Smoky Chipotle Beef Burrito Bowls
with Cilantro Lime Rice, Mexican Cheese, Salsa & Crema
- Milk
For this 20-minute bowl, you’ll sauté ground beef with onion and our smoky chipotle pepper puree until browned and juicy. Serve it over a bed of fluffy cilantro lime rice topped with melty Mexican cheeses, cumin-spiced crema, homemade pico de gallo, a sprinkle of cilantro, plus a squeeze of lime for a bright finish.
Ingredients
1 unit
Tomato
1 unit
Onion
¼ ounce
Cilantro
1 unit
Lime
1 ounce
Chipotle Puree
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Cumin
½ cup
Mexican Cheese Blend
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Olive Oil
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• In a small pot, combine rice, 1 1⁄4 cups water (2 1⁄4 cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, wash and dry produce. • Dice tomato into 1⁄4-inch pieces. Halve, peel, and dice onion into 1⁄4-inch pieces. Finely chop cilantro, including tender stems. Zest and quarter lime.
• In a small bowl, combine tomato, half the onion, half the cilantro, a large drizzle of olive oil, juice from half the lime, salt, and pepper.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add remaining onion, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and slightly softened, 2-3 minutes. • Stir in beef, chipotle puree, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. (If there’s excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out.) • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While beef cooks, in a second small bowl, combine sour cream and half the cumin (all for 4 servings); add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Fluff rice with a fork; stir in lime zest. • Divide rice between plates. Top with beef, Mexican cheese blend, crema, pico de gallo, and remaining cilantro. Serve with remaining lime wedges on the side.
Ground Meat is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Apr 2026- Flavor: Many found it bland and lacking the promised smoky chipotle flavor; adding extra seasoning, taco seasoning, or hot sauce helped boost taste.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, perfect for busy weeknights, though some felt there were too many prep steps.
- Suggestions: Use less raw onion and add jalapeños, corn, or tortilla chips for crunch and heat. Double the chipotle puree for more flavor.
- Portions: Good-sized portions that can easily feed three people or provide leftovers for lunch.
- Rice tips: Some had trouble with undercooked jasmine rice; adding chicken broth instead of water creates more flavor than plain cilantro-lime rice.
Reviews from our home cooks
This recipe was easy and okay tasting. Way too much onion recommended for salsa and the beef is a bit lackluster compared to the saucy burrito bowls which have more flavor in my opinion. Tomato was miniscule and onion was huge. These discrepancies in size affect the outcome of the recipes, either short or too much.
Always nice to have customizable options that each family member can adjust to individual tastes. Chipotle flavor was not very pronounced - could have been a little spicier but still good.
It was tasty, but I prefer saucier meat; this seemed dry. The instructions for the crema required adding water, but that just made it taste diluted. If I did it again, I might dilute with milk or just serve it as sour cream. The tomato was completely flavorless. Grape tomatoes would be better. They tend to still taste like tomatoes.
This recipe was very good; however, I'm starting to question the quality of meat. The ground beef in this recipe had a strong (almost game-like) taste.
A tasty and super easy weeknight dinner. The pico paired with the rice bowl made it taste super fresh and healthy
Not spicy, but great flavor. The whole family loved it. Beef was great quality, absolutely delicious.
Pico was great and overall really good meal in terms of flavor and texture. Would be great with blue chips.
Love this recipe and will definitely keep in our rotation! Could easily make this once a month.
Could've used more rice for the 2 serving platter. A full cup would be awesome
Easy to make, very good ingredients and easy for a non cook to make
