This Chicken Burrito Bowl is the best Chipotle dupe that will satisfy those cravings without leaving the house. With just 3 steps, it’s the perfect quick and easy dinner!
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Why this Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe is a Keeper
Burrito chicken bowls are easy, delicious and better than Chipotle! They can be made in under an hour and only use super easy ingredients. You can also add whatever ingredients you like to make these completely your own.
- 45 Minute Meal: This chicken and rice burrito bowl can be made in a quick 40 minutes.
- Easy Ingredients: You’ll need less than 10 ingredients to make these burrito bowls for an incredibly easy dinner.
- Family Friendly: Everyone in the family will be craving this every week.
- Adaptable: This recipe is excellent because it’s super customizable, so go ahead and make it your own.
- Makes Great Leftovers: This burrito bowls recipe was fantastic as a lunch options the next day. Save this recipe is perfect for meal prep!
If you’re looking for more Mexican inspired recipes, try these Shredded Chicken Quesadilla Melt, Baked Beef Chimichangas and Fajita Stuffed Chicken.
Are Burrito Bowls Better than Burritos?
I find that burrito bowls are much easier to eat than burritos, making them my go-to Chipotle order. Bowls don’t fall apart on you while you’re trying to eat them and they’re also easy to throw in the fridge for later!
Chicken Burrito Bowl Ingredient Notes
You will need just a few simple ingredients that you might already have around your kitchen. If you don’t, no worries, they’re all super easy to find at your local store.
- Chicken Breasts: We’re using cooked, skinless chicken breasts as our protein in this meal. You could also use boneless skinless chicken thighs or use chicken in a can for this easy recipe.
- Rice: Feel free to use brown rice, white rice, cilantro lime rice recipe or whatever rice you like for rice and chicken.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions to Make your Burrito Bowl
- Rotisserie Chicken: Instead of plain old chicken breasts, shred up a rotisserie chicken for more added flavor to your meal prep chicken bowl.
- Different Beans: Try using pinto or kidney beans in place of black beans in your homemade burrito bowl. You could also make the burrito bowl without beans.
- Different Salsa: This recipe is perfect for a mild, medium or hot salsa or try using pico de gallo.
Pro Tip to Make this Recipe
Instead of plain rice, try cauliflower rice, quinoa, or even a bed of mixed greens.
How to Make this Chicken Burrito Bowl
Chipotle chicken bowls can be made in an easy 3 steps. Follow these steps and making these bowls will be a breeze.
These are the basic steps for making Chicken Burrito Bowl. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Prep Ingredients
Slice or chop cooked chicken and set aside.
Cook the rice until rice is tender. When the rice is done cooking, mix in a cup of salsa and set aside. The salsa will give the rice in the recipe more flavor.
2. Heat Corn and Beans
Add a tablespoon of olive oil to a skillet over medium heat. Then, add a can of black beans, a can of whole kernel corn and three chopped scallions and cook until heated through.
3. Assemble your Burrito Bowls
Add the rice into bowls, then add chicken. After you add the chicken, add lettuce, beans and corn, and finish with Chipotle Ranch Dressing.
Homemade Burrito Bowl Recipe FAQs
Store all ingredients for this great recipe separately in their own airtight containers in the fridge.
If you stored everything separately, it will be easy to reheat burrito bowls ingredients in the microwave. Heat for 30 seconds at a time stirring in between.
Yes! Make sure all of your ingredients are gluten free as well as the sauce you choose.
Absolutely! Steak or beef would also be delicious instead of chicken and rice in this recipe.
Yes! To make this burrito bowl into a delicious breakfast burrito bowl use a ground sausage, scrambled eggs, peppers and cheese!
Go ahead and marinate the chicken for at least overnight. Remove chicken from marinade so it’s easy to throw together and enjoy these burrito bowls.
Expert Tips to Love this Recipe and Burrito Bowl Toppings
- Double the Recipe: This burrito bowl recipe is perfect for doubling. Double this recipe by increasing the ingredients proportionately.
- Add Cheese: Add some of your favorite shredded cheese to your bowl!
- Fresh Vegetables: Add more fresh veggies such as cucumbers or peppers along with chicken and the rice to these chipotle burrito bowls. Different Beans: Instead of black beans use pinto beans, kidney beans or any other of your favorite bean.
- Add Spice: To add some spice to this easy meal, add ingredients like hot sauce and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.
- Burrito Bowl Toppings: Burrito bowls are loaded with other ingredients such as sliced avocado, cilantro, guacamole, queso or parsley.
- Make Ahead: Cook up your chicken ahead of time so it’s easier to make these chicken burritos.
- Slow Cooker Recipe: Try making slow cooker chicken! Add frozen chicken with a couple cups chicken broth and let the chicken cook on low for about 4 hours, then check to see if its done.
- Chicken: I’ve made this recipe several times and prefer to use chicken thighs that have been shredded.
- Vegetarian: Make this delicious recipe for chicken burrito bowls vegetarian by swapping the chicken for your favorite non-meat alternative.
What to Serve with this Easy Burrito Bowl
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Chicken Burrito Bowl
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Ingredients
- 2 Boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked
- 2 cups Rice
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 cup Salsa
- 1 can Whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 can Black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cloves Garlic, finely mined
- 3 Scallions, chopped
- Romaine lettuce, chopped, optional
Instructions
- Slice or chop cooked chicken and set aside.
- Prepare rice according to package directions. When rice is done cooking mix in a cup of salsa and set aside.
- Heat a tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add a can of black beans that have been drained and rinsed, a can of drained whole kernel corn and three chopped scallions to the skillet and cook until heated through.
- Spoon rice into bowls, add lettuce then bean and corn mixture to bowl, finish with Chipotle Ranch Dressing.
Christina’s Notes
- Double the Recipe: This burrito bowl recipe is perfect for doubling. Double this recipe by increasing the ingredients proportionately.
- Add Cheese: Add some of your favorite shredded cheese to your bowl!
- Fresh Vegetables: Add more fresh veggies such as cucumbers or peppers along with chicken and the rice to these chipotle burrito bowls.
- Add Spice: To add some spice to this easy meal, add ingredients like hot sauce and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.
- Burrito Bowl Toppings: Burrito bowls are loaded with other ingredients such as sliced avocado, cilantro, guacamole, queso or parsley.
- Make Ahead: Cook up your chicken ahead of time so it’s easier to make these chicken burritos.
- Slow Cooker Recipe: Try making slow cooker chicken! Add frozen chicken with a couple cups chicken broth and let the chicken cook on low for about 4 hours, then check to see if its done.
- Chicken: I’ve made this recipe several times and prefer to use chicken thighs that have been shredded.
- Vegetarian: Make this delicious recipe for chicken burrito bowls vegetarian by swapping the chicken for your favorite non-meat alternative.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
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This recipe is my personal adaption of an ethnic-inspired recipe. It is not intended to be an authentic recipe. I’ve recreated this recipe because I enjoy the flavors and I want to encourage my readers to expand their tastes and try new flavor combinations. The recipe, ingredients, and processes may have been adapted to make the recipe accessible to the average American. I have provided links to authentic versions of the recipe in the post above. I encourage you to visit these pages and learn more about the traditional version(s) of this recipe.
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