Chicken Burrito Bowls are a crowd-pleasing favorite!
Seasoned chicken is served with rice, beans, and toppings with a zesty avocado drizzle. This is the perfect family meal as everyone can dress their own bowls.
What Is A Burrito Bowl?
The word “burrito” translates to “little donkey” and is usually made by filling a large flour tortilla with rice, beans, meat, and cheese (plus toppings, of course). In this burrito bowl recipe, I skip the tortilla and add in all of the good stuff with lots of fresh lime juice and a quick cilantro lime rice.
How to Make a Burrito Bowl
- Season diced chicken (per the recipe below) and cook in a pan. Squeeze lime overtop.
- Add rice and beans to a bowl and top with the chicken.
- Add your favorite toppings and enjoy!
What To Add To A Chicken Burrito Bowl
For a really fun dinner, let your family create their burrito bowls by having a colorful array of choices all set out on the counter.
- Swaps: Use pinto beans in place of black beans.
- Sauces: Add sour cream, salsa, guacamole, or Pico de Gallo.
- Veggies: Shredded romaine lettuce, green onions, red onion, jalapenos, corn, bell peppers, or tomatoes!
- Other: Corn chips or tortilla chips.
Storage and Meal Prep
If you want to assemble this dish as a one-pot meal in advance, just mix the meat, rice, and beans together, and add the other ingredients after reheating.in a flour tortilla.
Meal Prep: Add cooked chicken, rice, and beans to meal prep containers and refrigerate for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 4 months.
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Chicken Burrito Bowls
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts diced ½-inch, or chicken thighs
- 1 ounce taco seasoning 1 packet, about 3 tablespoons
- 1 tablespoon olive oil divided
- 1 ½ limes divided
- toppings as desired see notes
For the Rice
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup long grain white rice
- 1 bay leaf
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
For the Avocado Lime Sauce
- 1 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- ½ medium avocado
- ⅙ teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- For the avocado sauce, combine sour cream, juice of half a lime, avocado, and salt in a small blender or mini food processor. Blend until smooth, adding water to reach the desired consistency. Refrigerate for serving.
- Rinse the rice in a mesh strainer until the water runs clear and place it in a medium saucepan. Add the water, bay leaf and salt. Bring to a boil over medium high heat, reduce to low and cover. Let cook 15 minutes or until the water is absorbed. Remove from the heat and let rest covered for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the chicken, taco seasoning, and ½ tablespoon oil. Squeeze half of a lime over the chicken and toss well to coat.
- In a 10-inch skillet, heat the remaining olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until no pink remains.
- Remove the lid from the rice, discard the bay leaf, and add cilantro. Squeeze half of a lime over the rice and stir to combine.
- To serve, divide the rice and chicken over four bowls. Add toppings as desired and drizzle with the sauce.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Main Course
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Absolutely delicious!
My pickiest eater even loved it! And she doesn’t eat anything!
Thank you, this is a winner in our house!
I am so happy to hear your family loved this recipe Tempe!
This dish had no ratings yet but its delicious! I warmes the beans up a bit in thr pan after I took the chicken out and then I put the lime juice over the chicken and beans. So good! Thanks for the recipe! Will make this again for sure.
I would like to learn more about your healthy recipes.
Hi Lucia, we have a section on healthy recipes that may be of interest to you :)
What can be used instead of taco seasoning? The package seasoning usually is high in sodium
I make homemade taco seasoning, you can skip the salt (or just use less).
Can all the items be frozen except for the lettuce?
Cooked chicken, rice, and beans keep for 4 months in the freezer. I’d suggest mixing the meat, rice, and beans together for freezing, and add the other ingredients after reheating.