Easy Burrito Bowl Recipe – an easy weeknight dinner that is perfect for meal-prep and makes a great work lunch! Make with steak, chicken, pork or leave vegetarian!
Easy Burrito Bowl Recipe
One of my favorite weeknight meals!
Raise your hand if you love Chipotle! (me). But eating out can be expensive and not everyone lives 5 minutes from their local Chipotle (also me). So, I thought it would be fun to put together a fun burrito bowl recipe that you guys can kind of make your own! Totally Whole30/Paleo friendly as well as GF/DF! Perfect for weeknights, really easy to prep and also a great option for work lunches!
Burrito Bowl Recipe Ingredients
I love burrito bowls because they are so easy to make your own. Here are a ton of ingredient ideas and then I will go into the different types of burrito bowls you can make at home on your own!
- Protein: steak, chicken, pork, tofu
- guacamole (store-bought or homemade)
- sour cream (I make my own dairy-free sour cream which is Whole30/Paleo)
- red onion
- cilantro
- corn (not whole30/paleo)
- black beans (not whole30/paleo)
- lettuce
- salsa (pico de gallo, mango salsa, regular salsa, salsa verde)
- cauliflower rice (feel free to use store-bought, make your own cauliflower rice or cilantro lime cauliflower rice)
- regular rice (not whole30/paleo) – feel free to use white rice or brown rice
Steak Burrito Bowls
The steak burrito bowl is what is pictured and it might be my favorite! To make a steak burrito bowl simply choose the ingredients from the list above and then decide if you want to pan-fry or grill your steak. If you want to grill your steak, check out this post! If you want to pan-fry your steak:
- Allow your steak to come to room temp and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Bring cast iron skilled to medium-high heat.
- Add steak and cook for 2-3 minutes per side (for a 1 inch thick steak – medium rare/medium).
- Then remove and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
- Slice and add to your burrito.
Chicken Burrito Bowl
For chicken burrito bowls I would recommend grilling your chicken. Here is a post on how to grill chicken breasts and here is one on how to grill chicken thighs. If you need to cook your chicken on the stove-top, I would personally recommend thighs and cook them as follows:
- Bring large cast iron skillet to medium-high heat.
- Add 1-2 Tablespoons of ghee and allow to melt; swirl the pan to coat.
- Meanwhile, place boneless* chicken thighs on a clean plate and season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Place in hot cast iron and allow to cook for 5-7 minutes; flip and cook for an additional 5-7 minutes or until the internal temp reaches 165.
- Add additional ghee to pan if it starts to dry out.
- Feel free to cover while the chicken is cooking, if desired.
- Remove and place on clean plate; allow to rest for 5-7 minutes.
Pork Burrito Bowl
For pork burrito bowls I would highly recommend making some Slow Cooker Pulled Pork or some Smoked Pork Shoulder! Add whatever other ingredients you desire!
Vegetarian Burrito Bowl
Of course for vegetarian burrito bowls you can add some cooked tofu or you can just pick from the other ingredients and build your bowl from there!
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Easy Burrito Bowls
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 burrito bowls 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Description
Easy Burrito Bowls – an easy weeknight dinner that is so easy to meal-prep and is perfect for work lunches! Make with steak, chicken, pork or leave vegetarian!
Ingredients
Steak
- 2–3 lbs round steak
- salt and pepper
Other Burrito Bowl Toppings:
- guacamole – store-bought or homemade
- Whole30/Paleo “sour cream” (I make my own dairy-free sour cream )
- red onion, diced
- cilantro, roughly chopped
- lettuce
- salsa (pico de gallo, mango salsa, regular salsa, salsa verde) – feel free to make your own or grab some from the store
- cauliflower rice (feel free to use store-bought, make your own cauliflower rice or cilantro lime cauliflower rice)
Other toppings/ingredients: feel free to use regular rice, black beans (canned, drained) or corn (drained) in place of or in addition to the other ingredients. The recipe won’t be Whole30/Paleo, but it will still be delicious!
Instructions
- Prepare rice either according to box instructions. Regular cauliflower rice and cilantro lime cauliflower rice instructions are here. If you are using store-bought cauliflower rice simply bring a cast iron skillet to medium-high heat and add cauliflower rice. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and move around them an until it is hot. Serve immediately.
- Allow your steak to come to room temp and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Bring cast iron skilled to medium-high heat.
- Add steak and cook for 2-3 minutes per side (for a 1 inch thick steak – medium rare/medium).
- Then remove and allow to rest for 5 minutes (you can also grill your steak, if you prefer).
- Take 4 bowls and add rice, steak (or other protein), guacamole, sour cream, pico, onion and cilantro as well as any other toppings you desire.
- Serve immediately.
- If you prefer to grill your steak I have a tutorial on that here.
Notes
Other protein options:
- Chicken (2 chicken thighs per serving)
- Pork (1/2 lb pulled pork per serving)
- Tofu (1/2 cup per serving)
Chicken– I recommend pan frying chicken thighs:
- Bring large cast iron skillet to medium-high heat.
- Add 1-2 Tablespoons of ghee and allow to melt; swirl the pan to coat.
- Meanwhile, place boneless* chicken thighs on a clean plate and season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Place in hot cast iron and allow to cook for 5-7 minutes; flip and cook for an additional 5-7 minutes or until the internal temp reaches 165.
- Add additional ghee to pan if it starts to dry out.
- Feel free to cover while the chicken is cooking, if desired.
- Remove and place on clean plate; allow to rest for 5-7 minutes.
You can also grill chicken thighs or grill chicken breasts.
Pork – I recommend making a batch of Slow Cooker Pulled Pork or Smoked Pork Shoulder (use the leftovers for tacos!)
Tofu – here is a great recipe for how to cook tofu!
Heather says
Thanks for another 5-star recipe! My Chipotle-loving husband told me I can make this anytime and agreed it was even better than the restaurant version!
Erin says
So happy to hear that, Heather! Thanks for coming back to leave a review!
Keira says
What a great dinner idea. Trying to make as much at home as I can. My boys love burritos bowls.