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Protein Burrito Bowl

This high protein Burrito Bowl is the ultimate comfort meal for your diet. With chicken, black beans and rice, this easy protein bowl combines taste and nutrition into a dish. It's quick and easy to make, perfect for meal prep and vegan friendly.
25 minTotal
1servings
  • 649 kcal
  • P 58g
  • C 65g
  • F 17g
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Ingredients

Tex-Mex Chicken (or Tofu)

  • 180 grams (6 oz.) boneless skinless chicken breast or tofu for vegan recipe
  • 1/2 tbsp BBQ sauce sugar-free
  • 1/3 tsp smoked paprika or sweet paprika for milder taste
  • garlic powder to taste
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • cooking spray or olive oil, to grill

Protein Bowl

  • 100 grams (½ cup) cooked rice basmati rice or brown rice
  • 140 grams (½ cup) canned black beans drained and rinsed
  • 100 grams (½ cup) canned corn sugar-free, drained and rinsed
  • grilled vegetables red pepper, onion, zucchini, eggplant
  • 1 medium tomato diced
  • ½ tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Healthy Chipotle Sauce

  • 60 grams (¼ cup) Greek yogurt nonfat
  • 15 grams (1 tbsp) mayo low-fat
  • ½ chipotle pepper in adobo sauce or ca. ½ tbsp tomato paste mixed with smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • pinch garlic powder
  • salt to taste
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Tex-Mex Chicken or Tofu

  1. Dice chicken (or tofu) into cubes, then add to a bowl with BBQ sauce, smoked paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste and lemon juice. Give it a good stir to combine the flavors and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes in the fridge.
  2. Heat a skillet greased with cooking spray (or olive oil) over medium-high heat.
  3. Once hot, pan fry chicken cubes over medium heat until cooked and tender - this should take around 5 minutes. After Tex-Mex chicken is cooked, remove from heat and set aside for later.

Chipotle Sauce

  1. Add to a blender Greek yogurt, low fat mayo, chipotle pepper (or tomato paste plus smoked paprika), lime juice, garlic powder and salt to taste. Process until smooth and creamy.

Protein Burrito Bowl

  1. Assemble the protein burrito bowl. Arrange all ingredients into a bowl: cooked rice, black beans, corn, grilled chicken or tofu and vegetables. Adjust with salt and pepper to taste, drizzle some olive oil and enjoy with some homemade low calorie Chipotle sauce.

Notes

Nutritional values below are calculated for recipe with chicken. Please note that nutritional values are approximations only; for precise information please compute your own macros.