Chicken Burrito Bowls
These Chicken Burrito Bowls are loaded with juicy slow-cooked chicken, Mexican rice, black beans, corn, and all your favorite toppings. Fresh, flavorful, and easy to make — this recipe is a healthy homemade alternative to Chipotle that everyone will love!
There is no need to go to Chipotle! Stay in, save money, and enjoy a way more flavorful meal at home.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Build your perfect burrito bowl right at home! Here’s why this recipe deserves a spot in your weekly rotation:
- It’s healthy and filling!
- The chicken is bursting with flavor, from the fire-roasted tomatoes, green chilies, and adobo peppers.
- It’s super easy to make!
- This recipe is excellent for meal prep. Make ahead and serve all week long.
- If you don’t want rice, make it into a great chicken taco salad.
How to Make Chicken Burrito Bowls
Having the spicy Mexican chicken already prepared makes this dish come together very quickly.
Prepare a batch of our easy Mexican Rice. Or try it with our Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe! Both are delicious and either would be great!
Prep all the other toppings.
To make the sour cream sauce: mix sour cream, lime, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
To assemble the bowls, divide the rice mixture into serving bowls; top with lettuce, corn, black beans, tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro. Drizzle the cream sauce over the top and serve.
Tips
- Plan ahead and use our Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken recipe. It’s an easy dump-and-set recipe you can use in all sorts of Mexican recipes. This chicken is chock full of flavor!
- This would be perfect for a crowd. Set it up buffet-style and let everyone build their own bowl.
- Store components separately for the best texture (rice/chicken/toppings).
Variations
- Swap out our Mexican rice with Cilantro Lime Rice for a brighter and fresher flavor.
- Mix it up by trying some pico de gallo, shredded cheese, guacamole, diced jalapenos, and a squeeze of lime juice, among other options.
- For extra heat, add diced jalapeños or a pinch of chipotle powder to the chicken.
- Swap rice for cauliflower rice and add extra greens for a low-carb version.
- Use black beans + fajita veggies and skip the chicken to make this a vegetarian dish.
FAQs
Yes. If you’re making ahead I recommend storing the chicken and rice separately in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Just to stay fresher tasting. But we have made these for lunch prep, we place the chicken and rice in an air-tight container. We pack the fresh ingredients separately.
Absolutely. Cool completely, portion into freezer bags, and freeze up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge and reheat gently with a splash of stock.
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Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe
Ingredients
- Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken
- Mexican Rice
- 3 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
- 15.25 oz whole kernel corn, drained 1 can
- 15 oz black beans, drained and rinsed 1 can
- 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 1 avocado, halved, seeded, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup bell pepper, diced (we used orange bell pepper)
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
Sour Cream Sauce:
- 1 cup sour cream
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Prepare the slow cooker Mexican chicken.
- Prepare the rice about 40 minutes before mealtime.
- To make the sour cream sauce: mix sour cream, lime, and salt. Set aside.
- To assemble the bowls, divide rice mixture into serving bowls; top with lettuce, corn, black beans, tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro. Drizzle the cream sauce over the top and serve.
I love Mexican and this dish is perfect for my taste!
Me too, Katerina! Thank you so much for coming by! 🙂
This looks great! Questions – cream sauce (sour) – what is that?
The cream sauce is sour cream mixed with lime juice. Thanks so much for coming by!
We are going to just love your Chicken Burrito Bowls looks awesome! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you, Miz Helen! I definitely will! 🙂
Your Chicken Burrito Bowls look amazing – homemade is so much fresher and tastier than Chipotle! Thank you for sharing this deliciously wholesome recipe with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.
Thank you, April! Love visiting your party!
These sound great and I still need to try that rice! Thanks for sharing at You Link It, We Make It – Hope to see you back tomorrow!
Thank you, April! Dropping by the linky shortly. 🙂
This looks like the perfect summer dish. Especially since you can use the crockpot! My favorite. I love Mexican food and then we can always have the left-overs for lunch. Love it even more!
We love this recipe! And, yes, I always send the leftovers with my husband to work. My daughter enjoys this because she can easily make it vegetarian. Thanks so much, Nikki!
Yum, yum, yum! My husband and I both would love this dish; I gotta add it in into our recipe rotation 🙂 Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday this week.
Thank you, Emily!
This recipe looks so good! I wanted to pop by and do some extra sharing and also let you know I’ll be featuring it this week on #FoodieFriDIY – stop by and share again soon!
Thank you so much for featuring my recipe, Debra! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!
I’m always a fan of burrito bowls – so easy to throw together and scrumptious too! That slow cooker Mexican chicken looks like it’s so wonderfully delicious in this recipe. 🙂
Me too, CJ! Thank you for coming by!
perfect summer meal!
I agree, Jenna! Thank you for stopping by!
Thanks for sharing on Let’s Get Real Friday Party. #LetGetRealSocial. Makes me hungry. Haven’t had Mexican Rice for a while. Pinned
Thank you, Karen! It’s wonderful!
I love Chipotle as much as the next girl, but there are none near me and it can get expensive – fast! I love these at home versions of burrito bowls. It’s so comforting and flavorful but also healthy if you load it up with veggies!
I totally agree, Jessica! Thank you so much for stopping by!
This would be a big hit with our family. It has everything they love in one bowl. Yum! Pinned & shared. Thanks for joining the #InspirationSpotlight party.
Thanks, Theresa! My family loves this recipe. 🙂
This looks pretty good! I’m thinking I could make this if I have leftover rice and chicken, which usually happens. Perfect for when i don’t feel like cooking much because it’s hot outside! lol 🙂 Pinned, stumbled and shared on G+
-Fabi at My Heart Of Mexico
Thank you, Fabiola! Yes, it’s perfect for hot weather!