Description
This vegan burrito bowl is loaded with cilantro lime rice, sauteed peppers and beans and gets topped off with a homemade creamy chipotle sauce!
Ingredients
Burrito bowls
- 1 cup of rice white rice (long or short grain)
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
- 1 tbsp avocado oil (or vegetable oil)
- 1 large red pepper, chopped
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1/2 tsp Chimayo chilli powder (can sub regular if needed)
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup black beans
- 1 cup of corn kernels
- 1 avocado, cut into cubes
Chipotle Crema
- 1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked in hot water for an hour
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo (can sub 4 tbsp chipotle sauce)
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp Chimayo chilli powder (can sub regular if needed)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1/3 cup water
Instructions
- Cilantro lime rice: Cook the rice according to package directions. Once cooked, add in the lime juice and cilantro and mix together.
- Sauteed peppers: Heat the avocado oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook for 1-2 minutes until translucent, then add the peppers, Chimayo chilli powder, cumin and salt and mix together. Reduce heat to medium and let cook for 3-4 minutes until tender.
- Chipotle Crema: Drain the cashews, then add to a small blender or food processor with the rest of the crema ingredients. Blend until smooth, scraping down the sides of the blender as needed.
- Assemble the bowls: layer the rice, peppers, black beans, corn, and avocado in a bowl. Top with the chipotle crema.
Notes
Cook the rice in vegetable broth instead of water. This will really season the rice and create a more delicious burrito bowl!
Don’t skip out on sauteeing the peppers and onion. This builds a lot of flavour in the bowls.
Make sure to use raw unsalted cashews for the crema! Roasted and salted cashews won’t work here.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 6g
- Fat: 8g
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: 16g
- Protein: 17g
Keywords: vegan burrito bowls, veggie burrito bowls, healthy burrito bowl, chipotle rice burrito bowl