Sticky Korean Fried Chicken & Rice Bowl
Sweet, savory, spicy — air-fried crisp, sugar dialed way down.
K-Town Lore
Crispy chicken tossed in a glossy gochujang glaze over rice with quick-pickled cucumbers — the sticky Korean fried chicken bowl, rebuilt so the chicken is air-fried with a light coat and the sauce leans on a sugar-free sweetener instead of a sugar flood. Rice sits at the 2 oz standard, which is where the carbs come way down. (Converted from an external meal-prep card — brand names stripped, numbers re-run leaner.)
Portion Matrix (Cooked Sticky Korean Chicken — bowl build above)
Sticky Korean Fried Chicken & Rice Bowl
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Bowl standard: chicken 6 oz/170g, rice 2 oz/57g • + Rice base: cooked rice ~74 cal / cauliflower ~15 cal per 2 oz • + Pickled cucumber: ~10 cal • Rice bump: 2 oz → 3 oz adds about +40 cal / +8g carb
Macros: USDA FoodData Central (chicken, cucumber, rice) + label data (tamari, sugar-free honey, gochujang) • cooked weights • light coat and sticky glaze included in the chicken matrix.
The Numbers Up Front
Total Cooked Yield: ~6 oz / 170 g cooked chicken + bowl components
Default Portion: 1 bowl — 6 oz / 170 g chicken on the bowl standard
✂️ Trim Trim Trim
Deep-frying and a sugar-heavy glaze are the two calorie traps. Here the chicken gets a thin cornstarch-flour coat and an air fry for the same crackle without the oil bath, and the sticky sauce uses sugar-free honey and a brown-sugar substitute with gochujang, tamari, and ginger. Dropping the rice from a full cup to 2 oz cuts the carbs almost in half.
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📊 Before & After(per bowl)
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeout Korean Fried Chicken over Rice | 850 | 38g | 34g | 96g |
| ⭐ Sticky Korean Fried Chicken & Rice Bowl | 455 | 55g | 8g | 36g |
| You Saved / Gained | −395 cal | +17g protein | −26g fat | −60g carbs |
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