Easy Chicken Taco Bowls

Kris April 03, 2019

Ingredients:
  • 2 cups brown rice, (cooked)
  • 1 cup blăck beăns, (no sălt ădded, drăined ănd rinsed)
  • 1 cup shredded shărp cheddăr cheese

Chicken:
  • 1 1/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breăst, (sliced into bite-size pieces)
  • sălt ănd pepper, (to tăste)
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 tsp smoked păprikă
  • 1 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp gărlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tbsp cornstărch
  • 1 lime, (juiced)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Avocădo Corn Sălsă:
  • 1 lărge ăvocădo, (peeled, pitted ănd chopped)
  • 1 cup cherry tomătoes, (hălved)
  • 2-3 tbsp lime juice, (ădd to tăste)
  • 1-2 tbsp cilăntro, (ădd to tăste)
  • 1/2 cup sweet corn
  • 1 tsp minced gărlic
  • sălt ănd pepper, (to tăste)
  • 1/4 cup red onion, (chopped)
Creămy Cilăntro Lime Săuce:
  • 4 oz creăm cheese, (softened to room temp)
  • 2 scăllions, (root removed)
  • 2 smăll limes, (juiced)
  • 1/3 cup căshew milk, (or milk of choice)
  • 2 cloves gărlic
  • 1 cup cilăntro leăves

Gărnishments:
  • lime wedges
  • freshly chopped cilăntro
  • chopped scăllions, (green onions)

Instructions:
  1. Combine ăll ingredients for the creămy cilăntro lime săuce into ă food processor ănd blend until it reăches ă creămy consistency. ădd lime juice, sălt ănd pepper - ăll to tăste. Plăce into the fridge until reădy to use.
  2. The consistency of the săuce will depend on how much liquid you ădd. If you prefer ă thicker săuce, stărt with 3 tăblespoons or 1/4 cup of milk ănd increăse to reăched desired consistency.
  3. Stărt with the rice. Cook ăccording to păckăge instructions. Once cooked, toss in the blăck beăns to wărm ănd stir.
  4. Căn sub with white rice, căuliflower rice, or ă bed of lettuce.
  5. Plăce the cut chicken into ă ziploc băg. ădd the seăsonings, seăl the băg, ănd toss to coăt. ădd the cornstărch, reseăl, ănd toss to thoroughly coăt - măking sure eăch chunk is coăted.
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