20 Easy Rice Bowl Recipes

Let me tell you my super simple secret for getting new and delicious recipes on my dinner table every single week even when life feels overwhelming. I make a rice bowl.

I love rice bowls so much as they follow a simple formula; base + protein + veg + sauce = dinner. This makes decision-making easier and faster. They are also super flexible because they can be easily adapted based on what ingredients I have on hand.

Rice bowl recipes offer an easy, all-in-one meal solution that is perfect for weeknight cooking. This list contains a few of my favourites that I have on repeat. They are the ones that keep meal times interesting, but still feel achievable even when life get’s busy.

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20 Rice Bowl Recipes Perfect for Busy Weeknights

1. Greek Chicken Rice Bowls

These Greek chicken rice bowls are one of my favourite quick and easy weeknight dinner ideas when I don’t know what to cook. With grilled, seasoned chicken thighs and a generous drizzle of dairy free tzatziki, they are super simple to prepare and taste so delicious, you’ll love them for meal prep or for an easy family dinner.

2. Teriyaki Chicken Bowl

This easy teriyaki chicken bowl is made with a delicious, sweet and savoury homemade teriyaki sauce and comes together in around 30 minutes. Served over rice with broccoli, edamame and crunchy pickled carrot, these bowls are the perfect easy dinner or meal prep.

3. Korean Beef Bowls

These quick and easy Korean beef bowls are inspired by the flavour of classic bulgogi but can be on the dinner table in just 20 minutes! Made with an easy and flavourful sauce, this recipe uses budget-friendly beef mince to build a delicious and simple rice bowl perfect for weeknights.

4. Hot Honey Chicken Bowls

This balanced bowl is made with tender, spiced, roasted sweet potatoes and chicken, served over rice with avocado, slices of crunchy pickled cucumber and a drizzle of hot honey. You’ll love the perfect balance of sweet and spicy flavours!

5. Spicy Prawn Rice Bowl

This healthy, sushi-style bowl comes together in under 20 minutes and can be easily customised based on your tastes. These prawn rice bowls are quick, easy and delicious – perfect for weeknights.

6. Air Fryer Salmon Bowls

These air fryer salmon bowls are quick and easy to make and are the perfect healthy weeknight meal. The salmon pieces take just 6 minutes to cook and are flavoured with a simple marinade, served over a bed of white sushi rice and topped with avocado, cucumber, edamame and a spicy sriracha mayonnaise.

7. Chicken Katsu Rice Bowls

Just like your favourite takeaway, these bowls combine tender fried chicken coated in crispy panko breadcrumbs, and a sweet and tangy tonkatsu sauce, all served over sticky sushi rice with avocado and sliced cucumber.

8. Chipotle Chicken Bowls

This is my go-to chicken and rice bowl that I’ve been making for YEARS! They are what I make when I don’t know what to cook. If you’re looking for something quick and easy but also delicious and satisfying, then definitely make these. Inspired by my go-to order at GYG, these burrito bowls are sure to become a favourite of yours as well!

9. Teriyaki Salmon and Avocado Rice Bowls

These teriyaki salmon and avocado rice bowls are one of my favourite easy and healthy recipes to make for lunch or dinner. With tender salmon, creamy avocado, and sticky rice, all topped with a sweet and rich homemade teriyaki sauce, this delicious meal comes together in just 20 minutes!

10. BBQ Chicken Bowls

These versatile and colourful BBQ chicken bowls can be easily assembled for a delicious and healthy lunch or dinner. Made with rich and tender slow cooked BBQ chicken, this rice bowl is topped with black beans, corn, and avocado for a filling and nutritious meal.

11. Hot Honey Salmon Bowl

A flavour-packed dinner that is quick and easy to make! The salmon is coated in simple spices, baked until flaky and tender, and finished with a sweet and spicy hot honey sauce. Serve it over rice with cucumber, carrot and edamame for a delicious bowl that comes together in under 30 minutes.

12. Taco Bowls

These taco bowls are easy, versatile and so delicious. With a base of rice and shredded lettuce, topped with a flavourful beef mince, corn and avocado, this is the ultimate weeknight dinner recipe that the whole family will love!

15. BBQ Meatball Rice Bowls

These BBQ meatball rice bowls are a great example of the simple dinners I love to make on busy weeknights. Oven baked beef meatballs are tossed in a rich BBQ sauce and served over rice with roasted corn, lettuce, pickled onion and a good drizzle of dairy free ranch dressing. It’s simple but packed with so much flavour, you’ll be repeating this one regularly!

16. Steak Rice Bowls with Chimichurri

These steak rice bowls with chimichurri are an easy, flavour-packed weeknight dinner that will be ready in less than 30 minutes. The star of the show is the homemade chimichurri, bringing freshness and a little punch to every bite. It’s the kind of bowl that makes you actually excited about dinner.

17. 20 Minute Honey Garlic Prawn Rice Bowls

Rice bowls are my all time favourite lunch or dinner, and these honey garlic prawn rice bowls are the perfect combination of sweet and savoury. Sticky, saucy prawns are piled over jasmine rice with fresh cucumber, carrot and pickled red onion. It’s a quick, easy dairy free dinner that comes together in under 30 minutes.

18. Fish Taco Bowls

These fish taco bowls are an easy weeknight dinner that brings everything you love about fish tacos together in rice bowl form. Crispy spiced fish, creamy slaw, roasted corn and avocado all come together in under 30 minutes, finished with a sweet and spicy sauce you’ll want to put on everything.

19. Street Corn Chicken Rice Bowls

These street corn chicken rice bowls are exactly the kind of fresh and flavourful weeknight dinner you’ll keep coming back to! Made with taco-spiced chicken, creamy dairy free street corn and avocado served over rice, they taste ridiculously good and are really easy to make.

20. 10 Minute Spicy Tuna Sushi Bowls

These spicy tuna sushi bowls are a quick, no-cook lunch with a creamy spicy tinned tuna mixture served over sushi rice with cucumber, avocado and edamame. It’s got all the flavour of a spicy tuna roll, just deconstructed into a bowl. You can have a delicious and balanced lunch ready in just 10 minutes!