Chipotle-Inspired Cilantro Lime & Black Bean Bowl
Craving Chipotle?
As promised, this week I’ll be sharing five super simple, delicious, and budget-friendly meatless recipes. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the post here where I offer easy-to-follow directions on How to Cook Dried Beans.
The recipe I am sharing with you today was inspired by Chipotle, one of my favorite places to eat – I especially love their burrito bowl! This homemade version of Chipotle’s cilantro lime rice bowl with black beans, sautéed bell peppers, and onions is a perfect meatless meal that you can customize to include whatever toppings your family enjoys.
Chipotle Inspired Cilantro Lime Rice Burrito Bowl
yield: 4 SERVINGS
prep time: 20 MINUTES
cook time: 25 MINUTES
total time: 45 MINUTES
Delicious Lime and Rice Burrito bowl recipe full of great flavors inspired by Chipotle.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil or 1 teaspoon butter
- 2 teaspoons fresh cilantro
- 2/3 cup white Basmati rice
- 1 cup water
- juice from 1 lime
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
1
In a 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat oil or butter over low heat, stirring occasionally until melted. Sauté onion and bell peppers and season as desired. (I used taco seasoning, and it was great!)
2
Add rice and lime juice, stir for 1 minute. Add water and salt and bring to a full rolling boil. At boiling, cover and turn down to simmer over low heat until rice is tender and the water is absorbed – about 25 minutes.
3
Add in the cilantro and fluff rice with a fork. Assemble bowl by starting with lettuce and layer rice, beans, peppers, onions, and corn. Add any additional toppings desired.
This is such a gorgeous looking meal that’s both filling and great tasting. The cilantro lime rice really does taste like it was made at Chipotle, and I loved using the black beans that I made last week too. My meat and potato-loving hubby really enjoyed this meal as well.
OOoooo! I am excited about these meatless recipes!! We are vegetarian and vegan in our house so these recipes are very much appreciated. Can’t wait to try! Thank you!
I agree Kristen…thank you so much for doing the meatless week!
Oh you are so welcome and I know you’ll love this week’s ideas!
Tried it today. It was awesome!!!!
Thank you for sharing a meatless recipe!!!!!!!!!
Yay! Thanks for sharing!! 😃
Agree Kristeen! I started a vegan diet and this recipe sounds delicious, Thanks Collin! 🙂
I love Chipoltle. I am desperate for a copy car recipie to make their honey chipotle vinegrette. It’s my favorite thing there and I’d love to have it at home!
What about this? https://www.chipotlefan.com/index.php?id=chipotle_honey_vinaigrette_recipe
I’ve been making Chipotle knockoff meals for years. Just google the brand/product and knockoff or copycat recipe and you’ll get a ton of hits.
Thanks Erin! I tried one recipie I found last week and it was awful, but this one looks very different and hopefully delicious!
I had homemade chipotle burrito bowls on my menu for this week! Was going to use regular rice but now I’m going to try this recipe! Awesome!! Thanks!
Looks yumky!! Think you can swap quinoa instead?
Yes! Yum go for it! 🙂
The link won’t pin from pinterest….. I had to search your site for the recipe.. It shows a lady in a whoppie cushion
Whoops! 😉 LOL! I just fixed the link.
I use this rice recipe allllll the time it’s awesome. I also make my own fresh salsa with it 🙂 cheaper than chipotle
I can’t wait to try this! Sometimes I get the bowl at Chipotle and find myself eating around the meat. We always try to incorporate at least a couple vegetarian meals per week so this will be a great one!
Love the new meatless recipe. I am sure going to try this one.
You can tie it tighter with green goddess dressing to taste like cantina bowl. Takes it up a notch!
Great idea! 🙂
Oops tie it together!
I’m a little slow (ha!), so it took me a bit to find the print link, but I love the way you can customize what you want to print!
I am so looking forward to trying this cilantro lime rice. It’s my favorite thing about Chipotle.
I’m vegan and the burrito bowl at Chipotle is my favorite! Thanks for the recipe!
Mine too! They made their pinto beans vegan now too! Score! I always ask for extra cilantro on mine. Beans, veggies, brown rice, mild salsa, guacamole and a big handful of cilantro. The best non local eating out you can do!
We are vegetarians and I can’t wait to try this. Adding it to our grocery list!
We just bought a 20 lb bag of basmati rice from Costco the other day and I was just looking up meal ideas. This is going to be a new staple in our diet
Funny I just tried out their veggie salad at chipotle yesterday and loved it. I dare to say all of the veggie toppings on the tortilla chip is really yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I was planning on looking for some.
Lina, I have never been disappointed in any of your recipes so far! Thanks for ALL your Great ideas.
Thanks so much!!!! 🙂
Can’t find basmati rice. Regular long grain rice good too?
Yes!
Lina:
I’m so pleased to see you are still commenting on this recipe!
I made it tonight with high hopes. I have never followed a recipe so exactly in my life, but I think it turned out with too much lime taste and it was definitely stickier than I’d imagined it could be. I used a manual juicer for my one average lime and am wondering what amount of lime juice you’d say you actually used?
I also used butter (not oil) and purchased basmati rice (Mahatma brand) and used a timer, so I’m not sure what else (besides too much lime juice) might account for the extreme stickiness. Thoughts? Thanks so much!!!
Oh no! I’m sorry. I just hand squeezed lime. You can can definitely adjust lime to your taste. One thing I was thinking was try soaking rice before hand to get some of the starch out. And also don’t stir rice during cooking. Wish I could say more..
Does Lina have a blog to follow?
Beautiful whole food, plant-based option! Huge kudos both on the approach to healthy eating AND on the very pretty presentation and photography. Great job!
Thanks Maggie!