Street Cart–Style Chicken Bowls
with Chicken Thighs, Yellow Rice, White Sauce & Pitas
Want your favorite street cart foods without having to track down your fave truck? Our chefs dreamed up just the thing: these street cart–style rice turkey bowls. Each serving is packed with layers of flavor: buttery turmeric rice with crunchy almonds and scallions, shawarma-spiced ground turkey, fresh diced tomato, and not one but TWO sauces. We’re talking classic white sauce and hot sauce. And all of that’s served with warmed pita bread. Now all that’s left to do is perfect your dipping technique for the optimal saucy and flavor-packed bite.
1 teaspoon
Turmeric
½ cup
Jasmine Rice
3 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
2 unit
Scallions
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Tomato
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
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2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
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1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
10 ounce
Diced Chicken Thighs
1 tablespoon
Shawarma Spice Blend
2 unit
Pita Bread
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2 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
½ ounce
Sliced Almonds
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1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
3 tablespoon
Butter
()
Salt
Pepper
• In a small pot, melt 1 TBSP butter over medium heat. Stir in ¼ tsp turmeric (½ tsp for 4 servings); cook stirring frequently, until fragrant, 30-60 seconds. • Stir in rice, ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4), stock concentrate, a big pinch of salt, and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• Meanwhile, bring 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) to room temperature. Wash and dry produce. • Quarter lemon. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces.
• In a small bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder, and a squeeze of lemon. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pat diced chicken thighs* dry with paper towels; season with Shawarma Spice Blend, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and scallion whites; cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.
Open package of chicken and drain off any excess liquid. Swap in chicken for turkey. (No need to break up into pieces!)
• Toast pitas until softened and warmed through. • Spread with softened butter, then cut each pita into quarters.
• Once rice is done, fluff with a fork; stir in half the scallion greens. Season with salt and pepper to taste. • Divide rice between bowls. Top with chicken and tomato in separate sections; season tomato with a pinch of salt. Drizzle everything with as much white sauce and hot sauce as you like; garnish with remaining scallion greens. Serve with pita and remaining lemon wedges on the side. TIP: We like to scoop up some of the rice, chicken, tomato, and sauces with a pita wedge and eat it all in one bite!
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
