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Sweet potato and forbidden rice buddha bowl

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 2

Ingredients

  • 1 large or 2 small sweet potato
  • 2 cups of cooked forbidden rice or any rice of your choice
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 cup of shredded carrots
  • 1 cup of shredded cabbage
  • 1 cup of bean sprouts
  • 3 scallions
  • 1/4 cup of chopped peanuts
  • 2 tbsp of sesame seeds
  • For the spicy peanut sauce
  • 2 tbsp of peanut butter or tahini
  • 2 tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp of rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp of roughly chopped ginger
  • 1 tsp of red curry paste
  • the zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil
  • sat/pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Cook forbidden rice according to package, and set aside.
  • Meanwhile, peel and chop sweet potato into roughly 1 inch cubes. Place in a cast iron skillet, Drizzle with olive oil, salt/pepper. Place in oven and roast for 15 minutes, toss potatoes and place back in oven to roast for another 10-15 minutes until potatoes are evenly browned and cooked through. Remove from oven and set aside.
  • To prepare the dressing:
  • In a high power blender, place chopped ginger, peanut butter, soy sauce, curry paste, rice wine vinegar, lime zest/juice, and olive oil. Mix on high until fully blended. Taste, and season with salt/pepper as necessary (can also adjust amount of red curry paste for more/less heat). Transfer to a serving dish and set aside.
  • Finish preparing other vegetables. Chop scallions on an angle into 1/4 inch pieces. Slice avocado, roughly chop peanuts. Rinse bean sprouts. Shred cabbage and carrots (if not already shredded).
  • To prepare bowl
  • Using 2 large bowls (I like to use a flatter/wider bowl with this recipe), place 1 cup of rice in each bowl, followed by 1 cup of the roasted sweet potatoes, 1/2 cup of shredded carrots and shredded cabbage in each. Top with sliced avocado, bean sprouts, scallions and chopped peanuts. Drizzle a generous amount of the spicy peanut dressing on top and garnish with sesame seeds.