Chipotle Veggie bowl is one of the first restaurants meals I tasted in the USA. For those who are new to this, Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants located in United States serving Mexican food like burritos, Tacos and bowl. This Veggie bowl is a healthy meal, consisting of rice, beans and salad, and this is what attracted me to this dish.
I fondly call it Mexican Biryani, why?? The basic concept of Biryani is it’s a one dish meal cooked with alternate layers of rice and curry (gravy), topped with garnishing of dry fruits and onions. This veggie bowl has a similar concept of layers but each layer is unique.
This dish fits well with casual parties as it has all the required dishes – rice, curry, salads, sides like sour cream, guacamole , add some tortilla or chapati’s and you are all set. Your guest can do any permutation /combination to create the flavor they would like to eat.
There are couple of dishes that combine together to make this one dish meal which are...
Freshly chopped coriander
Juice of 1 lemon (or as per taste)
Salt to taste
Allow the rice to cool & then mix all the ingredients together, toss well. If you mix with warm rice chances of rice grains braking are more.
Black Beans:
½ teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Heat a pan and add oil to it. Once oil is hot saute the sliced green bell peppers and red onion until bright and slightly crisp. Add salt and oregano, mix well.
½ red onion finely chopped
½ jalapeno pepper deseeded and finely chopped
½ tablespoon lemon juice
Salt to taste
Corrainder finely chopped
Mix all ingredients together to get a refreshing tomato salsa
Corn Salsa:
1 cup boiled corn kernel
1 roasted poblano peppers finely chopped
½ jalapeno pepper deseeded and finely chopped
½ red onion finely chopped
Salt to taste
Coriander finely chopped
Mix all ingredients together to get a sweet & hot corn salsa.
Tip: Poblano pepper is a mild chilli pepper popular in Mexico. If you are unable to find it replace with regular green bell pepper, it would taste slightly different but still great.
1 jalapeno
⅛ onion
½ teaspoon chili flakes
Salt, pepper,
½ tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
Coriander finely chopped
Blend all the ingredients together in a blender to get a smooth, spicy sauce
Tip: Tomatillo is staple in Mexican cuisine & a key ingredient for fresh cooked sauces. If you are unable to find it replace with green tomatoes,it would taste different but still great.
Guacamole:
you can refer to my earlier post on Guacamole-Avocado dip for the complete recipe
In addition to these we will need some Sour cream, lettuce and cheese (optional)
To make the bowl:
Now that we have all our dishes ready, its all about layering.
Start with a layer of rice followed by some black beans curry, Fajita vegetables, tomato salsa, corn salsa, red chilli salsa.
Top it with some sourcream, Guacamole, cheese and Lettuce!! That's it our Mexican biryani is ready, Enjoy!!
Happy Cooking!!
Shweta
Sangeetha
This is our fav recipe too...love Mexican bowl at Chipotle! yours looks too delicious n u have made everything perfectly....great job!!
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wow..very delicious spread!!
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OMG... So many varieties of dishes.... Looks delicious...
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Manasi
This is FABULOUS!
I really like the Chipotle Veggie bowl, taste, nutrition and value for money wise.
I am book marking this 🙂
Divya Pramil
looks fantastic 🙂 and interesting name too 🙂
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This is awesome. We are having Mexican Fiesta party next weekend. This will be helpful.
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Thanks 🙂
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Thanks Akhila 🙂
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Thanks Rekha!! 🙂
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Thanks Divya:)
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Thanks Priya, most welcome anytime to visit my place 🙂
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awesome. I love this dish. my mouth is watering
Rekha
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looks sooooo colourful and yummy recipe...
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Priya
Omg, seriously am inviting myself to ur place, marvellous and irresistible mexican briyani.