Copycat Panera Mediterranean Warm Grain Bowl - The Food Hussy (2025)

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This copycat Panera Mediterranean Warm Grain Bowl recipe has everything that the Panera version has – but it’s even better and super easy to make! I love the combo of all my favorite ingredients like olives, hummus, tahini and Greek yogurt!

I tried these at Panera as soon as they came out in 2019! Before I even tried them – I knew I was going to copycat them! They sounded delicious – and frankly – pretty easy to remake! I have some tricks to make them even easier. 😉 Of course – that’s what I do.

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Are the Panera Warm Grain Bowls good?

When Panera came out with their warm grain bowls (pictured above – Left – Baja, Right – Mediterranean) I went out right away and got both of them!!! And yes – they are both delicious! I had a hard time choosing which one to make first! The Baja has a lot of southwest salad type of ingredients like black beans, avocado and tomato while the Med has Greek inspired ingredients like hummus and kalamata olives.

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What are the ingredients in the Panera Mediterranean Warm Grain Bowl?

  • Greens – they use arugula but you can use spinach or mixed greens
  • Cooked brown rice and quinoa – you can buy a precooked version for a short cut. They have freezer brands but also Minute Rice has some in cups that I usually buy to make these.
  • Chicken breasts
  • lemon/garlic marinade (My favorite!)
  • Grape tomatoes
  • Kalamata olives
  • Cucumber
  • Hummus – they used a “plain” traditional – I used Roasted Red Pepper hummus because I love it!
  • Feta
  • Plain non-fat greek yogurt – you can sub sour cream if you’d like
  • Fresh lemon juice
  • Tahini dressing (optional) – Honestly, I didn’t even notice the tahini dressing in the original bowl and with the hummus and yogurt – you don’t even need it.

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How to make Panera Mediterranean Warm Grain Bowl

  1. Marinate chicken breasts in your favorite citrus/garlic marinade overnight.
  2. Bake chicken breasts for 20 minutes at 350 until cooked to 165 degrees.
  3. During last ten minutes of baking, microwave frozen rice/quinoa for 4 minutes in a microwave safe bowl.
  4. In two large serving bowls, place arugula around edge of bowl.
  5. Prep veggies: slice tomatoes and dice cucumbers
  6. When quinoa is cooked, divide between two serving bowls
  7. Remove chicken from oven and let rest for 5 minutes
  8. Top quinoa/argula with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives
  9. Slice chicken and place on top of quinoa.
  10. Add a heaping spoonful of hummus and yogurt to the bowl
  11. Top with crumbled feta and squeeze lemon over warm grain bowl
  12. If you like, you can add a tahini dressing – it really doesn’t need it.

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Panera Copycat Recipes & Other Favorites

  • Panera Baja Warm Grain Bowl
  • Copycat Panera Broth Bowl
  • You can find other Panera recipes here…

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Panera Mediterranean Warm Grain Bowl

This copycat Panera Mediterranean Warm Grain Bowl recipe has everything that the Panera version has – but it's even better and super easy to make! I love the combo of all my favorite ingredients like olives, hummus, tahini and Greek yogurt!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Entree

Cuisine American, Mediterranean

Servings 2 people

Calories 716 kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Marinate chicken breasts overnight in Mojo Criollo Marinade

  • Cook chicken breasts –

    Bake: 350 degrees for 20 minutes

    Air Fry: 350 degrees for 12 minutes

  • Heat your rice/quinoa according to package directions

  • In two large serving bowls, place greens around edge of bowl

  • Prep veggies (slice tomatoes, cucumbers)

  • Add cooked quinoa and split between two bowls on top of greens

  • Remove chicken and let rest for 5 minutes

  • Top quinoa/greens with tomatoes, cucumber, olives

  • Slice chicken and place on top of quinoa

  • Add heaping spoonful of hummus and yogurt to the bowl

  • Top with crumbled feta

  • Squeeze lemon over both bowls

  • If you like, add tahini dressing – but I didn't feel it needed it!

Notes

– You can use rotisserie chicken if you like
– For the brown rice/quinoa – you can either use a bag of frozen rice/quinoa or Minute Rice makes a microwavable one! Super quick!
– Tahini dressing is expensive and not easy to find – I found that it wasn’t necessary with the yogurt and hummus – and when I tried the Panera version – I didn’t even taste it!
– Arugula is lighter than spinach but a little bitter – I found a mix of the two at the store that was really good

Nutrition

Serving: 1bowlCalories: 716kcalCarbohydrates: 82.6gProtein: 62.3gFat: 17.5gSaturated Fat: 2.1gCholesterol: 133mgSodium: 1221mgPotassium: 2701mgFiber: 13.8gSugar: 23.7gCalcium: 372mgIron: 7mg

Keyword chicken, copycat, panera, salad

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