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Did you know, that most weight loss goals are actually met in the kitchen and not at the gym? Don’t get me wrong, working out is incredibly important to your health, wellness, and weight loss… but ultimately, getting to where you truly want to be starts by your eating habits.
A couple of ways to meet your weight loss goals in the kitchen are by monitoring what you eat and how much of it you ingest each day. Snacking adds an ENORMOUS amount of calories to your diet – calories that you may, or may not, need!
^^ I AM THE MOST GUILTY OF SNACKING ALL DAY LONG.
Meal prepping is a great way to monitor how much you’re eating and count those calories!
I do have goals for losing weight, however, I am more focused on meal prepping to control my love of fast food and to have easy grab and go lunches prepared for work! Meal prepping is weekly time management for me!
Asian Zing Chicken Bowl
We love Aldi. When shopping one day at our favorite grocery store, I came across this Buffalo Wild Wing’s sauce. I tried it on my air fried chicken wings and fell in love. It’s a perfect blend of spices to create a delightful Asian inspired dish. I decided to use it in my meal prep as an Asian chicken bowl!
First, season your chicken with salt and pepper. Cook it in the crock pot on high for 4 hours!
I love using frozen chicken breasts because it automatically adds moisture to the chicken as it cooks!
After 3 hours, drain the excess water from your chicken. Shred it up and return it back into the crock pot!
I suggest using a Kitchen Aid hand mixer to do this – it makes life so much easier!
Add 2 TBSP of water and 8 TBSP of the Buffalo Wild Wings Asian Zing Sauce. Let it cook for another hour in the crock pot.
Prepare your veggies!
Cut up your peppers, onion, and broccoli and put it into a bowl. Put 1 TBSP of Olive Oil and add some salt and pepper to the bowl and mix it up. Be sure that all of the veggies are coated.
Place your veggies on an aluminum foil coated cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.
While this is cooking, go ahead and make your instant rice!
Partition out the food that you’ve prepped in glass containers!
I start with 1/2 cup of rice, 1/2 cup of chicken, and a scoop of veggies for each container. If there are some left over after I have sectioned those off, I will add a bit to each until all of the food is sectioned off.
Check out the nutritional values for this lunch — it’s 342 calories per serving! That’s it! I like to keep my lunches below 400 calories, so this is spot on for me!
Here is the Asian Zing Chicken Bowl Meal Prep Recipe!
Ingredients
- (For the Chicken:)
- 4 Chicken Breasts
- Salt & Pepper (To Taste)
- 8 TBSP Asian Zing Sauce
- 2 TBSP Water
- (For the Veggies:)
- 1 Orange Pepper
- 1 Red Pepper
- 1/2 Sweet Onion
- 3 Cups Broccoli
- 1 TBSP olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- (For the Rice)
- 2.5 cups of Instant Rice prepare as instructed on box
Instructions
- Put the chicken in the crock pot. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on high for 4 hours.
- After 3 hours, drain the excess water from the crock pot.
- Shred the chicken and put back into the crock pot. Using a hand mixer makes this super quick and easy!
- Add 2 TBSP water and 8 TBSP of Asian Zing Sauce to the shredded chicken and mix.
- Cook for an additional hour on high.
- While the chicken cooks for the last hour, cut up your broccoli, peppers, and onion and put it into a bowl.
- Add 1 TBSP olive oil, salt, and pepper to the bowl and make sure everything is coated well.
- Place your veggies on an aluminum foil covered cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees.
- Cook your instant rice while the veggies are cooking.
Notes
I suggest using glass containers to partition your meals equally into 5 separate meals.
Nutrition Facts
Asian Zing Chicken Bowl Meal Recipe
Serves 1 Bowl
| Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 342 | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 4.2g | 6.5% | |
| Saturated Fat 0.4g | 2% | |
| Trans Fat 0g | ||
| Cholesterol 72mg | 24% | |
| Sodium 782.1mg | 32.6% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 47.6g | 15.9% | |
| Dietary Fiber 2.1g | 8.4% | |
| Sugars 19.3g | ||
| Protein 27.8g | ||
| Vitamin A 32.3% | Vitamin C 151.9% | |
| Calcium 26.2% | Iron 10.7% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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