This Mexican rooster burrito bowl begins with scrumptious cilantro lime rice topped with our sticky Mexican rooster after which pile on all of the toppings! I’m right here for allllll the toppings — corn, peppers, onions, tomatoes, avocado, cheese and avocado cilantro lime dressing! Drooling!

For some purpose, I’m bowl obsessed. There’s one thing about all of the flavors and textures that makes me all giddy. It simply feels so thrilling to me! It’s additionally a family-friendly, inexpensive, wholesome and simple weeknight meal.

What’s a Burrito Bowl?

It looks like Chipotle was the restaurant to make the burrito bowl fashionable, however now you’ll find them virtually in all places. A burrito bowl is mainly the filling of a burrito put right into a bowl as a substitute of wrapped in a tortilla. They’re decrease in carbs with out the tortilla making them fairly fashionable and likewise gluten free. And they’re so versatile, you can also make them precisely the way you need them.

Elements for a Hen Burrito Bowl

This recipe is somewhat completely different than our normal recipes since you begin with three of our different favourite recipes to assemble a complete bowl. I’ll briefly describe every of these recipes (head to these particular person posts for the total recipes). after which end off with the elements to make these burrito bowls.

Cilantro Lime Rice

• Elements: rice, water, unsalted butter, rooster bouillon, garlic, cilantro, lime, and inexperienced chiles
• Time: 25 minutes
• PRO TIP: This can be a copycat recipe for the rice served at Cafe Rio. It’s really easy to make at house!

Sticky Mexican Hen

• Elements: rooster breasts, taco seasoning, olive oil, inexperienced onions, honey, and lime juice
• Time: 10 minutes
• PRO TIP: You solely want 6 elements for this easy recipe, and the flavour is phenomenal!

Avocado Cilantro Lime Dressing

• Elements: avocado, cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno, tomatillo, garlic, apple cider vinegar, honey, coriander, olive oil, Kosher salt, and water
• Time: 5 minutes
• PRO TIP: Could be made as much as a day forward of time. The flavour really will get higher if it sits for a number of hours earlier than serving.

Toppings

• Greens: be happy to decide on no matter is your favourite — combined greens, all romaine lettuce or inexperienced leaf
• Corn: contemporary corn on the cob with the kernels sliced off is finest, however you may as well use frozen corn if wanted, provides sweetness and crunch
• Pink and Orange Bell Peppers: seeds eliminated and diced, provides taste, colour and texture
• Pink Onion: provides taste, colour and texture
• Jalapeno: provides warmth and taste
• Avocado: provides a creaminess and wholesome fats
• Cherry Tomatoes: provides brightness, colour and juiciness
• Queso Fresco: Cotija cheese can be used and each can be discovered within the cheese part of the grocery retailer
• This Little Goat Mexican Salad Topper: from Walmart or different native retailer, provides crunch
• Toasted Pepitas: these may be made at house with smoked paprika and used as a substitute of the salad topper when you can’t discover it

The measurements for all of the elements to assemble the bowl may be discovered within the recipe card beneath.

Doable Variations

One of many beauties of burrito bowls is that they’re so versatile and may actually be individualized by every individual. There’s a lot room for altering issues up, so listed below are some concepts:

Why You Will Love This Recipe

I’m biased in relation to these burrito rice bowls, however there are 1,000,000 causes to like this recipe. Listed here are just some:

• Taste: Charring the corn, peppers, onions and jalapeno add essentially the most scrumptious smoky to the greens used. These mixed with all the opposite elements, and each chew is exploding with daring flavors.
• Wholesome: The entire elements are clear, lean and healthful with no added sugar.
• Texture: Choose a texture and you’ll find it in these mexi bowls. We have now creamy within the avocado and dressing, crunchy within the salad topping and veggies, and chewy within the rice and rooster.
• One Bowl: You have got your entire meal in a single bowl!
• Customizable: Every bowl may be fully individualized for whoever is assembling the bowl.
• Any Meal: I completely love meal prepping these bowls for lunch as a result of everyone knows that lunch is the worst meal of the day! And naturally, these at all times make an excellent weeknight.

What to Serve with a Burrito Bowl

Nothing! No severely, it is a full meal multi function bowl! You have got protein, grains, and hundreds greens all in a single chew. One more reason it’s such a successful recipe!

Storing and Reheating Ideas

This bowls will retailer way more efficiently if the elements are saved individually. I prefer to retailer the rice, rooster and charred veggies collectively to allow them to be reheated on the similar time. The opposite chilly toppings must be retailer individually and added simply earlier than serving.

I desire to reheat these rice bowls on the range prime. Add somewhat butter or oil to a skillet over medium warmth after which add the rice, rooster and veggies. Simply warmth lengthy sufficient to heat by after which add the chilly toppings.

I invite you all to affix me in my bowl obsession! I’ve little doubt that one chew of this Mexican rooster burrito bowl and also you’ll be simply as obsessed as I’m!

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