What is an Instant Pot Chicken Burrito Bowl?
This is a simple Instant Pot recipe that uses fresh chicken breast, canned beans, canned corn, white rice, a couple of fresh peppers and basic spices. It makes a whole pot of food that everyone in the family will love, and costs just a few bucks. And the cool thing is, there’s lots of room for customizing this recipe to use what you like and what you already have on hand. I love cooking and preparing meals, but sometimes I want to keep the prep to a minimum and be able to throw something together that I know will be a hit with the family.
Simple Pantry Ingredients
Instant Pot chicken burrito bowls start with cutting up some boneless, skinless chicken breast into small pieces of approximately 1″ cubes. We’ll then mix the chicken with just a little vegetable oil and a classic Mexican spice combination of chili powder, cumin, onion and garlic powder, paprika and salt. Mix that all up in a bowl and set it aside for a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, dice up a green bell pepper and a red bell pepper. Then, we’re ready to get cookin!
We put a tablespoon of vegetable oil in the Instant Pot and press saute. Wait until the oil is hot! This is important. The goal here is to just brown the chicken a bit to bring out some additional flavor. If we add the chicken before the oil is hot, we won’t get the browning we want and the chicken can turn out dry after all is said and done. Once the oil is hot, add the chicken slowly. Make sure to spread it out as much as possible so that it’s in a single layer in the bottom of the pot. Then, don’t touch it for 1 minute. Let it brown. After 1 minute, give it all a good toss with a wooden spoon and get those pieces flipped as best possible. Let brown for another minute. After two minutes of browning the chicken, add the diced peppers and optional green chilies. Continue saute for an additional 3 minutes. Press cancel. Pour in the chicken broth and give the bottom of the pot a scrape with a wooden spoon in case there’s any bits stuck to the bottom. Now add the rice and stir it all together. Secure the lid, close the vent and pressure cook on high for 7 minutes. After the 7 minutes are up, do a quick release of the pressure and carefully remove lid. Add in the black beans and corn and stir. Now we let it sit for 5 minutes. This is an important step! During that time the rice will continue to absorb the moisture and cook, while the whole dish thickens up. After 5 minutes give it a good stir and it’s ready to serve.
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