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hi lovelies if you found yourself stuck in a lunch rut look no further than this absolutely incredible Chipotle chicken burrito bowl it is so delicious really simple to prepare and perfect for meal prep so you can make it on Sunday and enjoy it for up to three days now just before we get to that I want to remind you guys that our amazing meal planning site healthy meal plans is here to make your lives in the kitchen easier it allows you to browse more than a thousand recipes drag and drop them into your weekly meal plan and then automatically generate your grocery list for the week how great is that once you're done watching this yummy video I hope you will check it out and that you
can use it as a tool to keep your eating on track all year long now like so many of my favorite chicken dishes this one starts with a really incredibly flavorful marinade and it's super simple to prepare I'm just going to start with a little bit of oil in my bowl I'm using avocado oil today but you could use vegetable oil or olive oil if you wanted to then to that I am going to add the juice of one lime so this is a really nicely balanced marinade it's got a little bit of tanginess a little bit of sweetness some smokiness some spice and some salt next it's time to add our chipotle pepper to this so this is chipotle pepper in Adobo sauce I've got two here that I just went ahead and minced up with a knife you could do this in a food
processor or a blender if you wanted to get everything really smooth but I just give it a quick chop and that works fine for me next add a little sweetness to this I have got a couple tablespoons of Honey headed in here I want this to get nice and sweet and syrupy and what I love is that the sweetness of the honey is going to be so beautifully balanced with the Smoky spiciness of the Chipotle next I'm going to go ahead and add some garlic to this I've got one clove of minced garlic I'm gonna get that right into my bowl and then finally friends we have just a good helping of salt I'm gonna get in here and whisk this all together so it's really well combined and then it's time to add it all over my chicken
now today I've opted to use some boneless skinless chicken thighs they are by far my favorite cut because they tend to stay a little more tender during the cooking process so they're really great for meal prep if you did want to do this with chicken breasts instead I would recommend just cutting your chicken breasts in half lengthwise before you marinate it that way you'll ensure your chicken will cook properly all the way through before your sauce has a chance to burn now I'm just gonna go ahead and pour half this marinade over top of my chicken thighs like so and then I'll just use a little spatula to spread it around and get it really well coated and then I'll flip these
over and pour over the rest of this incredible marinade and once again spread everything out now that my chicken is really well coated I'm just going to go ahead and get it into the refrigerator and let it sit for between 20 and 30 minutes that's really all it's going to take for this chicken to get infused with all of that yumminess you could also marinate this overnight if you wanted to obviously the more time it spends and that yummy marinade the more delicious the chicken's gonna be but honestly usually 20 and 30 minutes is the max time I have so that's what I'm doing today the next step once these are done marinating is just to get them on the stove so what I have here is a nice large non-stick
ceramic Skillet and I'm just going to go ahead and add a little bit of oil to this to help prevent any sticking from happening because let's be honest nothing makes weeknight cooking harder than things sticking to the pan it's the worst just as soon as that oil is nice and hot I'm gonna go ahead and get this wonderful chicken right into the pan top side down and let that cook away for about five to six minutes or just until it's nice and brown and then I'm gonna go ahead and just pour over the remaining marinade to make sure we get as much flavor as we possibly can you'll probably notice it first that there's a lot of liquid in the pan don't sweat it's going to evaporate through the cooking process oh my goodness guys
this is one dish I really wish you could smell for yourselves our chicken is beautifully Brown on one side it's got that sort of spirity sweet honey flavor there's a lot of nice smokiness here as well as a little bit of spice I'm going to go ahead and flip my chicken over and let it cook for an additional say three to five minutes or until my chicken reaches a safe internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit on a meat thermometer that's really the only safe way to know your chicken is cooked properly oh my friends this is very exciting these are so nicely Brown they've got this nice golden coating on them these are going to make the most epic burrito bowls I'm so excited to assemble them and then just as soon as my chicken
is cool enough to handle I like to chop it up into cubes and then use it in this incredible burrito bowl that starts with a bed of brown rice some black beans some corn little guac some pico de gallo and of course that incredible chipotle chicken that I just could not get enough of if you wanted to serve this chicken over a salad it also works really well or even use it in things like tacos super tasty and honestly I'm so ready to eat yeah it's worth getting excited about guys I hope you love this recipe as much as I do and that you will give it a try for yourselves if you do be sure to tweet me Instagram me or Facebook me a photo because you know how much I love seeing your Kitchen Creations remember
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