Homemade Chipotle Burrito Bowls

We love Chipotle (obviously not as much Willy's, but don't get me started about my obsession with Willy's). Our favorite thing to order are their burrito bowls. We usually get their cilantro-lime rice, steak, grilled peppers & onions, tomato salsa, corn salsa, and guacamole. I always add a side of their honey-chipotle vinaigrette too because I'm obsessed with that sauce. But unfortunately for us, there isn't a Chipotle in Savannah. I never understood why because we really don't have a good tex-mex restaurant to go to, and we would really eat mexican food a couple times a week if we could. So since we can't go to Chipotle here, we decided that we just had to make it. We made the cilantro-lime rice, roasted-chili corn salsa, pico de gallo, guacamole, and honey-chipotle vinaigrette. And we also grilled some steak, as well as some peppers & onions to top our burrito bowls. These bowls were a hit! We finally got our mexican that we had been craving, and they were wayyyyy better! What is also great about this recipe is that you can customize it to include everything you love. Some other popular toppings are black beans, shredded cheese, lettuce, chopped onion, or roasted red peppers. This will definitely be a meal that we will make again and again and again! Enjoy :)

Homemade Chipotle Burrito Bowls

For the Cilantro-Lime Rice:

2C Cooked White Rice

Juice of 1 Lime

1t Salt

6T Fresh Chopped Cilantro

4t Vegetable Oil

For the Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette:

½C Red Wine Vinegar

½C Honey

2t Dijon Mustard

1t Adobo Sauce

½t Paprika

¼t Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Dried Oregano

½C Olive Oil      

For the Burrito Bowls:

Grilled Steak or Chicken

Prepared Cilantro-Lime Rice    

Homemade Guacamole

Homemade Chili-Corn Salsa

Homemade Pico de Gallo

Grilled Peppers & Onions

Shredded Mexican Cheese

Directions:

1. To Make the Cilantro-Lime Rice: In a mixing bowl, combine the chopped cilantro, limejuice, rice, salt and oil. Toss together until completely mixed. 

2. For the Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette: Combine all ingredients, except oil in a blender and blend on low speed for 10 seconds. Slowly drizzle the oil into the blender on low speed. Chill the finished dressing for at least an hour.

3. To Assemble the Burrito Bowls: In a bowl, layer the rice, black beans, shredded beef, grilled peppers & onions, cheese, Pico de Gallo, corn salsa, and guacamole. Drizzle the bowls with the vinaigrette.