Grammy's Kitchen · Burritos · Chicken Burrito Bowls with Spicy Green Sauce

One of 111 burritos recipes we measured

Chicken Burrito Bowls with Spicy Green Sauce

from www.onceuponachef.com

It ranks #2 of 111 for tortilla integrity among the burritos recipes we compared. 140 cooks on www.onceuponachef.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on10m
waiting6.0 hr
makes6
each$2.02
kcal627
leveladvanced
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 111.

this recipe typical
fat23%1%
protein add100%100%
salt1%0%
aromatics2%1%
acid2%0%
vegetables and beans0%35%
liquid6%0%
sweetener2%0%

Where it stands out

  • #2 of 111 for tortilla integrity
  • #5 of 111 for seasoning depth

Adapts cleanly: gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

68 g5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon lime zest, (from two limes (save the limes for the green sauce))
12 g4 cloves garlic, (minced)
3 g1 1/4 teaspoons ancho chili powder
1 g1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
0 g1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
8 g1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 g1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
14 g2 teaspoons honey
907 g2 pounds chicken tenderloins ((or boneless skinless chicken breasts pounded to an even 1/2-inch/13-mm thickness))
15 g1 jalapeño pepper, (seeded and roughly chopped (reserve the seeds; see note))
100 g1 cup fresh cilantro
3 g1 clove garlic, (roughly chopped)
110 g1/2 cup mayonnaise, (best quality such as Hellmann's or Duke's)
58 g1/4 cup sour cream
15 g1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, (from 1 lime)
27 g2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 g1/2 teaspoon salt
0 g1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Fresh corn, (tomatoes, avocado, cucumbers, beans, cilantro)
About 4 cups cooked quinoa,

Method: 4 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Oh. My. Guacamole. SOOOOO good!! And I thought at first it had a lot of steps so I wasn’t sure BUT I marinated the chicken overnight saturday, whipped up the green sauce at the same time. Next day it was just grilling and whipping up the Cilantro Lime rice. (A” — a cook, 5.0★
“Wow! That green sauce was pure perfection! I made your Copycat Chipolte Chicken recipe instead of this chicken recipe and served it on jasmin rice with corn, black beans, guacamole, tomatoes, sour cream. My family loved it! My son said "man this is banging” — a cook, 5.0★
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