That is a type of recipes that got here from a longing for completely marinated hen paired with a crunchy, contemporary salad. Final summer time I made this unimaginable Sesame Rooster Cabbage Crunch Salad, and this summer time I’m bringing you a comfortable, coconut lime model with fantastic spices throughout flavorful ramen noodles.
These grilled turmeric hen bowls are distinctive and bursting with flavors and textures that simply WORK. Heat ginger garlic ramen will get topped with grilled hen that has been marinated in coconut milk, lime juice, and the right mix of spices, then completed off with my new Smashed Cucumber Avocado Salad to tie all of it collectively. You get a beautiful combo of heat and chilly, crunchy and tender in a nourishing bowl that fills you proper up.
The following time you’re craving takeout or simply desire a enjoyable dish you’ll really feel happy with, whip up these lovely bowls and dig proper in.
Every thing you’ll have to make these turmeric hen bowls
There are such a lot of components that make these hen bowls completely scrumptious and flavor-packed. Each chew is a scrumptious journey, from the hen to the ramen to the cucumber salad. Right here’s what you’ll want:
- For the hen: you’ll marinate hen thighs with creamy coconut milk, lime juice and zest, sambal oelek for a kick of warmth, honey (or brown sugar) for sweetness, contemporary ginger, turmeric, and warming spices.
- For the salad: we’re including my new Smashed Cucumber Avocado Salad to every bowl for the right crunch and freshness.
- For the ramen: every thing’s higher with noodles, which is why we’re serving the hen and salad with do-it-yourself ginger garlic ramen. It’s made with ramen noodles, a little bit olive oil, garlic, ginger, scallions, purple pepper flakes, salt, and darkish brown sugar.
- To garnish: I prefer to high my bowl with contemporary cilantro and further scallions.
Customise your hen bowls
Like with any meal in “bowl kind,” there are many methods to make this meal your personal. Right here’s what I can suggest:
- Select your hen. Be at liberty to make use of hen breasts as an alternative of hen thighs. I like the candy, spicy, coconut-y marinade, however I feel my Grilled Sesame Rooster would even be scrumptious right here.
- Decide your noodles. You can too use rice noodles or your favourite lengthy noodles in these bowls should you’re out of ramen. Use your favourite lengthy gluten-free noodles to maintain the dish gluten-free, too!
- Jazz them up. High these turmeric hen bowls with pickled purple onions for one more unimaginable depth of taste and crunch!
Seeking to get saucy?
These bowls are scrumptious as-is, however should you love including a drizzle of sauce to grain bowls, and so on. attempt including my:
How one can make these grilled turmeric hen bowls
- Marinate the hen. Whisk collectively the entire marinade components in a big bowl, then add the hen to the bowl, flip it over to coat, cowl the bowl, and place it within the fridge for at the very least Half-hour.
- Make the salad. First, take the hen out of the fridge to let it come to room temp, then preheat your grill or oven. Combine the salad collectively, cowl, and place it within the fridge till you’re able to assemble the bowls.
- Prepare dinner the hen. Grill or bake your hen, then let it relaxation earlier than slicing it diagonally.
- Boil the ramen noodles. Prepare dinner your ramen in line with the instructions on the bundle (with out the seasoning packets). Reserve some pasta water, and drain the noodles right into a colander.
- Make the ginger garlic ramen. Prepare dinner down the garlic, ginger, scallions, and purple pepper flakes in a little bit olive oil. Flip off the pinnacle, then add the ramen noodles, salt, pasta water, and brown sugar.
- Assemble the bowls. Add the noodles, hen, and cucumber to every bowl, high with scallions and cilantro, and dig in!
Grill or bake your hen
Sure, you are able to do both! The directions written are for grilling your hen, and you may get much more ideas and methods for grilling hen right here.
If you wish to bake the hen, accomplish that at 400 levels F for about 20-Half-hour or till a meat thermometer reads 165 levels F. Get all of my ideas for baking hen right here!
Prep these bowls forward of time
If you wish to save time when making this meal, I like to recommend marinating the hen and making the cucumber avocado salad the night time earlier than. Retailer each in separate hermetic containers within the fridge till you’re able to prepare dinner the hen and assemble the bowls.
You’ll then merely grill or bake your hen, prepare dinner the ramen, and assemble the bowls the following day.
Storing ideas
I like to recommend storing the hen, noodles, and salad individually in hermetic containers within the fridge for as much as 2-3 days. That method you may assemble your bowl once you’re able to eat with out sacrificing the feel of the noodles or salad. You can too then heat up the hen and noodles earlier than including the chilly cucumber salad.
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Grilled Turmeric Lime Rooster Bowls
Scrumptious grilled turmeric hen bowls with candy and spicy grilled hen, ginger garlic ramen, and a refreshing smashed cucumber avocado salad. These nourishing hen bowls are full of taste and protein for a beautiful weeknight meal you will come again to time and time once more.
Substances
- Rooster:
- 1 cup full-fat coconut milk (from the can)
- Zest and juice of 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons sambal oelek
- 2 tablespoons honey or darkish brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon contemporary grated ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoons floor turmeric (or 1 tablespoon contemporary grated turmeric)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly floor black pepper
- 1 ½ kilos boneless skinless hen thighs or hen breast
- Smashed Cucumber Avocado Salad
- Ginger Garlic Ramen:
- 3 to 4 packages of ramen noodles (roughly 9 to 12 ounces ramen noodles), seasoning packets discarded
- 1 cup reserved pasta water
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon contemporary grated ginger
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon purple pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus extra to style
- 1 tablespoon darkish brown sugar
- To garnish:
- ¼ cup contemporary chopped cilantro
- Thinly sliced scallions, inexperienced half solely
Directions
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Marinate the hen: In a big bowl, add coconut milk, lime zest and juice, sambal oelek, honey (or darkish brown sugar), ginger, turmeric, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper. Whisk or stir nicely to mix. Add the hen and switch over to make sure it’s nicely coated within the marinade. Cowl with plastic wrap and place within the fridge to marinate for at the very least Half-hour or as much as 6 hours.
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Earlier than cooking, take away the hen from the fridge and convey to room temperature for 20 to Half-hour. Preheat the grill to 400°F and scrape off any leftover bits from the grates.
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Whereas the grill is preheating and the hen is coming to room temperature, make the Smashed Cucumber Avocado Salad, cowl, and place within the fridge till able to serve.
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Prepare dinner the hen: Grill the hen with the lid closed till a meat thermometer inserted into the middle reads 165°F, about 6 to eight minutes per facet. Switch the hen to a reducing board and permit it to relaxation for at the very least 5 minutes to retain the juiciness of the hen. Lower into slices diagonally in opposition to the grain
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Prepare dinner the ramen: Prepare dinner the ramen in line with the instructions on the bundle (ensuring to discard the seasoning packet.) As soon as the ramen is finished cooking, drain and reserve 1 cup pasta water. Go away ramen within the colander.
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In the identical pot you used to prepare dinner the ramen, add the olive oil and place over medium warmth. Instantly add within the garlic, ginger, scallions and purple pepper flakes and prepare dinner for roughly 2 to 4 minutes till the garlic is tender and simply barely golden. DO NOT let the garlic burn – it’s higher to prepare dinner low and sluggish or your garlic will flip bitter. Take off the warmth and add the ramen noodles, salt, and ¼ cup of reserved pasta water and brown sugar and toss with tongs till nicely coated and free. Style and add extra salt, as essential. Be at liberty so as to add extra pasta water to loosen the noodles and make them creamier in consistency.
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Serve in massive shallow bowls with a little bit part of every of the next: garlic ramen noodles, grilled hen slices, and cucumber avocado salad. Garnish with a little bit chopped cilantro sliced scallions and luxuriate in!
Vitamin
Serving: 1serving (primarily based on 6)Energy: 590calCarbohydrates: 43.9gProtein: 29gFats: 34.5gSaturated Fats: 14.5gFiber: 4.6gSugar: 11.6g
Recipe by: Monique Volz // Bold Kitchen | Images by: Eat Love Eats
