Spicy Protein Rice Bowl

A bed of brown rice topped with avocado, spicy shrimp, egg and Sriracha.

If you know me you know that in the past I have not been a fan of spicy food. I have a very low tolerance for spice, which is something my roommates have always made fun of me for (they love to give me something spicy to try and watch me freak out).

Anyway, 2019 is the year I have finally decided to venture outside of my comfort zone and spice things up. I started out small by adding red pepper flakes to my eggs in the morning. Then, I tried putting a little green pepper tabasco on my Chipotle. Finally, I have realized the wonders of Sriracha and I'm so mad I didn't try it before.

“This rice bowl is packed with protein and has a little kick!”

Once I find a new recipe I like I end up beating it to death, so naturally I've made this rice bowl four times in the past week. The recipe is very simple and you can easily customize it with any vegetables or protein you want. TBH I chose these ingredients because they can be prepared super quickly and I already had them in the fridge, but I think the end product was pretty dang good.

Ingredients

1/2 cup instant brown rice

1/2 cup water

1 egg

1/2 avocado 4 oz (approx 10) raw medium shrimp

Sriracha

1 tbsp olive oil

garlic powder

cumin

paprika

red pepper flakes

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Heat water in a small saucepan over high heat until boiling. Once water is boiling, add rice and reduce to medium heat. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, then set aside.

• To prep, thaw, peel and devein shrimp. Slice avocado into small pieces.

• Heat olive oil in a small pan over medium heat. Add shrimp and sprinkle with garlic powder, cumin, paprika, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper (however much you want). Cook 1-2 minutes on one side, flip and cook 1-2 minutes. Set shrimp aside.

• Crack egg into the same pan you cooked the shrimp in. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and cook over easy.

• Top rice with shrimp, egg and avocado. Sprinkle more red pepper flakes (if desired) and Sriracha. Serve immediately.

Prices

instant brown rice - $1.49 Aldi

1 dozen eggs - $0.88 Aldi

avocado - $0.49 Aldi

12 oz bag frozen shrimp - $4.99 Aldi

17 oz bottle Sriracha - $3.19 Kroger

16.9 oz bottle olive oil - $2.49 Aldi

garlic powder - $0.95 Aldi

cumin - $0.95 Aldi

paprika - $0.95 Aldi

red pepper flakes - $0.95 Aldi