The word burrito means "little donkey" in Spanish, and the name as applied to the dish was possibly derived from the appearance of bedrolls and packs that donkeys carried.
The burrito bowl, is a but different. It consists of burrito fillings served without the tortilla, with the fillings placed in a bowl, and a layer of rice at the bottom.
We share the recipe for an easy to make Smoked Chipotle Pesto Chicken Burrito for you to try over the weekend.
Ingredients:
Smoked chipotle chicken
Chicken leg boneless: 180 gms
Chopped garlic: 3 gms
Chopped fresh thyme: 1 gms
Salt: 1 gms
Pepper: 1 gms
Tobasco chipotle sauce: 3 gms
Chipotle seasoning: 1 gms
Lemon juice: 1 gms
Chilli paste: 5 gms
Oil: 5 gms
Fajita vegetables
Peppers cut into squares: 40 gms
Zucchini cut into squares: 40 gms
Button mushroom cut into halves: 20 gms
Carrot cut into squares: 20 gms
Chopped garlic: 3 gms
Salt: 1 gms
Peppper: 1 gms
Chopped coriander: 1 gms
Roasted jeera powder: 1 gms
Butter: 3 gms
Tomato paprika sauce: 70 gms
Pesto rice
Basil pesto: 10 gms
Boiled rice: 180 gms
Salt: 1 gms
Pepper : 1 gms
Deseeded blanched tomato: 20 gms
Boiled kidney bean: 10 gms
Chopped onion: 5 gms
Chopped garlic: 3 gms
Lemon juice: 1 gms
Sour cream: 10 gms
Tossed olives and cherry tomato
Olives: 5 gms
Cherry tomato: 5 gms
Chopped garlic: 1 gms
Seasoning: 1 gms
Preparation Method:
Smoked Chipotle Chicken
Marinate the boneless chicken leg with chipotle seasonings and chopped garlic for an hour.
Grill it well on the griller. Finish it in the oven and then slice it up.
Fajita vegetables
Sautee garlic and add fresh cut vegetables. Adjust seasonings, roasted jeera powder and chopped coriander.
Pesto rice
Sautee onion and garlic.
Add diced de-seeded blanched tomato and toss it well.
Add kidney beans.
Add rice, adjust seasoning, and add basil pesto off range.
Add lemon juice.
Toss olives and tomato with chopped garlic.
Serving suggestion:
Add tomato paprika sauce then add the pesto rice. Arrange the sliced chipotle chicken pieces and then add veggies. Add sauce and cherry tomato on the top.
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