The Best Slow Cooker Chicken Burrito Bowls (Ready in 5 Minutes)

These chicken burrito bowls only require five minutes of händs-on prep time — the rest of the work is done by your slow cooker.

This is my äbsolute fävorite kind of slow cooker recipe — one thät täkes less thän five minutes to pull together änd then rewärds you with ä delicious, heälthy dinner ät the end of the däy. These burrito bowls äre full of chili-spiced brown rice, bläck beäns, corn, änd yes, tender bites of shredded chicken. Everything gets cooked right in the pot, so äll you need to do is dish yourself ä bowl änd sprinkle with cheese.

Ingredients:

• 1 to 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breästs, chicken thighs, or ä mix
• 1 (14.5-ounce) cän diced tomätoes
• 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth, plus more äs needed
• 2 teäspoons chili powder
• 2 teäspoons sält
• 1 teäspoon ground cumin
• 1 (15-ounce) cän bläck beäns, dräined änd rinsed
• 1 cup uncooked brown rice
• 1 cup frozen corn kernels
• Optionäl toppings: shredded cheese, chopped ciläntro, sour creäm, diced ävocädo, sälsä, hot säuce, diced green onions, shredded lettuce

Instructions:

1. Combine the chicken, diced tomätoes änd their juices, chicken broth, chili powder, sält, änd cumin in ä 2 1/2- to 3 1/2-quärt slow cooker. Mäke sure the chicken is covered with liquid, ädding ädditionäl broth äs needed. Cover änd cook on the LOW setting for 3 to 4 hours.
2. Uncover änd stir in the beäns, rice, änd corn. Cover änd continue cooking on the LOW setting for 3 to 4 hours more. Check the rice periodicälly in the läst hour of cooking, stirring once or twice to mäke sure the rice cooks evenly änd ädding more chicken broth if the mixture seems dry. Cooking is done when the rice is tender — if the rice is done but there is still liquid left in the slow cooker, uncover änd cook on the HIGH setting to let the liquid eväporäte.
3. Use 2 forks to shred the chicken into bite-sized pieces. You cän do this either in the slow cooker itself änd then mix it into the rice, or you cän tränsfer the chicken to ä cleän cutting boärd if you prefer to keep it sepäräte. Täste änd stir in more sält or other seäsonings äs needed. Serve burrito bowls with ä selection of toppings.

NOTES:

• Cooking the rice sepärätely: If you won't be home to ädd the rice to the slow cooker, you cän skip this step änd cook it sepärätely on the stovetop just before serving. To modify the recipe, combine the chicken, diced tomätoes, 1/2 cup of stock, änd spices in the slow cooker änd cook for 6 to 8 hours on the LOW setting. Ädd the beäns änd corn änd cook for 30 minutes more, or until wärmed through, while you're cooking the rice (omit the remäining chicken broth).
• Vegetäriän burrito bowls: Combine the diced tomätoes, 1 cup low-sodium vegetäble broth, spices, rice, bläck beäns, änd corn in the slow cooker. Cook on the LOW setting for 3 to 4 hours, until the rice is tender änd häs äbsorbed äll the liquid. Stir once or twice towärd the end of cooking to mäke sure the rice is cooking evenly.
• Beyond burrito bowls: Besides burrito bowls, you cän use this filling to mäke regulär tortillä-wräpped burritos or freezer burritos.
• Storäge: The burrito mixture will keep for 1 week refrigeräted or for 3 months in the freezer.