Chicken Burrito Bowl

Chicken Burrito Bowls are a healthy and filling dinner idea for everyone! Delicious marinated grilled chicken is served over brown rice and with your favorite southwest toppings. They can easily be meal prepped for the week or turned into an easy freezer meal.

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Why You’ll Love These Burrito Bowls

• It’s a family-pleaser. All ages enjoy it.
• Chicken Burrito Bowls are versatile. You can pick-and-choose what goes in your bowl.
• This recipe is freezer friendly. Double the batch and freeze one for later.

This easy dinner packs a high-protein punch. Veggies like shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and avocados make it a one-bowl wonder.

• Brown Rice – Adds lots of nutrition. You can sub white rice or quinoa. Try using our Instant Pot Brown Rice recipe or Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice!
• Southwest-flavored chicken – Use our Southwest Chicken marinade.
• Black Beans – Fiber and protein!
• Cheese – Shredded sharp cheddar is our pick but use your favorite cheese or leave it out altogether. (Here’s how to shred your own cheese.)
• Veggies – Shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, diced avocados, or minced red onion are delicious toppings.
• Condiments – Sour cream or plain Greek yogurt, salsa, pickled red onions, a squeeze of lime, or Cilantro Lime Aioli for a Tex-Mex taste experience.

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Chicken Burrito Bowls

A healthy and filling dinner idea for everyone! It’s packed with flavorful grilled chicken, black beans, brown rice, and all your favorite taco toppings.

4.72 from 7 votes

Yield: 6 servings

Prep Time:5 minutes mins

Total Time:5 minutes mins

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Ingredients

 

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Bowl Base:

• ▢ 2-3 cups cooked brown rice
• ▢ 1 1/2 pounds Grilled Southwest Chicken Tenders, chopped into bite-sized pieces
• ▢ 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed

Optional Toppings:

• ▢ 1-2 cups shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese
• ▢ 2 cups shredded lettuce (I like Romaine.)
• ▢ 1 large tomato, diced
• ▢ 1 avocado, diced
• ▢ 1 cup plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
• ▢ 1 cup salsa
• ▢ 1-2 limes, cut in quarters (squeeze over the top of the bowl)

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Instructions

 

1. Add a scoop of rice, grilled chicken, and beans to a bowl.
2. Top with your favorite toppings. Toss to combine.
3. Enjoy with tortilla chips on the side.

Freezer Instructions

Freeze for Later: To create a meal kit, place each of the following ingredients in separate quart-sized freezer bags and seal tightly:

• 2-3 cups cooked brown rice
• 1 batch (1 1/2 pounds) of marinating Southwest Chicken Tenders (You can go ahead and grill the chicken, chop, and freeze it, if you want.)
• 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1-2 cups shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese
• 1 cup salsa

Put all the smaller bags into a plastic grocery sack or a large freezer container. Seal, label and place in the freezer together.

Prepare from Frozen: Thaw the meal pack in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours. Grill the chicken and chop into bite-sized pieces. Warm the beans and rice in the microwave (add a little water or broth to the rice, if it’s too dry). Set out all the ingredients, including the salsa and fresh optional toppings, like lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, sour cream, and lime wedges. Build your bowl and enjoy!

Notes/Tips

Our Southwest Chicken Marinade post gives you 4 ways to cook the chicken.

This is also a great recipe to use up rotisserie chicken if you just add some Mexican spices to it.

Leftover taco meat or our shredded Mexican beef would be great in this!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 bowl (chicken, rice, beans only) | Calories: 285 kcal (14%) | Carbohydrates: 31 g (10%) | Protein: 30 g (60%) | Fat: 4 g (6%) | Cholesterol: 73 mg (24%) | Sodium: 405 mg (18%) | Fiber: 6 g (25%)

If you make this, please leave a review and rating letting us know how you liked this recipe!

Author: Rachel Tiemeyer

Photos and video by Whitney Reist of Sweet Cayenne.