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8 Rice Bowl Recipes with Various Side Dishes: Perfect for Lunch

Hello FlokqJanuary 6, 2021

Rice bowl is a type of culinary specialties from countries in East Asia such as Japan, Korea, China, and its surroundings. Usually, a rice bowl recipe comprises warm white rice with various kinds of side dishes on it such as chicken, beef, fish, or vegetables.

In recent years, the popularity of rice bowls in Indonesia has become more popular for their practicality. In addition, usually, the side dishes in one rice bowl menu and the recipe can also be fairly complete and filling.

In its place of origin, rice bowls are often the lunch choice for students and office workers. Naturally, because rice bowls are not only practical but also delicious! Rice bowl recipes are also easy to create yourself according to taste.

For those of you who are interested in making rice bowls, be it to take them as a lunchbox or if you are in the mood for just eating rice bowls. We have prepared 8 rice bowl recipes with various kinds of side dishes that are easy for you to cook!

1. Egg Mayo Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• ⅛ tsp ground pepper
• ¼ tsp salt
• Leek
• Burger / smoked beef (optional)
• Mayonnaise
• Warm rice

Cooking Steps:

1. Fry the burgers for a while, then set aside.
2. Prepare a mixing bowl, add 3 eggs, then add ground pepper and salt. Stir until well blended.
3. Cook the eggs like cooking an omelette.
4. Prepare a bowl, then arrange the warm rice in a bowl, add the burger meat on top, then add the cooked egg.
5. Add the mayonnaise evenly over the eggs.
6. After that, add the green onions and voila, the Egg Mayo Rice Bowl is ready to eat!

2. Nile Tilapia Sambal Matah Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 300 grams of value fish, cut into small squares
• ½ teaspoon fish sauce
• ¼ tsp ground pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 200 grams of wheat flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• Warm rice

Ingredients for Sambal Matah:

• 10 shallots, finely sliced
• 15 red bird’s-eye or cayenne chilies, finely sliced
• 2 lemongrass stalks, take the white part, finely sliced
• 5 pieces of lime leaves, finely sliced
• 1 tsp grilled shrimp paste
• 1 lime, squeeze and take the water
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 500 ml of cooking oil

Cooking Steps:

1. Prepare a mixing bowl, add the tilapia, then add fish sauce, powdered pepper, and salt. Stir until the spices are mixed perfectly. Let stand for 30 minutes.
2. Prepare a container for flour, then add baking powder. Stir until well blended.
3. Coat the tilapia with flour.
4. Prepare a skillet, then cook the tilapia coated with flour until brownish.
5. Prepare a mixing bowl, then add all the ingredients for the chili sauce. Stir until evenly distributed, then add a little hot oil from frying the fish.
6. Prepare a bowl, then arrange the warm rice in the bowl.
7. Add the tilapia on one side, then add the Sambal Matah on the other side. Nila Sambal Matah Rice Bowl is ready to eat!

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3. Salted Egg Melt Sauce Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 2 boneless upper and lower thighs, cut into 1 × 5 cm
• ½ teaspoon lime juice
• ½ teaspoon fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 250 grams of wheat flour
• ¼ ground pepper
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg
• Warm rice

Ingredients for Salted Egg Sauce:

• 1 tbsp oil
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 curly green chili, sliced obliquely
• ¼ tsp salt
• 6 salted egg yolks, puree
• 50 ml of water
• 1 curry leaf, fry first
• 1 spring onion, finely sliced
• ¼ tsp ground pepper

Cooking Steps:

1. Prepare the mixing bowl, then add the chopped chicken. Add lime juice, fish sauce, and ½ teaspoon salt. Stir until the spices are mixed perfectly. Let stand for one hour.
2. Prepare a container for flour, then add the powdered pepper, baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt. Stir until well mixed.
3. Soak the previous chicken in ice water, then coat it with flour.
4. Fry the chicken until it turns brown.
5. Also, fry fried eggs as an additional topping.
6. Heat a frying pan with oil, then add the garlic, green chilies, salt, and salted egg yolk. Saute until the salted eggs melt and mix with other spices. Add water little by little. Then add the curry leaves, spring onions, and ground pepper. Stir until everything is completely mixed.
7. Prepare a bowl, then arrange the warm rice in the bowl.
8. Add the fried egg on top, then chicken, and spread evenly.
9. Sprinkle the salted egg sauce over it evenly. Salted Egg Melt Sauce Rice Bowl is ready to eat!

4. Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 200 grams boneless chicken
• 2 tablespoons instant teriyaki sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 pack or 220 grams of ready-to-eat crispy flour
• Sago flour to taste
• Cornstarch to taste
• Water

Sauce ingredients:

• 1/2 onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 segments of ginger, remove the skin
• 3 tablespoons instant teriyaki sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 350 ml of water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch, dissolve in water
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste

Cooking Steps:

1. Cut the chicken into thin strips or according to taste, then add the sauce of teriyaki, salt, and pepper. Stir until blended and let stand for 10 minutes until the spices are absorbed.
2. Make a wet layer. Combine the instant crispy flour and water, stir evenly, and set aside.
3. Make a dry layer. Mix the rice flour and cornstarch until blended.
4. Dip the chicken in the wet layer and then the dry layer. Do this until all the chicken is coated with the dough.
5. Fry chicken until golden yellow in hot oil over medium heat, remove from heat, and drain.
6. Follow up with the sauce. Slice the garlic and onions. Then grate the ginger.
7. Prepare a skillet, melt margarine and saute the onions and garlic until fragrant. Then add ginger and water.
8. Add the teriyaki sauce, oyster sauce, salt, pepper, and cornstarch that has been dissolved in water. Cook until all ingredients are evenly cooked.
9. Prepare the rice in a bowl, arrange the crispy chicken, and cover it with the teriyaki sauce. Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl is ready to eat!

5. Korean-Style Tofu Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 150 grams of tofu (cut lengthwise)
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tbsp gochujang
• 1 cup green onion (sliced)

Cooking Steps:

1. Combine soy sauce, water, sesame oil, honey, gochujang, and green onions. Mix well.
2. Put the tofu into the spices. Marinate for one hour.
3. Heat oil in a skillet, then add tofu.
4. Let it caramelize a little and then turn it out.
5. Add all the marinated seasonings then cook until all the spices are absorbed.
6. Prepare a bowl, then arrange the warm rice in the bowl. Add tofu on top of rice. You can also add complementary items such as eggs or sesame seeds.
7. Korean-style Tofu Rice Bowl is ready to eat!

6. Crispy Chicken Sambal Matah Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 50 grams of boneless chicken, cut into squares or according to taste
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• Enough water
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste

Ingredients for Sambal Matah:

• 6 spring onions
• 1 garlic clove
• 3 pieces of cayenne pepper
• 1 piece of lime leaves
• 1/2 lime
• Lemongrass to taste

Cooking Steps:

1. Thinly slice shallots, garlic, chilies, and lime leaves.
2. Heat the oil then add the ingredients that have been stir-fried, saute briefly. Remove and drain.
3. Give a little salt and lime juice, stir until blended, then set aside.
4. Season the chicken with salt and pepper, set aside.
5. Prepare 1 tablespoon of flour and dissolve it with a little water, stirring until it forms a paste.
6. Dip the chicken and coat it evenly with flour mixture.
7. Prepare 2 tablespoons of flour and 2 tablespoons of rice flour in a bowl, mix well.
8. Coat the chicken with the dry flour mixture until dispersed.
9. Fry the chicken until crispy, remove and drain.
10. Prepare a bowl then arrange warm rice, chicken, and Sambal Matah on top.

7. Yakiniku Beef Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 250 grams of beef shabu-shabu
• 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
• 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
• Pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• Boiled carrots and green onions (optional)

Sauce ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 50 ml of water

Cooking Steps:

1. Heat the oil, put the onions until wilted and add the meat.
2. Enter the garlic, if it smells good, then reduce the heat.
3. Add the soy sauce, mirin, and water and cook until all the sauce is absorbed into the meat.
4. Prepare a bowl, then arrange the rice together with the yakiniku meat.
5. Add the boiled carrots and sprinkle with green onions. Yakiniku Beef Rice Bowl is ready to eat!

8. Teriyaki Crispy Shrimp Rice Bowl

Ingredients:

• 200 grams of shrimp, wash thoroughly
• 1 egg white
• 4-5 tablespoons flour
• Salt to taste
• Ground pepper to taste
• Soy sauce to taste
• Ice water to taste
• Mushroom broth to taste

Sauce ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
• Salt to taste
• Sugar to taste
• Mushroom broth to taste
• Enough cold water
• Cornstarch to taste

Cooking Steps:

1. Prepare a container then add the oyster sauce, salt, pepper, soy sauce, egg white, and mix well.
2. Mix with shrimp and stir until blended, set aside.
3. Place the flour in a container and mix it with salt, broth and cold water. Stir by hand until the mixture is well blended but not too smooth.
4. Dip shrimp in flour and fry in hot oil. Remove and set aside.
5. Mix the sauce first. Combine the teriyaki sauce, salty sauce, salt, sugar, mushroom stock, water, and cornstarch. Stir until all ingredients are dissolved.
6. Turn on the stove, saute the onions with margarine until fragrant and wilted, then pour the sauce that has been blended. Stir evenly until thickened.
7. Prepare a bowl, arrange the rice, and then serve it with the prawns and cover it with the teriyaki sauce.

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