You could order takeout... or take my advice and have a fresh teriyaki bowl right in your kitchen in just about 30 minutes. While you decide, check out this 30-Minute Teriyaki Bowl Recipe!
30-Minute teriyaki bowl
What is a teriyaki bowl? To answer that question, we must first ask: what is teriyaki?
If you wanna get technical, Teriyaki refers to a cooking technique (of Japanese origin) in which fish or meat are cooked with a particular kind of sauce/glaze. Like many other instances with foreign cuisine, in the US the concept has been generalized and simplified. When you hear teriyaki mentioned, people are usually talking about a sauce.
So, what's that sauce?
What flavor is teriyaki?
Teriyaki sauce (like you'll find in any store) is a sweet and savory sauce that uses soy sauce as the base. Traditionally, it also uses mirin, a type of rice wine. Store-bought varieties will vary in the makeup—I picked the version from P.F. Chang's for this recipe because it's easy to find in a lot of locations. Feel free to substitute with a different brand or even make your own!
Teriyaki Bowl Ingredients
- ground turkey
- teriyaki sauce
- broccoli slaw
- riced cauliflower
- garlic
- pickled onions
- Optional: green onions, sesame seed
How to Make Easy Teriyaki Bowl
Here's how you can get your very own teriyaki bowl—actually, enough for 4!
- Heat skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add ground turkey. Brown all sides before breaking up and cooking fully, about 10 minutes.
- Add garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add in riced cauliflower. Cook for about 4 mins, stirring occasionally.
- Add in broccoli slaw. Cook for about 4 mins, stirring occasionally.
- Cut heat to low. Add in teriyaki sauce and simmer for 4 mins.
- Top with pickled onions, green onions, and sesame seeds.
- Enjoy!
How to Meal Prep a Teriyaki Bowl
Some people get the impression that meal prep is a dark art that takes years to learn. Not so! With the right tools—a favorite recipe and some airtight containers—you can meal prep just by making too much food.
In this case, if you follow the recipe instructions as-written, you'll have four teriyaki bowls which you can split evenly into four airtight containers. Top each with your favorite toppings and put 'em in the fridge!
Have more mouths to feed? You can scale this recipe as needed to meet your needs, but you probably don't need to increase the pickled onions and toppings proportionally (unless you just want a lot of those things).
More Easy Healthy Recipes
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30-Minute Teriyaki Bowls
Equipment
- Large Skillet
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs raw ground turkey 93% lean
- 1 cup teriyaki sauce (272 grams)
- 12 oz broccoli slaw (340 grams)
- 12 oz frozen riced cauliflower (340 grams)
- 3 cloves garlic minced (15 grams)
- ½ cup red pickled onions (3 oz)
- Optional: green onions, sesame seeds
Instructions
- Heat skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add ground turkey. Brown all sides before breaking up and cooking fully, about 10 minutes.
- Add garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add in riced cauliflower. Cook for about 4 mins, stirring occasionally.
- Add in broccoli slaw. Cook for about 4 mins, stirring occasionally.
- Cut heat to low. Add in teriyaki sauce and simmer for 4 mins.
- Top with pickled onions, green onions, and sesame seeds.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Nutrition doesn’t include optional toppings
- 1 serving is 2 cups (386 grams)
- I use P.F. Changs Teriyaki Sauce (you could also make your own).
- To make GF: Use a gluten-free teriyaki sauce.
- To make DF: This recipe is dairy-free.
- To meal prep: prepare recipe as instructions say. Split the skillet into four containers.
- To enter in MyFitnessPal, search “Jordo’s World 30-Minute Teriyaki Bowls.”
Liz says
I love this recipe! It's so quick and easy to portion out for meal prep and tastes just as good reheated! Thank you for creating a new staple in my house!
Misty says
As a busy mom meal prep needs to be simple, fast, healthy, and delicious. This recipe checked all the boxes. Honestly, this week I’ve looked forward to lunch. This will definitely be a regular on our meal prep rotation. If you haven’t made this recipe yet do it NOW!
Alex says
I LOVE this recipe. It’s easy, it’s filling, and most importantly, it’s delicious!
Megan says
If I have turkey burger it’s pretty much a guarantee this recipe is what I’m going to use it in!! And it’s so easy to make!
Jena says
Such a good dinner or meal prep!! I used ground beef and added some stir fry veggies. The whole family loves this.
Nancy H says
Really enjoyed this. I added extra veggies and used regular coleslaw mix. Large portion for low cal.
Laura says
omg obsessed!!!! made this for the tighter together challenge and it's SOOOO YUMMY and easy!
Rachel says
So so yummy! Perfect flavors. Fast & easy for our family. Our "almost" 3 year-old even enjoys it 🙂 you won't be disappointed!
Tanya says
Holy kamoli!!! I did NOT expect this to taste this amazing. Seriously wow. Super easy to throw together, huge portion and all the Yummies!!!
Susie says
Made this last night, it was fast, easy and delicious. I'll definitely add to the rotation.
Jordan Smith says
Hi Susie, yay for a new meal into the rotation! So happy you enjoyed.
Hillary Weissbach says
Just a tad embarrassed to admit how many times I’ve made this recipe. Sometimes twice a week. Easy and good for you, and the leftovers make it even better. I love to add broccoli- YUM!
Katie says
So easy but tastes so dang good. I get Aldi brand teriyaki sauce and it is perfect in this bowl. Add just a drizzle over the top with sesame seeds and it is perfection.
Lisa says
Way too salty! We could not eat this and had to throw it out.
Jordan Smith says
Hi Lisa, so sorry this didn't work out for you! If you make in the future I would use less teriyaki sauce or a sauce alternative you enjoy.