Chicken Rice Bowl (Chipotle Style)

The new restaurant that everyone is talking about is Chipotle! This is because it is fast, easy, and it never disappoints. Whenever I go to Chipotle I get a rice bowl with chicken, black beans, mild salsa, sour cream, and guacamole. It is so simple yet so amazing at the same time. This is because you can make different combinations each time or try a completely different menu item. So at home my mom and I made our own recipe to make rice bowl so that we can have our own Chipotle at home. This chicken dish is a little spicy and can go with anything Mexican. You can put it on a tortilla and make tacos, or put it between two tortillas with cheese and make a quesadilla. I hope you enjoy my recipe for Chicken rice bowls!

Ingredients: 

Chicken:
2 Pasilla Peppers (dried)
1 Cup Hot Water
2 Cloves Garlic
1 Chipotle Pepper in adobo sauce (canned)
1 Teaspoon Chicken Bouillon (I used Better Than Bouillion brand)
1 Tablespoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Chili Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Cumin
2 Pounds Chicken Thighs

Other:
4 Cup Water
2 Cups Rice
1 Can Black Beans
1 Container Salsa
1 Container Guacamole
1 Container Sour Cream

First take the seeds out of the Pasilla Peppers. Then put them into the blender.

Then add the garlic, chipotle pepper salt, chili powder, and cumin into the blended. In a cup add the water to chicken bouillon paste and stir until the it is dissolved, then add the chicken broth to the blender and blend all the ingredients together.

Before being blended 

Sauce after being blended in the blender

In the slow cooker place the chicken thighs evenly in the pot. Then pour the sauce over the chicken and mix together to completely coat the chicken. Cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 6 hours in the slow cooker until it is fully cooked.

Before being cooked

After being cooked

When ready to serve take some of the chicken and put it into a bowl to shred the chicken. Shred the chicken using two forks and pulling the chicken.

Shredded Chicken

Cooked Rice

To go with the shredded chicken make some rice and buy black beans, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream so that you can make your own rice bowl. Place the rice and chicken in the bowl and add your favorite topics in order to make the perfect rice bowl!