Lunch

Chicken and Brown Rice Bowl with Kimchi and Cucumber

Name: Chicken and Brown Rice Bowl with Kimchi and Cucumber
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 120 g Chicken breast; 100 g Cooked brown rice; 80 g Kimchi; 80 g Cucumber; 20 g Spring onion; Half a tbsp (9 g) Gochujang; 2 tsp (10 g) Tamari; 3 g Sesame seeds; A splash Rice vinegar

Grilled chicken over brown rice with kimchi, cucumber and a small spoon of gochujang. 34 g of protein for 346 kcal.

Calories: 346kcal
Protein: 34g
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 36g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Fish
Crustaceans
Soya
Sesame

Traditional kimchi is made with fish sauce and salted shrimp. Vegan kimchi carries neither.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Chicken breast120 g
Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.
Cooked brown rice100 g
Cooked weight.
Kimchi80 g
Cucumber80 g
Spring onion20 g
GochujangHalf a tbsp (9 g)
Tamari2 tsp (10 g)
Sesame seeds3 g
Rice vinegarA splash

Method

Flatten the chicken to an even thickness, rub it with the tamari and half the gochujang and grill it under a hot grill for five minutes a side until charred at the edges and no longer pink inside. Rest and slice.
Slice the cucumber thinly and toss it with the rice vinegar and a pinch of salt.
Rice in the bowl, chicken over, the kimchi and cucumber in two piles beside it, the rest of the gochujang dotted on and the spring onion and sesame seeds over.

Worth knowing

The small bowl in the Korean set. The rice is 100 g cooked and the chicken 120 g raw, which is what keeps it around 346 kcal; the kimchi and cucumber are there for bulk and cost almost nothing.
Gochujang carries a gluten flag because most brands are made with wheat. Kimchi carries fish and crustacean flags for the fish sauce and salted shrimp in the traditional recipe.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.