BBQ Chicken Rice Bowls
Made with shredded chicken and a flavor-packed salsa, this BBQ chicken rice bowl is perfect for an easy summer dinner.
Servings: 4
Calories: 597kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup barbecue sauce I prefer no sugar added
- 4 cups shredded chicken precooked
- 1 can black beans 15 oz
- 1.5 cups fire roasted corn frozen, 1 can of corn is fine too
- 1 avocado or 2 mini, diced or guacamole
- ½ cup cilantro diced
- ½ red onion medium & diced
- 1 cup cooked white rice for serving
- 8 tablespoon Flamethrower sauce or chipotle sauce of choice
- 1 lime or 2 tablespoon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- pork rinds or tortilla chips - optional
Instructions
- Dice the vegetables and thaw the corn as needed.Mix together the 1 can black beans, 1.5 cups fire roasted corn, ½ red onion diced, ½ cup cilantro chopped, juice from 1 lime, and ¼ teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Store in the fridge until ready to serve.
- We use pre-cooked shredded chicken to keep this recipe simple. If you prefer to cook your own chicken, do that now. If not, heat up the 4 cups shredded chicken and mix it with the 1 cup barbecue sauce till well coated.
- Serve with 1 cup cooked white rice, 1 avocado, and 8 tablespoon Flamethrower sauce, split into 4 bowls. See notes for meal prepping this. Top with crushed pork rinds.
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Notes
- If you're meal prepping leave the rice out! These bowls are just as good without the rice and this way you don't have to worry about the rice getting hard.
- Chicken: Any chicken you have is great! I make a big batch of Instant Pot chicken, use rotisserie, or frozen chicken strips that are already cooked.
- Try my cilantro lime protein rice with this bowl for more protein and pizzaz!
- Add 4 chicken breasts to an instant pot with 1 cup of BBQ sauce and ½ cup of chicken bone broth.
- Cook on high for 12 minutes, then let it naturally release for 10 minutes.
- Remove the chicken and use two forks or a hand mixer or shred the chicken. Then return it to the instant pot to mix it in the sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 597kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 54g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3.8g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 1690mg | Potassium: 1116mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 473IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 4mg