Maple Ginger Chicken Meal Prep Lunch Bowls (+ Video)

Maple ginger chicken meal prep lunch bowls are made ahead on the weekend so you have four delicious lunches waiting for you!

It's my favorite time of the year! We are finally able to go for after dinner park adventures, it's warm enough to leave the house without a wind breaker, and the tulips are in full bloom.

This was a long, brutal winter, and we have earned this weather, that's for sure!

Today I'm sharing one of my favorite recipes with you guys...I'm kind of cheating because technically these maple ginger chicken meal prep lunch bowls are already on this site, but I wanted to show you the versatility of this recipe...for meal prep lunches! Plus, I wasn't loving the old photos.

Don't forget to pin this recipe to save it for later!

I have to say, I almost didn't post these Honey Sesame Chicken Lunch Bowls, because...well, it's a stir fry portioned out into four lunch portions.

But I was totally blown away by it's popularity...shared over 300K times on Pinterest and nearly 6 million views on the Facebook video. So after all these years, I still have no idea what is going to be a hit and what is going to flop 😉

But it got me thinking, and I realized that I do have a lot of cold, salad-type meal prep lunch recipes, but I don't have a ton of hot meal prep lunch recipes.

So let's fix that!

If you want a bit of variety, split the chicken & veggies, halve the sauce, and use a half batch of any of the sauces in this post of 7 Easy Stir Fry Sauces You Can Prep Ahead.

So here's to another stir fry meal prep recipe! Hope your Thursday is going well. We've almost made it to the weekend!

Watch the video below to see exactly how I prepped these maple ginger chicken meal prep bowls. It’s so easy! You can find more of my recipe videos on my YouTube channel, or on Facebook.

Get your perfect maple ginger chicken meal prep lunch bowls

• swap the sauce for any of these 7 Easy Stir Fry Sauces You Can Make Ahead
• for moist chicken even on day 4, swap the chicken breast for 12 oz boneless skinless chicken thighs
• for vegetarian, tofu works great!
• my favorite meal prep lunch containers

Did you make this? Tag me on social @sweetpeasandsaffron and be sure to leave a comment and rate the recipe!

Maple Ginger Chicken Meal Prep Lunch Bowls

4.93 from 14 votes

Prep Time: 15 minutes mins

Cook Time: 25 minutes mins

Total Time: 40 minutes mins

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Maple ginger chicken meal prep lunch bowls are made ahead on the weekend so you have four delicious lunches waiting for you!

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Ingredients

Stir fry

• ▢ ¾ cup rice of choice uncooked
• ▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
• ▢ 2 tablespoons ginger finely grated
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic minced
• ▢ 5 cups vegetables carrots, peas & asparagus pictured
• ▢ 2 large chicken breasts roughly 1 lb; boneless skinless chicken thighs are also great!

Sauce:

• ▢ 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• ▢ 5 tablespoons maple syrup
• ▢ 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• ▢ ¼-1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes to taste
• ▢ 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Optional

• ▢ ¼ cup cashews

Instructions 

• Cook rice according to package directions and set aside.
• Shake together all sauce ingredients and set aside.
• In a medium pan or wok, heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat.
• Add the vegetables and cook for 5 minutes, or until slightly tender.
• Transfer the veggies to a bowl.
• Add another tablespoon of oil to the pan.
• Add the chicken to the pan, and cook for 5-7 minutes, until cooked through and no longer pink in the middle.
• Add the garlic and ginger and cook for one minute
• Add the stir fry sauce to the pan (shake it up again first), and cook for 1 minute or until thickened.
• Amongst four storage containers, divide the rice, veggies and chicken. Spoon extra sauce over the chicken.
• OptionalScatter cashews over the lunch bowls.

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Nutrition Information

Serving: 1lunch bowl (no cashews), Calories: 463kcal, Carbohydrates: 54g, Protein: 35g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 79mg, Sodium: 785mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 18g

Author: Annie Holmes

Course: Lunch

Cuisine: Chinese

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