Top 10 healthy meal-prep chicken recipes that take under 30 minutes to make. These recipes are healthy, fresh and full of flavor and make great lunches, dinners, or mid-day snacks!
Meal prepping is absolutely necessary if you
A) like eating healthy.
b) like saving money.
b) like saving time.
Meal prepping is also great if you are bodybuilding, trying to lose weight or eat clean and just want to have a whole bunch of healthy meals on hand. You can prep all of your meals on Sunday and sit back and relax for the rest of the week. Prepared meals are great to have in school, at work, or when you need a quick lunch or dinner. Meal-prepping saves you money because it eliminates the last minute need to order take-out or fast food!
These are my favorite quick chicken meal-prep recipes. They are all under 30 minutes and are also healthy and full of flavor. You can switch things up by making 2-3 recipes so you can have variety all week long.
Containers we use:
The only other things you will need for meal-prepping is about an hour of time and meal prep containers. We like to use black meal-prep containers that we order on Amazon. The plastic or glass version works just fine. The plastic is much cheaper but the glass lasts a lot longer so it boils down to what you prefer. They ship super fast and are always great to have on hand for prepping and storing food!
1. Healthy Roasted Chicken and Veggies
Seasoned with olive oil and Italian spices then roasted to perfection, this sheet pan chicken, and rainbow veggies is great for meal prep and makes a healthy lunch or dinner too! RECIPE HERE
2. Meal-Prep Shrimp Taco Bowls
Insanely delicious spicy taco spiced shrimp bowls loaded with cheese, black beans, corn, brown rice, and tomato. Make a week’s worth of lunch in under 30 minutes. RECIPE HERE.
3.Teriyaki Chicken and Broccoli
Quick teriyaki chicken and broccoli meal prep bowls make a tasty healthy lunch for the entire work week in under 20 minutes! RECIPE HERE.
4.Meal-Prep Chicken Burrito Bowls
The meat, rice, beans, and fajita veggies are all loaded in 1 bowl for easy heating up, and the cold ingredients are placed in a separate bowl. RECIPE HERE.
5. Chili Lime Chicken and Rice Meal Prep Bowls
Meal-prep chicken marinated in a spicy garlic, chili, cilantro, lime marinade, served with rice and colorful bell peppers. RECIPE HERE.
6. 20 Minute Chicken, Rice, and Broccoli
Quick skillet chicken, rice, and steam broccoli all made in under 20 minutes for a healthy meal-prep lunch box that you can enjoy all week long! RECIPE HERE.
7. Butter Chicken with Rice and Garlic Naan
Spicy and creamy 30-minute butter chicken with basmati rice and quick stove-top naan. This tasty meal will add spice and flavor to your lunch routine! RECIPE HERE.
8. Chicken fajita lunch bowls with cilantro lime quinoa
Chicken Fajita Meal Prep Lunch Bowls are teamed with cilantro lime quinoa and is a healthy, tasty, fast recipe to make lunch prep for weekdays super easy. RECIPE HERE.
9. Southwestern Chopped Chicken Salad
Southwestern chopped chicken salad with ranch dressing. RECIPE HERE.
10. Jerk Chicken and Rice
And last but not least, these Jerk chicken, spiced rice, and pineapple salsa bowls. RECIPE HERE.
What size containers do you prefer for these meals?
Are these meals freezer friendly?
Yes, most of them are freezer friendly!
Would you add the rice after freezing?