Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe: A Quick and Easy Meal for a Crowd

chicken breast

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: tofu

Thighs are juicier and more flavorful; tofu is a budget-friendly protein.

white rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: quinoa

Brown rice has more fiber; quinoa is often cheaper and gluten-free.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Greek yogurt is lower in fat and higher in protein; cottage cheese is often less expensive.

Add rice to a pan with two times as much water.

Wait for the water to come to a boil, then turn the heat down to low and cover the pan.

Add cilantro and lime to the rice once cooked.

Heat a pan and add oil.

Add boneless skinless chicken thighs to the hot pan and flatten them out.

Season the chicken with salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, chili powder, and red pepper flakes.

Add a little water to the pan to deglaze and help cook the chicken through.

Wait for the water to reduce down into a glaze around the chicken.

Prepare corn salsa by adding frozen corn to a bowl with minced jalapeno, finely diced red onion, and cilantro.

Zest and juice two limes into the corn salsa, adding salt and pepper to taste.

Mix the corn salsa ingredients together.

Once the rice is ready, add lime juice and cilantro to it.

Assemble the burrito bowl by layering rice, black beans, chicken, cheese, corn salsa, sour cream, and lettuce.

Top with a dollop of guacamole.

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