cover the pan and simmer until quinoa is tender and broth gets absorbed on a medium flame.
- Then, preheat the oven to 220 degrees C.
- Now, take a baking sheet, spread sweet potatoes, and red onions, drizzle olive oil, salt, and pepper over the mixture, and toss well.
- Bake it in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
- After this, heat olive oil in a skillet put garlic, and ginger in it, and fry for one minute.
- Now, we will add chicken to it and cook for at least 6 minutes per side. Cut chicken into pieces.
- Then, prepare the dressing for the salad. For this, add garlic clove, lime juice, peanut butter, soy sauce, olive oil, and sesame oil in a bowl and whisk well.
- Finally, take a big bowl, and put quinoa in it. Add chicken, sweet potato mixture, spinach, and avocado to it.
- And then, put dressing, cilantro, and sesame seeds over the top of the bowl.
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