BBQ Chicken & Sweet Potato Bowls
with Bachan’s® Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce, Ginger Rice & Chili Soy Mayo
- Milk
- Soy
- Wheat
- Sesame
- Eggs
Tonight, we’ve got a meal that’ll leave you feeling totally zen. This “Buddha bowl” is a one-bowl veggie meal that won’t disappoint. Here, Japanese BBQ-and-sesame-glazed sweet potatoes and mushrooms, roasted bell pepper, spicy soy mayo, and a scattering of sesame seeds are all served over a heap of fluffy, gingery rice. You’re one bite away from inner dinner peace.
Ingredients
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
½ ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
1 unit
Sweet Potato
1 tablespoon
Sesame Seeds
(Contains: Sesame)
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
8 ounce
Cremini Mushrooms
1.75 ounce
Bachan's Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce
(Contains: Sesame, Soy, Wheat)
2 unit
Scallions
1 unit
Bell Pepper
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
0.21 thumb
Ginger
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Peel and mince or grate ginger. Dice sweet potato into ½-inch pieces. Trim and quarter mushrooms (skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!). Core, deseed, and dice bell pepper into ½-inch pieces.
Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and 1 TBSP ginger (2 TBSP for 4); cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 minute.
Stir in rice, 1¼ cups water (2¼ cups for 4), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, toss sweet potato and mushrooms with a drizzle of oil, half the Bachan’s® Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce (you’ll use the rest later), salt, and pepper. Spread out on one side of a baking sheet.
Toss bell pepper on empty side of same sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. (For 4 servings, use two sheets; roast sweet potatoes and mushrooms on top rack and bell peppers on middle rack.)
Roast on top rack until veggies are just tender, about 15 minutes (they’ll finish cooking in Step 5).
While veggies roast, in a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, soy sauce, and as much chili sauce as you like. TIP: Start with half the chili sauce, then taste and add more from there if you like things spicy.
Once veggies have roasted 15 minutes, remove baking sheet from oven. (For 4 servings, remove sheet with sweet potatoes and mushrooms; leave bell peppers roasting.) Using a spatula, carefully toss sweet potato and mushrooms with half the sesame seeds (save the rest for serving) and remaining Bachan’s® Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce.
Return to oven until veggies are tender and glaze is tacky, 5-8 minutes more.
Fluff rice with a fork and season with salt; divide between bowls.
Arrange sweet potato and mushrooms and bell pepper over rice in separate sections. Drizzle everything with as much chili soy mayo as you like. Top with scallion greens and remaining sesame seeds. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the delicious, satisfying flavors, though some found the soy sauce overpowering. Adjust to taste for a perfect balance 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Sweet potatoes needed extra cooking time for some; ensure they're cut uniformly and roast until tender.
- Suggestions: Consider adding edamame or peanuts for extra crunch and protein. The scallion-ginger rice was a hit; don't skip this flavorful base!
- Leftovers: Tastes even better the next day, making it great for meal prep or on-the-go lunches.
- Sauce: Some wanted more sauce; try doubling the recipe or adding hoisin for a thicker consistency and deeper flavor.
Reviews from our home cooks
Sauce was overly salty. 1 1/2 of soy sauce would be plenty, also a little thin. We adjusted adding one more of the mayo we had, some sweet chili sauce, and sriracha from another meal. Amazing with the adjustments.
So delicious. The scallion/ginger rice was so perfect and really added such good flavor as a base.
The flavor was good, lacking protein feels like I didn't get my full value for this meal but I enjoyed the taste.
Great meal! The soy sauce in the sauce was overpowering so maybe a little less of that for the future recipe.
This is the same as a previous recipe with a different BBQ sauce. Still good, but tastes the same as the previous version.
Needed more sauce than was there, frankly prefer regular hoisin both for flavor and the thicker consistency.
Everyone in the family asked that I make sure this was added to our favorite list.
This has been my absolute favorite HelloFresh meal so far! So flavorful!
So freaking good. It might be my new hyperfixation meal.
It didn't make enough sauce for me. Good but needed more flavor.
