Easy Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe (Customize Your Way!)
Making burritos for a crowd can be difficult; everyone has their preferences. Usually, that is a terrible thing for home cooks, especially if there are picky eaters in the house. This easy chicken burrito bowl recipe showcases how different preferences make dinner fun.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy to Make – This recipe is a crockpot recipe, meaning you can set it and forget it until after work.
- Customizable Dinner – Everyone can make their bowls the way they like, with the toppings they enjoy.
- Feeds a Crowd – This recipe produces enough for a family to share with ease. You can also double it for more.
Easy Dinner for Picky Eaters
Our easy chicken burrito bowl recipe lets you customize dinner for everyone, making it a simple recipe for any night of the week. A beautiful, easy chicken burrito bowl recipe really comes together with the toppings.
The base of the dish is the chicken, but it gets even better when you add beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, green onions, and tomatoes. Sounds like the perfect dinner, right? Wrong.
Some people read that and decided they didn’t want the beans, others said they hate guacamole, and even crazier people said no cheese, please. Of course, those people aren’t real in this instance, but they exist; you might even know one of them, you might even be one of them.
The beauty of this recipe is that the only mandatory ingredients are those for the chicken. Feel free to customize the toppings however you’d like. Make the perfect burrito bowl for you.
Crock Pot Burrito Bowl Ingredients
- Chicken Breast – The star of the easy chicken burrito bowl recipe. The chicken will cook until tender, and then you can shred it for the bowls.
- Pinto Beans – We prefer pinto beans, but this is where the customization starts. You can use black beans, pinto beans, whatever you’d like.
- Chicken Broth – The chicken broth is for the rice and to keep the chicken moist. Don’t worry, it will mostly be absorbed.
- Garlic Powder – We can dive into some flavor here. It is important to always season your food. Garlic powder adds a bit of depth to the chicken.
- Onion Powder – This seasoning adds more depth to the dish and enhances its overall flavor.
- Smoked Paprika – Add some smokiness to the dish without having to break out a smoker with the help of smoked paprika.
- Cumin – We really enhance the dish’s savoriness with it. This spice just smells like Mexican food.
- Chili Powder – We can add a bit of spice to the dish with a pinch of chili powder. This seasoning is always optional.
- Rice – Long-grain rice helps fill out the bowl, especially for picky eaters who want nothing more than chicken and cheese.
- Optional Ingredients – We already know the chili powder is optional, but so are the diced tomatoes, Colby Jack cheese, green onions, and guacamole.
How to Make Chicken and Rice Burrito Bowl
- Place chicken breast in crockpot.
- Add seasoning and pour in broth & canned tomatoes.
- Cook on high for 4 hours or until the chicken has an internal temperature of 165.
- Remove chicken from crockpot and shred with two forks.
- Stir in rice and beans, then combine.
- Add shredded chicken back to the crockpot and stir.
- Cook on high until the rice is done or the preferred texture and liquid are evaporated, for approximately 1 hour.
- Next, add shredded cheese, green onions, and diced tomato to the top of the crockpot mixture and cook for about 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
- Serve in bowls with preferred toppings.
- Another great option with this dish is to make burritos with flour tortillas.
Easy Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe (Customize Your Way!)
Ingredients
- 1.5-2 Lbs Chicken Breast Boneless, Skinless
- 1 15 Oz Can Pinto Beans Or Black Beans, Drained and Rinsed
- 1 15 Oz Can Diced Tomatoes
- 3 Cups Chicken Broth
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 2 tsp Chili Powder
- 1 Cup Long Grain Rice
- Salt and Pepper To Taste
- 1 Cup Colby Jack Cheese Shredded
- Green Onions Diced, for Garnish, Optional
- 1 Fresh Tomato Diced, for Garnish, Optional
- Guacamole For Garnish, Optional
Instructions
- Place chicken breast in crockpot.
- Add seasoning and pour in broth & canned tomatoes.
- Cook on high for 4 hours or until the chicken has an internal temperature of 165.
- Remove chicken from crockpot and shred with two forks.
- Stir in rice and beans, then combine.
- Add shredded chicken back to the crockpot and stir.
- Cook on high until the rice is done or the preferred texture and liquid are evaporated, for approximately 1 hour.
- Next, add shredded cheese, green onions, and diced tomato to the top of the crockpot mixture and cook for about 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
- Serve in bowls with preferred toppings.
- Another great option with this dish is to make burritos with flour tortillas.
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