Chicken Burrito Bowl Meal Prep of my dreams! Run to your kitchen and make this! This meal is simple, delicious, high in protein, and just hits the spot. I love creating realistic meal prep recipes for all of us that need something quick to make, and simple to heat up, but that are also tasty. This recipe can help you in achieving some of your health and fitness goals.
You can use any kind of beans you’d like for this recipe, but black beans are my current favorite! My favorite type of corn that tastes the most fresh, even after being frozen, are the Birdseye Steamfresh bags found in the freezer section of your grocery store. You can use canned corn, but this frozen brand tastes fresh every meal and is so worth it!
We like to get our chicken from Costco, in the fresh meat section. They have 6 small packages of around 2 large chicken breasts per package that are awesome. I bring them home, and cut along the scissor seam so that I then have 6 individual packages that I can place in the freezer. I will also add one package to my fridge to use for a dinner for my family on a different day. I will get one or two packages out the day before I want to meal prep to start thawing the chicken in the fridge, it leaves no mess at all!
When it’s time to eat my prepared meal I like to heat up the burrito bowl, and then add some fresh shredded lettuce and a little drizzle of low fat ranch dressing, and some Tapatio hot sauce right over the top. You know those delicious salad’s at Costa Vida? This comes in a close second, with awesome macros! Check them out below!
Protein: 30g Fat: 7g Carbs: 53.2g
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Chicken Burrito Bowl Meal Prep
Ingredients
- 1 lb Chicken Breast *2 large chicken breasts thawed
- 1 Package Taco Seasoning *1 oz packet
- 1 Package Birdseye Steamfresh Corn *frozen
- 1 Can Black Beans *strained and rinsed
- 2 Cups Minute Rice
- 2 Cups Water
- 2 tsp Salt
- Cooking Spray
Toppings
- 1/2 Cup Shredded Lettuce
- 1-2 Tbs Low Fat Ranch Dressing
- 1 tsp Tapatio Hot Sauce *optional
Instructions
- In a large microwave safe bowl add 2 cups minute rice, and 2 cups water, stir to combine. Cover with a lid, leaving a small opening to vent. Cook for 9 minutes. Once finished let it rest for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork and adding 1 tsp of salt.
- Slice chicken into small cubes. Spray cooking spray onto a skillet and turn the heat to medium high heat. Add the chicken to the skillet, once hot, sprinkle the packet of taco seasoning over the chicken, with 1 tsp of salt. Stir to combine, then cook for 4 minutes. After the first 4 minutes, turn the pieces of chicken over to the other side to cook for an additional 4 minutes. Make sure the internal temperature of the chicken is 165° when done cooking.
- Place the frozen bag of corn into the microwave and cook according to package directions.
- Strain and rinse the canned black beans and set aside.
- Once the rice, chicken, corn, and black beans are ready, get out your 5 meal prep containers out. Use a 1/3 cup measuring cup for the corn, making it equal in all the containers. Use 1/4 cup measuring cup for the black beans, adding them equally into the containers. Use 1/2 cup measuring cup to distribute the rice into all 5 containers. Then spoon the chicken equally into all 5 containers. *Sprinkle a little salt and pepper over the corn and black beans for added flavor
Toppings
- You can add a drizzle of Tapatio hot sauce on each meal prep if you like some extra spice.You can put 1/2 cup shredded lettuce into small ziplock bags to easily add to your meal the day you eat it. You can also use small dressing cups for some low fat ranch dressing.
Perfect meal, and gluten free !! Love it