Quick Honey Chipotle Chicken Rice Bowls Recipe - sweet and spicy chicken with honey chipotle sauce, vegetables and served over rice. Quick, easy and flavorful!
Today, I am back with another quick and easy dinner idea for busy weeknights or simply when you need a good yet quick dinner. After the highly popular Quick Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls recipe and the fantastic feedback it has gotten, I wanted to make another quick chicken recipe that has a lot of flavor and it takes only few minutes to whip up.
I didn't have to look far because these Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings gave me all the inspiration I needed. My Hubby and I loved the honey chipotle sauce the wings cooked in and I knew I needed to make it again for a chicken dinner.
This dish is saucy! You will not complain about a lack of flavor here. There is a ton of it. Sweet honey and spicy chipotle peppers make the base of this sauce quite irresistible. This time, in place of just steamed broccoli florets, I decided to add Asian vegetable mix. It has baby corn, carrot sticks, snap peas and broccoli. You could go with any veggie blend you like. Add a scoop of perfectly cooked rice and dinner is done!
Another option is to make the sauce and rice a day ahead. The next day, turn the rice into fried rice and serve with chicken cooked in this sauce. Dinner on the table even faster!
Quick Honey Chipotle Chicken Rice Bowls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1,5 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
- salt and pepper
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch or flour
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- ⅓ cup honey
- 3 Tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 2 chipotle peppers see note
- 1 Tablespoon adobo sauce from the can with peppers
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice optional but recommended
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup water
- 1 pkg frozen vegetable mix thawed, I used Asian blend
- cooked rice
Instructions
- In a blender, place honey, brown sugar, peppers, adobo sauce, salt, garlic, ketchup, vinegar and lime juice. Blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper and sprinkle cornstarch or flour over. Toss chicken to coat.
- In a large saucepan, heat up oil and butter until butter is melted. Add chicken to pan and cook until done, browning on all sides, about 7 minutes or so.
- Pour sauce over chicken and stir together. Cook over medium heat, until sauce is bubbly. Stir often.
- In a measuring cup, mix together cornstarch and water. Add to saucepan and cook until sauce thickens. Stir often.
- Add veggies and stir together.
- Serve over rice.
Dyane says
This was so flavorful! I was hesitant at first, because I can't handle super spicy. But went ahead with 1 pepper and the Adobe sauce. It was the perfect balance of heat/spice. I thought it was just spicy enough and he loved the sauce (he did ask me if there was pineapple instead of peppers). Definitely a keeper! I did substitute plain zoodles for the rice and there was more then enough sauce to go around. Thank you for a great recipe.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Dyane! That's fantastic! Thank you so much for trying this recipe. 😀 I am so happy to know that you guys enjoyed it! Thank you for letting me know! Have a beautiful weekend! -Anna
Trish says
My chipotle loving family will go crazy for this easy dinner!
Dorothy says
Love the sweet-hot combo with chicken!
Michelle says
Ooh, I love how saucy this is! Seriously looks amazing!
Dee says
You had me at quick and easy, and this looks awesome!
Kimberly says
This sounds delish, love the flavors!
Erin says
I'm a sucker for saucy dishes, so I have NO doubt I'd adore this rice bowl. I know my husband and daughter would, too!
Lori says
I want to make this for dinner- yum!