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rice bowl

British  

noun

  1. a small bowl for eating rice out of, esp a decorative one made of china or porcelain

  2. a fertile rice-producing region

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Finally, I land on one of my favorite clean-out-the-fridge meals: a lazy woman’s bibimbap-inspired rice bowl, with spiced beef, whatever vegetables are left standing, and one of my surplus eggs perched on top.

From Salon

That feta has a second act planned: whipped into eggs and crowned on a rice bowl later in the week, where it feels less like an afterthought and more like a flourish.

From Salon

“The energy rice bowl must be held in our own hands,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said repeatedly over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of a basic rice bowl with ground beef, why not make congee with soy-braised beef and lots of fresh herbs?

From Salon

If I go to Sqirl, I really like the sorrel pesto rice bowl, or the frittata thing they do is beautiful.

From Los Angeles Times