This is the home made from scratch copycat version of the Chipotle veggie burrito bowl.
See hot sauce and salsa recipes included.
Serving size : 2-3
Total Preparation time : 35- 40 mins
Cooking time :20 mins.
Ingredients and Method :
Lime Cilantro Rice : 2.5 cups steamed white rice cooked with bay leaf, 5 tspn fresh lime juice, 1 tspn lemon juice, cilantro 1/2 cup, 1/2 tspn black pepper powder, kosher salt to taste
Black beans : Pressure cooked 1/2 cup black beans with 1 cup water, oil, black pepper, salt, 1/2 tspn cumin powder and a bay leaf. Sauté 2 tbspn chopped Yellow Onion, garlic paste/ 2 chopped garlic cloves, and 1 Chipotle Chile/ jalapeño. Add the beans and mix with Oregano and lemon Juice.
Green bell peppers Fajita : sauté 1 sliced red onion and 1 sliced green bell pepper on high heat in olive oil, add lime juice and kosher salt.
Tomato salsa( mild) : 1 cup chopped ripened Roma tomatoes, 1/2 finely chopped red onion, 1 finely chopped jalapeño, 2 tbspn chopped cilantro, 2 tspn lime/ lemon juice, and salt.
Roasted Chili-Corn salsa ( Medium) : Mix 1 cup steamed sweet corn kernels, with 2tbspn chopped red onion, 1 japaleno finely chopped, 1 tbspn chopped and roasted large poblano pepper, 1 tbspn lime juice, 1 tbspn chopped cilantro, salt to taste.
Tomatillo-Green Chili salsa ( medium) : Grind together in a blender 1/2 fire-roasted large Tomato, 2 fire- roasted Tomatilloes, 1 roasted Jalapeño, Salt, 1 tbspn lime juice, 1/4 tspn toasted Cumin powder, 2 Garlic cloves, 1/2 tspn Black Pepper, 2 tbspn chopped Red Onion, 1 tbspn chopped Cilantro, a pinch of Mexican Oregano, vinegar and sugar (optional)
Tomatillo-Red Chili salsa ( Hot) : Sauté 2 chopped Tomatillos with 2 cloves of garlic, 1/4 tspn cumin and Salt. Add 2 Chile de Arbol (chillies), 1/2 tspn Black Pepper, 1 tbspn Red Tabasco® Sauce and grind in a blender with 1 tbspn water.
Guacamole : 1 mashed Avocado nicely whipped with salt, and 1 tspn lime juice. Mixed with 1 tbspn finely chopped Red Onion ,1/2 tspn finely chopped Jalapeño. 1 tspn Cilantro.
Sour cream: whipped milk and cream or whipped ready sour cream
Cheese: Shredded jack pepper cheese or Parmesan cheese
Lettuce : Blanched romaine lettuce
Sauces: Chiptole Tabasco red pepper sauce, Chiptole Tabasco green pepper sauce
