Simple Cooking, Simple Living

Baja Chicken Bowl

Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Total Time: 25 min
Servings: 5 large bowls

Cookware Needed:

  • pot or rice cooker
  • air fryer or frying pan
  • mixing bowls

Grocery List:

  • 2 – lbs chicken breast
  • 1 ¼ – cups jasmine rice
  • 2 ½ – cups water
  • 5 – Roma tomatoes
  • 1 – 15 oz can of black beans
  • 1 – 15 oz can of whole kernel corn
  • 1-2 – jalapeños
  • 1 – handful of chopped cilantro
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 lime
  • ~5 – TBSP chipotle ranch
  • Salt

Recipe:

  1. Combine the rice and water in a pot and bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes
  2. Cut the chicken breast into small cubes and air fry for 14 minutes at 360 °F
  3. While waiting on the rice and chicken, create a black bean and corn pico salsa. Wash, then dice two of the Roma tomatoes and add them to a bowl (I like to use a large glass tupperware right away, but a mixing bowl is fine too).
  4. Add the cans of corn and black beans to the bowl with the diced tomatoes. Then dice half of a red onion and a jalapeño and add them to the bowl. Squeeze in half of the lime, a pinch of salt and a handful of chopped cilantro. Stir to combine the ingredients and sample on a tortilla chip.
  5. Cut the remaining three Roma tomatoes into large chunks.
  6. Combine rice, chicken, black bean and corn pico, and tomatoes into a bowl and top with chipotle ranch and a squeeze of lime. Serve immediately or store as meal prep.

Notes:

  • This recipe works well as meal prep.
  • For now we use the hidden valley chipotle ranch, but are working on a recipe for a greek yogurt chipotle ranch.
  • Add or subtract jalapeños per your spice preference, you can also add other salsa spices to the pico like chili powder or cumin.
  • Optionally, marinade the chicken with taco or southwest seasoning.