Burrito Bowl (2024)

FAQs

Are burritos bowls healthy? ›

Is a Burrito Bowl Healthy? The basic combination of protein, carbs, and fat (chicken, rice and beans, and guacamole and cheese, respectively) is not only healthy and filling, but incredibly satisfying too. You definitely won't be looking for an evening snack after eating a burrito bowl for dinner.

Your choice of freshly grilled meat or sofritas served in a delicious bowl with rice, beans, or fajita veggies, and topped with guac, salsa, sour cream or cheese.

Typically, I'll order a burrito, but when I get a bowl, I get brown rice, black beans (drained), double chicken, mild salsa, medium salsa, a little bit of hot salsa, a lot of corn salsa, cheese, and guac. Bowls allow you to get more bang for your buck. Tip: ask for sides of everything you want!

WHAT IS A TaCO BOWL? If you've never enjoyed the pleasure of devouring a taco bowl before, let me introduce you! You've probably seen burrito bowls everywhere from Chipotle to Wahoo's to Taco Bell. Well, a taco bowl is the same thing, but with the CRUNCH of chips or a taco bowl shell!

Best: Burrito Bowl

Unwrap that burrito, and you'll save about 300 calories to start. For a healthy bowl, go with brown rice, black or pinto beans, and grilled chicken or lean steak. Top with lettuce and salsa, which packs plenty of flavor for just 5 calories a tablespoon.

Weight Loss

Those who are fitness freaks, and burritos can be your best friend. Great control of the digestive tract can result in optimized nourishment. Thus, this forms an excellent meal for those who are on a diet plan. Eating burritos means you are consuming nutrients and giving away the fat content.

If you're looking for a healthy balance of fat, protein, and carbs, your best meat options would be plain grilled chicken, steak, or barbacoa. Between those options, they include no more than 7 grams (g) of fat, at least 21g of protein, and no more than 2g of carbs.

Sometimes, burritos are high in saturated fat due to ingredients like beef, cheese, or sour cream. As you can see in the nutrition information of the two different burritos above, the bean and cheese burrito has half as much saturated fat as the beef and cheese one since beans don't have saturated fat but beef does.

Chipotle is definitely fast food but you can make a much healthier decision there than somewhere like Taco Bell. Don't be fooled though, it IS fast food. The amount of calories and sodium in your food can easily meet or exceed any other fast food restaurant.

A burrito bowl is not technically a burrito despite its name, as it consists of burrito fillings served without the tortilla. The fillings are placed in a bowl, and a layer of rice is put at the bottom.

Do you eat burrito bowls cold? ›

Wait until you are ready to eat to top your dish with the sauce, chopped cilantro, avocado/guacamole, and lime juice. If possible, serve warm. As stated above, you can totally eat this dish cold, but it will definitely taste better reheated.

Order a bowl, double everything, and get tortillas on the side. Voila—you've instantly got two burritos for the price of one.

A bed of Mexican seasoned rice and fresh lettuce topped with your choice of filling, guacamole, black beans, sour cream, fiesta salsa, cheese and zesty ranch dressing.

A bed of Mexican seasoned rice and fresh lettuce topped with your choice of filling, guacamole, black beans, sour cream, fiesta salsa, cheese and zesty ranch dressing.

The main difference between the salad and the bowl is changing out the base of rice and/or beans for romaine lettuce-meaning more veggies and less carbs!

For burrito bowls, this is the caloric baseline, clocking in at about 705-1250 total calories, depending on your guac, protein selection, and additional fixings. For burritos, add a flour tortilla (300 calories), and you're looking at a range of about 1085-1550 total calories, depending on topping selections.