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Chicken, Rice, & Chickpea Bowl with a Zaatar Lemon Dressing
Updated: Sep 12

You know what's so funny... I made this dinner with 3 different leftovers. I had the cucumber tomato salad from the night before, the rice from the night before, and the chickpeas boiled 3 days before hand. I grabbed them all out of the fridge and made perfect balanced and nutritious, "Chicken, Rice, & Chickpea Bowl with a Zaatar Lemon Dressing." This is why I encourage you guys to meal prep/make extras.
So you can make quick meals like this one throughout your week! So, if you like the sound of Aleppo peppered chickpeas, sauté chicken breast, mint cucumber tomato salad, basmati rice, arugula, and kalamata olives, let me show you how to make this delicious recipe!
Yields: 1
Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
This recipe is dairy free and gluten free.
My vegetarians - opt out on the chicken and add some feta cheese and extra chickpeas.
My vegans - opt out of the chicken and add more chickpeas to the bowl if you'd like! It's always easy to vegan-ize my dishes.
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Ingredients:
1. Chickpeas (boiled or canned is fine - if canned make sure to drain and wash)
2. 1 chicken breast (paillard - flattened with a mallet)
3. 1 cup of cooked basmati rice
4. Handful of arugula
5. 5-6 kalamata olives
6. 1 cucumber
7. 2 plum tomatoes
8. Extra virgin olive oil
9. 2 lemons
10. Salt, black pepper, garlic powder, Aleppo pepper, zaatar
11. 2 cloves of fresh garlic, minced
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