Chicken Burrito Bowl Prep
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- CALORIES
- 52g
- PROTEIN
- 74g
- CARBS
- 12g
- FAT
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Ingredients
- 700g (1.5 lb) chicken breast, in 2cm / 3/4in dice
- 240g (1.25 cups) white rice, dry
- 400g (1 can) black beans, drained and rinsed
- 200g (1.5 cups) sweetcorn
- 2 tbsp (24ml) olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves (12g), minced
- 60ml (1/4 cup) lime juice
- 2 tsp cumin, 2 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1.5 tsp fine salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper; coriander to finish
Method
- Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then cook it in 480ml / 2 cups water, covered, 12 min, and leave it off the heat another 10 min without lifting the lid.
- While it sits, toss the chicken with the cumin, paprika, chilli powder, salt, pepper and half the oil.
- Get a skillet properly hot over medium-high. Cook the chicken in two batches, 4-5 min a batch, turning only once. Crowding the pan is what makes prep chicken grey.
- Add the garlic to the second batch for the last 30 seconds only, then return the first batch to the pan and take it off the heat.
- Fork the lime juice and the rest of the oil through the rested rice with a pinch of salt.
- Warm the beans and corn together for 2 min - just to take the fridge off them, not to cook them.
- Cool everything on the counter for 20 min before it goes near a lid. Steam trapped under a warm lid is the entire reason meal prep goes soggy.
- Divide between four containers, keeping the rice, chicken and beans in their own stripes rather than mixed.
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Start 7 days freeTip: keep the lime juice for the rice, not the chicken. Acid on stored chicken turns the surface chalky by day three.
EquipmentSkillet, large pot, mixing bowls
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KeepsFridge 4 days. Freezes 2 months without the fresh coriander.
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Macros are computed from the raw ingredient weights above using USDA FoodData Central reference values. Brands vary, so treat them as close estimates rather than lab figures. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice.