Mexican chicken and red rice burrito bowls

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands-on time 15 min, simmering time 5 min
  • Difficulty: easy

Use a few spare tortilla wraps and some leftover chicken to help make these filling and healthy Mexican chicken and rice burrito bowls.

Check out our breakfast burrito recipe too for a fantastic way to kickstart the day.

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Ingredients

  • Juice 2 limes, plus extra wedges to serve
  • 1 small red onion, finely sliced
  • 2 leftover corn tortilla wraps
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2-3 tbsp fajita spice mix, to taste
  • 200ml tomato passata
  • 250g cooked basmati rice (use a ready-cooked pouch if you want to)
  • 198g tin sweetcorn, drained
  • 400g tin black beans, drained and rinsed
  • Large handful fresh coriander, roughly chopped
  • 450g leftover roast chicken or 3 cooked free-range chicken breasts, shredded
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Method

  1. Put the lime juice in a small glass or ceramic bowl, then add the red onion and a generous pinch of salt. Toss, then set aside to quick-pickle.
  2. Heat the grill to medium-high. Grill the wraps for a minute or so on each side until lightly golden. Cool, then roughly break up to make chunky croutons (see Make Ahead).
  3. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, add the spice mix and fry for 1 minute until fragrant. Pour in the passata and bring to a simmer, cook for a few minutes, then add the rice. Cook for 5 minutes until piping hot.
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  5. Toss the sweetcorn, black beans and most of the coriander together in a mixing bowl.
  6. Divide the rice, sweetcorn and bean mixture, quick-pickled red onion and shredded chicken among 4 serving bowls. Top with the tortilla croutons and remaining coriander, then serve with lime wedges to squeeze over.

Nutrition

  • 494kcals Calories
  • 10.7g (2.3g saturated) Fat
  • 43.7g Protein
  • 52.2g (8.5g sugars) Carbs
  • 6.8g Fibre
  • 1.5g Salt

Make Ahead

Keep the cooled tortilla croutons in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

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