25 Easy Rice Bowl Recipes
These 25 rice bowl recipes will NOT disappoint! They are all easy, delicious and perfect for busy weeknights or weekly meal prep. These delicious rice bowl recipes are all unique and and bursting with big flavor!
I LOVE LOVE rice bowls! They are one of my favorite easy dinners. Generally, rice bowls are are chock full of simple ingredients –fresh vegetables, a protein of some sort and usually an amazing, flavorful sauce!
Here I have rounded up some of my favorite rice bowl recipes all in one place!
25 Easy Rice Bowl Recipes
Rice bowls are a fun, colorful and healthy way to jazz up dinnertime! With these rice bowl recipes, you'll turn a simple bowl of rice into something truly special and delicious! The best thing?! All of these recipes are EASY and perfect for weeknight meals!
Viral TikTok Salmon and Rice Bowl Recipe
If you love food and you’re on TikTok, you’ve seen gorgeous Emily Mariko whipping up this TikTok Salmon and Rice Bowl that’s gone absolutely viral! Trust me, this one lives up to the hype!
Easy Shrimp Poke Bowl
This Shrimp Poke Bowl recipe is quick and easy, making it perfect for a quick weeknight dinner. Shrimp and crunchy veggies are all tossed with a delicious and additive spicy mayo!
Easy Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl
This Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl is such an awesome, quick weeknight meal! Rotisserie chicken and lots of veggies are piled on top of rice, then topped with blue cheese crumbles and ranch dressing. There are also so many ways to customize this recipe to make it work for the whole family!
Easy Hawaiian Chicken Bowl
This Easy Hawaiian Chicken Bowl is the perfect, simple weeknight meal! The toppings let everyone customize their own delicious bowl…and the best part? Everyone is enjoying it in less than 30 minutes!
Korean BBQ Yum Yum Rice Bowls
Korean BBQ Yum Yum Rice Bowls: easy marinated steak, spicy kimchi, poached egg, rice, and yum yum sauce! SO good and so easy!
Grilled BBQ Chicken Rice Bowl
Easy spice-rubbed Grilled BBQ Chicken Rice Bowl. This BBQ chicken can stand on its own or serve with cilantro-lime rice, black beans, corn, Cheddar cheese, avocado, tortilla strips, and an addictive spicy-sweet BBQ sauce. This is a meal you’ll want to make over and over again!
Vegetarian Cauliflower Rice Bowl
CauliPOWER Rice Bowls! Vegetarian & Gluten-Free Bowls with Roasted Cauliflower, Sprouted Rice & Quinoa, Mint and Cranberries with a creamy lemon dressing.
Grilled Honey Sriracha Chicken Rice Bowl
A three ingredient chicken marinade, creamy avocado, instant rice. Top with some green onions and queso fresco and you have the super quick, perfect weeknight meal!
Greek Cauliflower Rice Pilaf Bowls
These Greek Cauliflower Rice Pilaf Bowls are the perfect light meal! Think of this bowl as a deconstructed dolma, but lighter and lower in carbohydrates. We’re using grape leaves as part of the pilaf, which brings a nice additional crunch to the cauliflower rice.
Coconut Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry Rice Bowls
Beef broccoli meets Thai coconut curry meets stir fry rice bowl, in this glorious mashup that you’ll adore. Take-out shmake-out, I mean, really, who needs it when you have this recipe!!
Quick and Easy Korean Ground Beef and Rice Bowls
This Korean Beef Bowl with rice is an easy solution to your dinner problem! If you are looking for a quick and easy meal that is full of flavor then you are going to LOVE these easy to make Korean Beef Rice Bowls. You can use ground turkey, too!
Tex Mex Grilled Chicken Rice Bowl
Mexican rice bowls are some of my faves!! This bowl is Spanish rice, chicken cooked with an amazing chicken marinade and all the toppings your little heart desires!
Cheddar Rice Bowls with Marinated Flank Steak, Corn, & Chipotle Drizzle
This is a burrito bowl kicked up a notch!! Perfectly marinated flank steak is combined with corn, avocado, cheddar rice and an addicting chipotle drizzle!
Pork Stir Fry Rice Bowl
This Ground Pork Stir Fry recipe is easy to make and totally customizable with different veggies. Ready in about 30 minutes, it’s a quick and easy weeknight dinner.
Fried Rice Bowls with Korean Chicken, Bok Choy & Scallions
This bowl is where perfect fried rice and Korean fried chicken meet! Fresh and authentic flavors abound in this bowl. You can use chicken breast strips to make this dish super easy for busy weeknights.
Margarita Lime Chicken Rice Bowls
These Margarita Lime Chicken Rice Bowls will get dinner done in 25 minutes or less! Rice is topped with chicken cooked in Chili's Bold Skillet Sauce, bell pepper, black beans and a squeeze of lime juice. I'd add a dollop of sour cream, too! Healthy rice bowls like these are sure to become a family favorite!
Korean Steak Kimchi Rice Bowls
A hearty and flavorful Korean burrito rice bowl filled with bulgogi-style steak, kimchi, pico de gallo, avocado, and a homemade gochujang aioli.
Sticky Ginger Rice Bowls with Pickled Veg and Mango
You’re going to fall in LOVE with these Sticky Ginger Rice Bowls! It’s a sweet-meets-spicy sauce situation, flavorful meatballs, pickled veg, and mango on top. The perfect (vegan) summery meal!
Fiesta Salmon Rice Bowl Recipe (amazing meal-prep!)
Dinner is served with these delicious Fiesta Salmon Rice Bowls complete with a corn and bean salad, creamy avocado, cilantro lime rice, and perfectly cooked salmon filets. We know you’ll love this rice bowl recipe.
Thai-Spiced Rice Bowls
This curried Thai peanut bowl recipe is warming, hearty and fresh! These delicious bowls are easy to make, too.
Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Rice Bowls
This kicked up teriyaki chicken rice bowl is great dinner to try on the grill this summer! Chicken thighs would work great on the grill and the sweet pineapple and brown sugar glaze takes them to the next level!
Korean (Gochujang) Tofu Rice Bowls
These Korean (Gochujang) Tofu Rice Bowls are a quick, incredibly flavorful, make-ahead dish! It’s one of my most requested recipes, and perfect for weeknight dinners. Enjoy this sweet, savory and spicy tofu recipe!
Easy Thai Curry Rice Bowls
Easy Thai Curry Rice Bowls are a vegetarian takeout at home recipe that is a healthy weeknight dinner idea that everyone will enjoy. Meat eaters and vegetarians alike.
Barley Rice Bowl with Butternut Squash-The Little Epicurean
Barley and brown rice bowl topped with roasted butternut squash, mushrooms, crispy kale chips, toasted sesame seeds, and a ridiculously delicious soft boiled egg. Perfect for meatless Monday!
Ginger Pork Rice Bowls for the Win!
This ginger pork rice bowl is quick Asian-inspired dinner. You can't go wrong with savory, garlicky pork mixed with loads of rice and crunchy veggies. The kids will love it, too!
The most common rice used in rice bowls is either brown rice or white rice (typically jasmine rice). In a time crunch? I totally advocate for instant rice! If you are watching your carb count, cauliflower rice also works great in rice bowls.
For the most part, YES!! Rice bowls are typically very well-balanced and have a good mix of carbs, protein, and fresh veggies! Some of the more healthy rice bowls listed here are: Hawaiian Chicken Rice Bowl, Vegetarian Cauliflower Rice Bowl, Pork Stir Fry Rice Bowl, and the Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Rice Bowl.
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Hopefully, this post has given you some good rice bowl ideas! Try some of them and let me know what you think!