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This Easy Beef Burrito Meal Prep bowl recipe is made with lean ground beef, brown rice, sweet corn, and black beans and then topped with a delicious Avocado Cream sauce. Perfect meal prep meal.
You may also like my meal prep breakfast burritos. So good!
Find yourself having the burrito bowl at Chipotle all the time? Well, this burrito recipe is better! Save some money and make your own burrito bowl at home! It is the perfect recipe to use for meal prep. Just save the avocado cream sauce in a small container separately before you store it and use it when ready to have your beef burritos. This wholesome ground beef and bean burrito recipe is so easy to make and so tasty. Also, try to make your own pico de gallo if possible or you can use store bought if you have a favorite kind you typically use.
If you love burrito Bowls, you may also like our Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe. It is so easy to make too!
Recipe summary
- Quick and easy: It is easy to put together once you have your ingredients set up and ready to go.
- Wholesome: Made with lean ground beef, black beans, corn, brown rice, and other good-for-you ingredients. Much better than takeout.
- Meal-prep friendly: If you meal prep your meals, then this ground beef burrito bowl is perfect for you.
Ingredients needed
- Brown Rice: or 2 cups pre-cooked. You may use white rice or quinoa * see notes
- Olive Oil: or avocado oil
- Ground Beef: use very leave ground beef. 90% if possible
- Seasonings: Chili Powder, Ground Cumin, Oregano, Onion Powder, Smoked Paprika, salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Garlic Cloves: use fresh garlic cloves
- Black Beans, drained and rinsed ( 1 Can ), or use pinto beans
- Canned Corn or use freshly cooked corn
- Pico de gallo or use homemade
- Fresh Parsley to Garnish
for the avocado cream sauce
- Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt: plain yogurt or sour cream will work too
- Chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced
- Ripe Avocado
- Freshly squeezed lime juice
How to make beef burrito meal prep
- In a small bowl whisk all sauce ingredients until well combined; set aside.
- Cook rice according to package directions if you aren’t using pre-cooked brown rice. Set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef, garlic, and seasonings; Sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Cook for about 3-5 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon to break the meat as it cooks.
- To assemble the bowls divide the rice and beef mixture among 4 glass containers. Top with black beans, corn and pico de gallo, then drizzle with avocado cream sauce.
- Refrigerate for up to 5 days. Enjoy!
Recipe notes and tips
- Instead of brown rice, you may use cooked quinoa, plain white rice, cilantro cauliflower rice for a lower-carb option, or cilantro lime rice.
- If you do not want to serve it with the avocado cream sauce that is fine. Swap with a little bit of sour cream or shredded cheese.
- Don’t want to use beef? Use lean ground chicken or ground turkey breast.
- If you can use roasted corn kernels even better!
- Instead of pico de Gallo, use chopped cherry tomatoes.
- You may use refried beans, but for a healthier option, use plain black beans.
Storage recommendations
- Storing: Store the leftover burrito bowl in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 5 days. You may also freeze for up to 3 months.
- Reheating: Reheat in the microwave for 60-90 seconds until it is heated through.
What to serve it with
- Try to have your beef burrito with tortilla chips. Corn tortillas will be great.
- Add some shredded cheese
- Serve with some shredded lettuce.
- If you love sour cream then serve with some sour cream
- Top with some chili pepper flakes or sliced jalapenos
Frequently asked questions
What goes into your beef burrito bowl? Burritos can be high in calories and carbs especially if using both bean and rice. All your ingredients may seem clean and healthy but the calories do add us. Make sure you are using very lean beef and very little brown rice if possible. Try switching the rice with quinoa or skip the rice and quinoa all together and load it up with some veggies and beans instead. Typically speaking burrito bowls can be healthy but can also be high in calories.
Calories for a beef burrito bowl will vary between 600-800 calories roughly. The beans and rice are high in carbs and calories. So is the ground beef. If you are trying to reduce the number of calories in your burrito bowl, make it with lean ground turkey, skip the rice, and more grilled veggies.
A beef burrito bowl recipe is different from a burrito. A burrito is made with seasoned ground beef, refried beans, lettuce, and salsa. placed over a tortilla and then rolled up for a classic burrito wrap. Some may add some shredded cheese, guacamole, sour cream, and hot sauce. A burrito bowl is a burrito in a bowl instead of being wrapped in a tortilla.
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Beef Burrito Meal Prep Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Brown Rice, or 2 cups pre-cooked
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 ½ pounds Lean Ground Beef
- ½ teaspoon Chili Powder
- ½ teaspoon Ground Cumin
- ½ teaspoon Oregano
- ¼ teaspoon Onion Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper , to taste
- 15 ounces Black Beans, drained and rinsed, ( 1 Can )
- 15 ounces Canned Corn , or use freshly cooked corn
- ½ Cup Pico de gallo, or use homemade
- Fresh Parsley , to Garnish
Avocado Cream Sauce
- ½ Cup Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt
- 1 Chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced
- 1 Ripe Avocado
- 1 tablespoon Freshly squeezed lime juice
Instructions
- In a small bowl whisk or blend all sauce ingredients (½ Cup Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt, 1 Chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, 1 Ripe Avocado, and 1 tablespoon Freshly squeezed lime juice) until well combined; set aside.
- Cook 1 Cup Brown Rice according to package directions if you aren't using pre-cooked brown rice. Set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon Olive Oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 ½ pounds Lean Ground Beef, 2 Garlic Cloves (minced), and seasonings; (½ teaspoon Chili Powder, ½ teaspoon Ground Cumin½ teaspoon Oregano, ¼ teaspoon Onion Powder, and ¼ teaspoon Smoked Paprika. Sprinkle with Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper , to taste.
- Cook for about 3-5 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon to break the meat as it cooks.
- To assemble the bowls divide the rice and beef mixture among 4 glass containers. Top with 15 ounces Black Beans, drained and rinsed (equally), 15 ounces Canned Corn (equally divided), and ½ Cup Pico de gallo, then drizzle with avocado cream sauce. Garnish with Fresh Parsley is using.
- Refrigerate for up to 5 days. Enjoy!
Notes
- If using pre-cooked brown rice, use about 2 cups. In the meal prep bowls add about 1/2 cup of cooked rice. You can also use quinoa in place of rice to reduce the number of carbs in this recipe.
- You may use other meats like ground chicken or ground turkey.
- Store in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- Freeze for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hey, do the calories include the avocado sauce? If so, do you have an approximation for how many calories are in the sauce? The reason why I ask is because I’m not big on sauces, especially during a weight-loss phase. So I just want to get accurate readings.
I can calculate it myself, but just asking if you know off the top of your head.
Thanks! 🙂
Hi Joseph. Yes, the calories include the dressing. I just ran it through my built-in system that does the calculation for me without the sauce and I got the following per serving
calories 556
carbs 56
15g fat
50 g protein
Love it!! I make it for my Boyfriend every week as meal prep for work! Thank you for this recipe!
Also in Vacation (we we’ve been at a friends house) we ate it every day bc its so easy and fast to make!
Greetings, from Germany 🙂
I love the Recipe for
Burrito meal
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce like 1 can or 1 single pepper
Not the whole can. you can use 1-2 individual peppers
An you please point me in the direction of where I can find your freezer meals recipes as I want to make up them up your recipes say they are good in the fridge for x amount of days im after m ears I can freeze please
Silly question! But in the nutrition facts; approximately how much is in a serving?? For example, in grams?
Hi Anna
the nutrition facts you see is per serving and the amounts are in grams. It should be indicated on it
Hi Rena, So this is 797 per serving? Thank you.
Hi Issey
Yes, it is. The rice and beans are high in carbs. If you would like to cut down on the calories, skip the rice.
If I skip the rice then what would the nutrients be?
I would have to run that calculation and get back with you
How much is a serving ???
Loved this