Banza Chicken Bowls with Calabrian Chili Sauce

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 25 minutes
• total time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

1 English cucumber, cut into chunks (about 1 1/2 cups)

1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut into halves (about 1 1/2 cups)

a small chunk of red onion, thinly sliced on a mandoline

a small bundle of parsley, chopped (about 1/4 cup)

1 tablespoon white vinegar

2 tablespoons olive oil

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1/4 cup mayo

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

2-3 individual Calabrian chiles, stems discarded, smashed / minced (I use a jarred variety)

1 clove garlic, grated

a splash of castelvetrano olive brine (optional, see notes)

salt to taste

For protein, I use a batch of this ridiculously good Air Fryer Chicken (For a vegetarian alternative, this Air Fryer Tofu works beautifully too!)

For a carb, I love the Banza Rice Mix for this – it doesn’t really make sense but I enjoyed the tomato chipotle variety!

Directions

Tomato Salad

Toss the tomato cucumber salad ingredients together. Taste and adjust! (If you wanted to prep ahead, save the chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, and red onion in separate containers in the fridge with no liquids added until just before serving.)

Sauce

Stir up the sauce ingredients. Taste and adjust! This keeps super well in the fridge for several days.

Chicken and Banza:

Make the chicken and the banza (or whatever carb you like).

You're Done! Yum!

Assemble and serve! Gah! So good.

Nutrition

• Calories: 471
• Total Fat: 17 g
• Saturated Fat: 2.9 g
• Trans Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 89.8 mg
• Sodium: 1065.8 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 37.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.7 g
• Total Sugars: 6.4 g
• Protein: 39.7 g