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Are you a fan of cauliflower rice bowls yet? Friend, get on board. You’re going to happily devour these Sheet Pan Balsamic Basil Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowls. (I know. That’s a mouthful.)
Let’s get lots of good veggies in one dish with minimal prep, minimal cooking time, and minimal mess. Yes? Yes!
It’s a bowl of veggies that doesn’t feel like a bowl of veggies. The very best part may just be that everything cooks together on one sheet pan.
BOOM. Mind blown.
No need to prepare one ingredient one way and another a different way. Let’s just not, okay?
Did I mention that this dinner only takes 30 minutes from start to finish? 30 minutes. So you can live your life and then throw this together at the last possible minute.
The chicken and broccoli roast in balsamic vinegar plus the chicken gets a little extra love from minced garlic and fresh basil.
Layer in roasted red onion and cauliflower rice. You have yourself a fantastic good for you bowl of yum.
I’ll warn you now. This is one of those recipes that just starts to smell amazing almost as soon as it goes in the oven. Isn’t that the best?
I love when everyone in the house knows something good is happening. Meanwhile I’m off doing other things because this dinner almost makes itself. (Well as close to that as we can manage.)
Sheet Pan Balsamic Basil Chicken Cauliflower Rice Bowl
Ingredients
- 2 cups riced cauliflower
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 1 medium red onion, sliced
- 4 chicken breasts, diced, boneless, skinless
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- salt & pepper to taste
- 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/8 cup fresh basil, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spread diced chicken in a single layer on one side of your baking sheet.
- Add broccoli florets to baking sheet in a single layer beside your chicken. Cut any large florets in half or thirds.
- Spread sliced red onion in a single layer on baking sheet beside the broccoli.
- Add cauliflower rice to baking sheet beside the onion. (If you're ricing your own cauliflower just add florets to a high powered blender and blend until cauliflower has a rice or pearl-like consistency.)
- Drizzle 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar over the chicken and broccoli.
- Add minced garlic to your chicken.
- Add salt, pepper, and olive oil to everything on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and separate the chicken if it's sticking together. Place back in the oven and bake for 5 additional minutes or until chicken is cooked through..
- Layer your cauliflower rice, red onions, broccoli, and chicken in bowls. Add a little more balsamic vinegar if you prefer a stronger taste (I always do) or more salt and pepper. Top with basil.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Sheet pan meals are the best! I’m sure yours is delicious with that garlic in there!
I’m all about the garlic!
Oh yum yum yum! What a delicious one pan meal! I love the sweetness that roasted red onion adds – so excited to try this recipe!
Thank you! I hope you love it! <3
Goodness those onions are so beautiful in there! Love that pop of color and flavor too. This sheet pan meal sounds awesome!
Thanks, Emily! I do love a colorful meal!
Such an easy weeknight dinner! I love the flavours in this, sheet pan for the win!
Thanks, Carrie! <3
I love everything about this – sheet pan, cauli-rice, red onions, chicken, balsamic. Great weeknight dinner for sure!
Absolutely! What’s not to love?! Thank you! <3
I made some cauliflower rice yesterday so will definitely be making this!! Thank yoU!
I love cauliflower rice! Enjoy!
Wow, I love rice bowls. I love the ingredients you chose in this recipe
Thanks so much! <3
The less dirty dishes the better. 🙂 fantastic idea to use cauliflower rice instead of just regular rice … low calorie and totally guilt free!
I am always up for less dishes!
I love sheet pan meals – they make my life SO much easier! Cannot wait to make this and enjoy how it smells as much as the taste, lol!
Yes they do!! Thanks, Amy!
This recipe was so easy, and I had all the ingredients in my pantry. Easy and delicious. Thank you.
I’m so happy to hear that! <3