Lunchtime Chicken Fajita Bowls w/ Mexican white sauce. This is my easy and spicy Mexican chicken fajitas. Fajitas are a big favorite in our family whether they are chicken or beef. In this recipe video I will.
Combine the chili powder, cumin, satl, oregano, garlic powder and onion powder in a bowl. If you don't have these spices, you can also substitute your favorite taco seasoning blend. Make the fajitas using the same directions found on the package of the original seasoning mix This is the spicy sauce that comes on your Gordita or Chalupa at Taco Bell. You can have Lunchtime Chicken Fajita Bowls w/ Mexican white sauce using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lunchtime Chicken Fajita Bowls w/ Mexican white sauce
- Prepare 3 of large boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
- It's 1 of purple onion.
- You need 1 of green pepper.
- It's 1 of sweet pepper.
- You need 1 can of whole kernel corn.
- It's 1 can of black beans.
- It's 1 1/2 cups of rice.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of olive oil.
- Prepare of Salt and pepper.
- It's of Misc. seasoning blend (I used Tony Chachere's creole blend).
- Prepare strips of Tortilla chip.
- Prepare of sauce----.
- You need 1 cup of milk.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of miracle whip.
- It's 1 tbsp of sour cream.
- Prepare 1 dash of lime juice.
- You need 1/2 packet of ranch dressing mix.
- You need 1-2 tsp of cumin.
- You need 1-2 tsp of chili powder.
- Prepare 1 pinch of oregano.
- It's of Fresh chopped cilantro.
- It's 1 Pinch of salt.
- Prepare 1 pinch of black pepper.
But the only way to get Sliced chicken breast, romaine lettuce, pico de gallo, tortilla strips, and cotija cheese make up El Pollo. These lunch bowls (or grain bowls) are honestly one of my favorite make ahead healthy meals. I love adding grains to my lunch and often use a mix of The bulgur adds a nutty bite while the quinoa is packed full of fiber and protein. How to make Mexican chicken lunch bowls.
Lunchtime Chicken Fajita Bowls w/ Mexican white sauce step by step
- Prep the peppers and onion by cutting them into strips, about 1/2 inch thick. Lay everything out on a cookie sheet lined with foil, chicken in the middle, peppers on one end and onions on the other. Drizzle everything with the olive oil and toss a little bit so it's all coated. Sprinkle peppers and onions with a pinch of salt and pepper. Sprinkle the chicken with your misc. seasoning..
- Bake on middle oven rack at 375 for 30-40 minutes (depending on how thick the chicken boobs are) Make the rice according to package directions. I used jasmine rice. -- while that's cooking, make the sauce..
- Sauce- again, this sauce makes the whole thing. This sauce is the robin to Batman. The Louise to Thelma. The Mallory to Mickey. The gravy to KFC's mashed potatoes... you get the idea.. In a separate container combine the milk, miracle whip and sour cream. Add the dash of lime juice. Whip with a fork till it's all combined. Add all the spice ingredients and whip again to combine. Add the fresh cilantro last and just let it relax on top. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Mix.
- Side note about the sauce. I didn't use actual measurements for anything when making mine, so this is just a guideline. Keep tasting and adjusting accordingly. I like spicy, bold flavor. Also you're looking for the consistency to be a tad thicker than milk..
- Ok. When the oven is done let everything cool enough to handle with your bare hands. Slice the chicken across the grain. Now we build the bowls..
- I made 4 portions out of this and honestly it was a lot of food haha probably could've made 5 instead but I only had 4 Tupperware containers. Don't forget to drain the corn and black beans. Lay out a layer of tortilla strips (yes they will lose their crunch but that's what I wanted. Just the corn tortilla flavor) Next, a layer of rice. In one corner a couple spoons of corn. The other corner, some of the onion. Another corner, black beans. In the last corner some of the pepper strips..
- Sprinkle all of it with a bit more of the spice blend. Garnish with fresh cilantro. They should somewhat resemble the photo. Now lunches are ready for the week! Bring a separate container of the sauce and you're set!.
- When reheating this at work, I microwave for about a minute, cut up the chicken into bite size pieces, mix it all together and finish reheating. THEN drizzle the white sauce all over it. One round of cooking and you've got a weeks worth of home cooked lunches your coworkers will be jealous of you over!----- P.S (search "sheet pan chicken" on YouTube and there's a cool little minute long demo of the oven part of this, which inspired this recipe).
Lunchtime Chicken Fajita Bowls w/ Mexican white sauce. Just a big batch of food divided into Tupperware for a weeks worth of work lunches. This was the result of a summertime lunch where I wanted a hot dog but it just had to be that more eccentric than the usual bun and sauce. We prepped these chicken fajita meal prep lunch bowls last weekend and since then lunches have become deliciously easy. The moment we dug into these, all of us had this saaaaay whaaaat look on our faces that just can't be explained in words.