Chicken Burrito Bowls
Servings Prep Time
5servings 30minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
25minutes 10minutes
Servings Prep Time
5servings 30minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
25minutes 10minutes
Ingredients
Rice
Chicken
  • 2lbs Chicken BreastYou can use boneless skinless breasts or tenderloins
  • 1packet Taco SeasoningLow-Sodium and make sure it’s Gluten-Free if you’re celiac like me!
Toppings/Extras
Instructions
Rice
  1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Add the rice and allow the rice to toast for 1-2 minutes.
  2. Add water, bay leaves and season with salt. Bring to a boil. Once it starts to boil, reduce heat to medium and cover it for 15-20 until the rice is fluffy.
  3. Remove the bay leaves. Juice the entirety of the lime into the fluffy rice and mix well to combine. Remove from the heat and allow to cool (if meal prepping).
Chicken
  1. Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a saute pan or a cast iron skillet on medium-high. Sprinkle taco seasoning over both sides of the chicken.
  2. Cook the chicken in the hot skillet for approximately 5 minutes per side, if using tenderloins, or 8-9 minutes per side if using boneless, skinless breasts. Chicken should read 165F to be cooked through.
Assembling the Bowls
  1. If you are assembling for meal prep, you can place the chicken and the rice together, but keep the black beans and corn separate. You don’t want the residual juices from the beans/corn seeping into the chicken/rice. I also found it best to keep the cheese in a bag of it’s own, as well as the lettuce.
  2. If you are eating it immediately (or when it is time to eat what you prepped); layer the rice on the bottom of the bowl and top with the chicken, beans, and corn. Then use your preferred toppings; for me my preffered layers are pico de gallo after the beans and corn, then cheese, then lettuce and a dollop of sour cream on top.
Recipe Notes

This recipe is genuinely so much more about assembly than it is actually cooking.  It’s meant to be a fun dish, so have fun building your own bowls with all of the stuff you crave!