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Sweet Chili Chicken Meal Prep Bowls

Sweet Chili Chicken Meal Prep Bowls are loaded up with vermicelli noodles, home made sweet chili sauce, chicken and crisp veggies and are perfect for your work week lunches this week!

Sweet Chili Chicken Vermicelli Meal Prep Bowls

Skip the pricey restaurant lunches this week, and make our own take out fake out meal with these sweet chili chicken vermicelli meal prep bowls! 

My love of sweet chili sauce runs deep (along with pickle anything).

Here on the blog you can find freezer friendly sweet chili chicken burgersbaked sweet chili chicken drumsticks (freezer meal!), and even a a sweet chili chicken noodle soup!

But this meal prep bowl might just by my #1 pick! 

Sweet Chili Chicken Vermicelli Meal Prep Bowls with sauce

The best part of this meal prep is 100% the stove top made sauce.

I am pretty sure a meatball recipe using this sauce is going to hit the blog one day. 

Sweet Chili Chicken sauce

If you have never meal prepped with vermicelli noodles before, I know you have questions. 

What are vermicelli noodles? How are they cooked?

They  are very thin rice noodles that you simply put into hot water and let soak a few minutes. It is really that simple.

Can I scale this recipe down?

This recipe makes 4 hearty meal prep bowls.

I promise it is so good, you will want to eat it for the whole week, but in case you don’t just cut the recipe in half. Except the sauce. Leave the sauce recipe as is. 

Sweet Chili Chicken Vermicelli Meal Prep Bowls finished

Do I eat sweet chili chicken meal prep bowls hot or cold?

Cold! But, you can remove the chicken, heat it in the microwave and add back into the salad if you prefer. I do both ways – depending on my mood. 

What is the best way to store this meal prep?

You can put everything except the sauce together for storage. You want to make sure that your chicken is cooled so it doesn’t make your crunch veggies go soggy. 

Store your sauce separately, and drizzle on it right as you are about to devour your bowl. 

Only store these for 4 days max in your fridge. 

Lastly, you want your veggies as dry as possible to prevent things going soggy! 

Is it okay to put this amazing sweet chili sauce on every single thing I eat? 

Yes, in fact it is encouraged. We don’t judge your sauce drizzling habits around here. 

Sweet Chili Chicken prep bowl sauce pouring

When you prep these, I want to see your preps! Tag me @mealplanaddict on Instagram or come post a photo in the Meal Plan Addict community! 

Sweet Chili Chicken Vermicelli Meal Prep Bowls

Sweet Chili Chicken Meal Prep Bowls

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Sweet Chili Chicken  Meal Prep Bowls are loaded up with vermicelli noodles, home made sweet chili sauce, chicken, and crisp veggies and are perfect for your work week lunches this week!
Course Meal Prep Lunch
Cuisine American
Keyword Lunch Prep, Meal Prep Bowl, Sweet Chili Chicken
Prep Time 10 minutes
Servings 4 bowls
Author Steph

Ingredients

Sweet Chili Sauce

  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup fine diced onion
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp red chili flakes 1 tsp if you like things more spicy
  • 1 lime juice and zest

Chicken Ingredients

  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper to season chicken

Bowl Ingredients

  • 2 cups cucumber, chopped into bite size pieces and pat dry
  • 1.5 cups shredded carrots
  • 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
  • 1 200g package of vermicelli noodles
  • cilantro, optional garnish
  • peanuts or cashews, optional garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F
  • Season the chicken with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
  • Heat the oil on medium high heat in a oven safe pan.
  • Sear the chicken on both sides and place the pan into the oven to cook until chicken is 165°F. Then remove from oven and put aside.
  • While the chicken bakes, prepare the sauce.
  • In a small pot, heat the oil on medium heat.
  • Add the onion and garlic until well caramelized and lightly browned. Take care not to burn this.
  • Add the remaining sauce ingredients and allow to simmer on low for 3-4 minutes.
  • Set sauce aside to cool. Once cool. Divide the sauce into 4 portions in small containers. You want to store the sauce separately from your chicken and veggies.
  • Prepare the vermicelli noodles as per the package. Then, strain and set aside.
  • To assemble your bowls, divide the chicken, veggies, and noodles evenly between 4 containers. Make sure the chicken has cooled before placing a lid on the preps.
  • At time of serving, drizzle the sweet chili sauce on each bowl and enjoy!

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10 Comments

  1. This looks amazing! Going to try it for work lunches this week!
    Wondering if you have considered posting the nutritional information along with your recipes?

  2. Hi Steph, where is the best place in Airdrie to find Vermicelli Noodles? I never seem to find the right ones (almost too skinny)
    Thanks

  3. 5 stars
    This might be the most delicious thing I ever cooked. We don’t care for cucumber so I steamed some green beans, and thinly sliced some celery and red pepper. The chili sauce is seriously addictive!

  4. 5 stars
    This is so good! The sauce is amazing. I made it with rice noodles, sui choy, red cabbage, carrots, cucumbers and chicken/ tofu options. My husband repeatedly kept saying “this is amazing”

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