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This Chicken Rice Bowl recipe inspired by Rumbi Island Grill is one of our favorite copycats! Fresh vegetables and teriyaki chicken over coconut rice topped with a tangy teriyaki sauce.
Featured With This Recipe
- Ingredients in a Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
- Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
- Additional Ingredients for your Rice Bowls
- Rumbi Island Grill Copycat
- More Recipe Variations
- Storing and Re-Heating Leftovers
- Meal Prep Bowls
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Restaurant Copycat Recipes
- How To Make Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
- Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl Recipe
This Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl recipe is so yummy and filling, without being too heavy. Bite-size pieces of chicken, fresh veggies over rice with a homemade teriyaki sauce that you will love! I made this copycat recipe based on the rice bowls at Rumbi Island Grill and it’s one of my very favorites. If you like chicken rice bowls, this is the recipe for you!
Ingredients in a Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
With a chicken rice bowl recipe, the sky’s the limit! You can add or take away whatever you want from this recipe to make it your own. But for starters, here’s what we use for this Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl:
- Coconut rice – this easy rice recipe comes together with long-grain rice, some coconut milk sugar and water. See the recipe card below for exact measurements. If you want to just use plain rice that’s totally okay too!
- Red beans – one can of beans, rinsed and drained. You can add them right to the rice mixture.
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts – I like making grilled chicken breasts, then slicing them and adding to the rice bowl. You can also use boneless chicken thighs.
- Vegetable oil – one tablespoon of your favorite vegetable oil or olive oil.
- Carrots – four large carrots, peeled and grated
- Celery stalks – three stalks of washed celery, thinly sliced
- Zucchini – chopped into small cubes
- Broccoli florets – one and a half cups, chopped
Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
The star of this whole show is the sweet and spicy homemade teriyaki sauce. It’s out of this world delicious and pairs so perfectly with the coconut rice and toppings. Here’s all you need:
- Mr. Yoshida’s Original Sweet Teriyaki Gourmet Marinade & Cooking Sauce – about three quarters of a cup.
- Chili garlic sauce – two teaspoons
- Soy sauce – one teaspoon. You could also substitute soy sauce with rice vinegar.
- Fresh ginger – one teaspoon, grated. You can store a piece of fresh ginger in the freezer for several months!
- Salt – one quarter teaspoon, or more to taste
- Brown sugar – just a little, or a drizzle of honey if you have any on hand.
- Cornstarch – one tablespoon, mixed with two tablespoons cold water or cold chicken broth
Additional Ingredients for your Rice Bowls
The beauty of a chicken teriyaki bowl is how much you can swap out ingredients for your favorites. Here are some delicious options:
- Pulled pork
- Teriyaki beef
- Ground beef
- Pineapple
- Shredded coconut
- Fresh lime juice
- Green onion
- Avocado
- Red bell pepper
- Cilantro
- Kosher salt & black pepper
- Corn salsa
- Garlic powder
- Shredded cheese
- Tomatoes
- Black beans
- Sesame seeds
- Red pepper flakes
- Any other sautéed veggies of your choosing
Rumbi Island Grill Copycat
This chicken rice bowl is inspired by my love of all things Hawaiian, and especially the rice bowls at Rumbi Island Grill in Utah. It’s such a delicious restaurant, but we don’t have one in Idaho, so I had to come up with a version on my own. It started with me bringing home a big bottle of sauce from the restaurant, then making a similar sauce to match. While it’s not exactly a duplicate, this homemade sauce tastes pretty darn close.
More Recipe Variations
- I love pairing the teriyaki chicken with our coconut rice recipe, but you can use instant pot rice, brown rice, jasmine rice, cauliflower rice, quinoa or even a pan of noodles.
- Don’t have time to grill? You are in luck! We also have an Air Fryer Teriyaki Chicken Bowl recipe that can easily be adapted to use for this recipe.
- Swap out the boneless chicken breasts for chicken thighs, or even breaded chicken.
- To cut down on sodium, feel free to use low sodium soy sauce.
- For an extra spicy version, add 1-2 teaspoons Sriracha sauce to the teriyaki sauce.
Storing and Re-Heating Leftovers
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. You can also freeze these rice bowls in a freezer safe container for up to 6 months. We personally don’t like to freeze the vegetables with the other ingredients. We found that we like it best when we freeze the rice and protein together and then heat up fresh vegetables before serving.
Meal Prep Bowls
These chicken rice bowls make for great meal prep bowls. Make a big batch and separate them into individual servings sizes and serving containers to enjoy throughout the week. Be sure to slightly undercook the veggies so when you re-heat the bowls they can cook the rest of the way.
“I was rather indifferent to Rumbi when we lived in Provo. But we have since moved away and I found this recipe on Pinterest. It is PHENOMENAL! I can’t stop raving about it. Better than the original. My husband followed the recipe EXACTLY as written and it turned out perfect. Thanks for sharing!”
Jessica
“A friend of mine introduced me to this recipe. I’ve never been to Rumbi (live in AZ), but this is going to be on our regular dinner rotation for sure. So easy! I use my julienne peeler for the carrots to make it a little more fancy. Thank you!”
Holly
“We made this last night….WOW! It was great, thanks for doing all the testing to get it right, it was fabulous!”
Britni
Frequently Asked Questions
For these Hawaiian rice bowls you can always add a little extra teriyaki sauce or you can a Thai peanut sauce. They are already super flavorful so try them first before adding more sauces and flavors!
You can eat rice bowls cold but they are best served warm! Simply microwave for a couple minutes to heat through.
To assemble a rice bowl, first add rice. Then add the chicken and vegetables. Next, add the sauce over the top. Finally, garnish with chopped green onion or sesame seeds.
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Restaurant Copycat Recipes
If you love the idea of making your favorite restaurant recipes at home, you may want to give some of these recipes a try:
How To Make Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl
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Ingredients
- 2 cups grilled chicken
Hawaiian Coconut Rice with Beans
- 2 ½ cups water
- ½ tablespoon sugar
- 1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk
- 1 (14-ounce) can red beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cups long-grain white rice
Hawaiian Teriyaki Sauce
- ¾ cup Mr. Yoshida's Original Gourmet Sweet Teriyaki Marinade & Cooking Sauce
- 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 1-2 teaspoons sriracha sauce (optional)
Stir-Fry Vegetables
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 carrots, peeled and grated
- 3 ribs celery, sliced
- 1 zucchini, cubed
- 1 ½ cups chopped broccoli florets
Instructions
Hawaiian Coconut Rice and Beans
- Rice Cooker: Combine all ingredients in a rice cooker. Gently stir so the beans and rice are mixed. Cover and cook. Fluff rice with a fork before serving.
- Stove Top: In a saucepan, combine water, sugar, and coconut milk. Stir in beans and rice. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 18-20 minutes, until rice is tender.
Hawaiian Teriyaki Sauce
- Combine Yoshida's sauce, chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, ginger, salt, and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer.
- Mix cornstarch and water together in a small bowl.
- Slowly whisk the cornstarch mixture into the simmering sauce. This will thicken the sauce slightly more.
- For a spicier sauce, add 1-2 shakes of sriracha sauce. Simmer for about 1 minute, then let sit until ready to serve.
Stir-Fry Vegetables
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté carrots, celery, zucchini, and broccoli until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes.
Assembly
- To serve, scoop rice and beans into the bottom of each bowl.
- Add vegetables and chicken.
- Serve teriyaki sauce on the side, or evenly drizzle about 3 tablespoons over vegetables.
This was delicious!!!
Made this for dinner tonight and it was fantastic! Thanks for the recipe!
I have looked for the teriyaki sauce and cannot find it. They only carry the original gourmet sauce-sweet & savory, cracked pepper & garlic sauce-thick & spicy, hawaiian sweet & sour sauce-zesty & sweet. I cannot find the chili garlic sauce or fresh ginger. Please HELP!
The original gourmet sauce is the one that you want (the Yoshida’s). I have found it at WalMart. Fresh ginger can be found in produce (you may have to ask where it is) and the chili garlic sauce is by the Asian stuff. If you can’t find chili-garlic, just get chili sauce (usually with a green cap) and add a clove of garlic. Hopefully this helps!
Thank you so much for this receipe. I moved from Salt Lake a few years ago and have really missed one of my favorite places, Rumbi!
I’ve never been to Rumbi, but I made this tonight and it was delicious! I love your website, thanks for the great recipes!
Agh!!! I’m so excited I found this. We have been away from Utah for a year now and I have totally been craving this. I’m so excited to make it and share with our friends. Thanks Erica for sharing 🙂
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I LOVE this dish!! As well as my family! Its one that they request a lot. In my honest to goodnes opinion, your coconut rice is much better than Rumbis coconut rice!! Keep on cookin’ and bakin’ girls! We luv your recipes.
Found this on pinterest. I love rumbi, but I hate zucchini so I always pick it out. How awesome will it be to make it myself with extra broccoli & carrots. Thanks so much for sharing.
We LOVE this recipe! We have made it several times this summer with fresh veggies from the garden. Thanks so much!
I've Rumbi before, but from the recipe I knew I'd like this dish. And we did, I'm making it again for a second time tomorrow. Thanks, Erica.
Made these a few weeks ago, delicious!
salad looks great rumbi is our favorite thanks for sharing
We made this last night….WOW! It was great, thanks for doing all the testing to get it right, it was fabulous!
It is usually by the BBQ sauces… not the teriyaki sauces and Hawaiian stuff. I know they have it at Costco, WalMart, Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Smiths, and Safeway. Did you ask a store employee if they have it? It is just a nice, thick teriyaki sauce. If you needed to I am sure you could use another sauce, I just love the consistency of Yoshidas!
I can't find the Mr. Yoshida's sauce. I've looked at 4 different stores. Any tips on what else I can use that would have a similar taste? Is it a sauce and marinade or a thicker sauce? This looks so good and I really want to make it!
So excited to try this one! This is definitely a restaurant I miss and crave.
I made this for dinner last night. My husband was very satisfied. Thanks! Now, if you can figure out their honey mustard dressing, my dad would love you.
Made this yesterday. It was amazing! Sauce was delicious! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
you totally made my day. I am pregnant and have been craving this for the longest time! SO A BIG THANK YOU from me and the baby
I LOVE Rumbi and I crave it all the time!! I was in AZ and I didn't get to have it b/c I was SO sick from morning sickness. I'm stuck on the east coast far away from all of my favorite restaurants, can't wait to try this!!!!