5-Minute Greek Chicken Rice Bowl (35g Protein, High-Fiber Lunch)

You’re working from home and have five minutes to prepare lunch.

You’re scrambling to get out the door for an evening event, but you want to eat first — and make it healthy.

You need to pack a meal for later, and you only have five minutes to throw it together before you’re out the door.

Surely, I’m not the only one who finds myself in these scenarios time and time again.

Today’s recipe — part of our Lazy Girl High Protein + High Fiber Recipe Series — is your go-to solution for all of the above. Even better, it’s delicious, filling, and ready in minutes.

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I’ve been trying to guide you toward pantry staples worth always keeping on hand — the ones that make quick, nutritious meals possible. Today’s recipe uses only those ingredients:

• Rotisserie chicken – always remove the meat from the bone before refrigerating
• Vegetables – cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh herbs (like cilantro or mint)
• Brown rice – either frozen (microwaves in about three minutes) or pouch-style (ready in 90 seconds)
• Plain yogurt
• Garbanzo beans
• Olives

If you have these ingredients on hand, in about five minutes you’ll have a homemade meal packed with roughly 35 g of protein and 5 g of fiber — perfect fuel to power you through the next few hours. Want more protein? Add a little more chicken!

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Greek Chicken Rice Bowl

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Prep Time 3 minutes mins

Servings 1

Calories 427 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2.5 ounces rotisserie chicken
• 1/3 cup English cucumber, chopped
• 8 kalamata olives
• 4 cherry tomatoes, sliced
• 1/2 cup cooked brown rice Use either frozen or the type found in a pouch - both cook quickly in a microwave.
• 1/3 cup canned garbanzo beans, drained
• olive oil spray (or one tsp)
• Lawry's seasoning salt - to taste

Yogurt Sauce

• 1/3 cup non-fat Greek Yogurt
• 1/4 tsp ground cumin or Za'atar seasoning mix
• 1/4 tsp lemon or lime juice
• 1 tbsp fresh herbs (cilantro, mint, chives, Italian parsley - any or all)

Instructions

 

• Microwave rice and then place 1/2 cup in a bowl.
• Add the chopped rotisserie chicken, cucumber, tomatoes, olives, and garbanzo beans.
• Place everything in a bowl and add a one-second spray of olive oil and 1/2 tsp of Lawry’s (or your favorite seasoning salt). Mix gently.
• In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, seasoning, lemon or lime juice, and fresh herbs.
• Spoon the yogurt sauce over the top of the bowl.
• Optional: Mix everything together before eating (my favorite way!) — or leave the sauce on top and enjoy as-is!

Nutrition

Calories: 427kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 35gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 1005mgPotassium: 316mgFiber: 5gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 504IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 108mgIron: 1mg

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