Here is a delicious and loaded Vegan Burrito Bowl in Chipotle Veggie Bowl style with Fajitas Veggies, Black Beans, Cilantro Brown Rice, Tomato and Corn Salsa, and more… We stacked up exactly NINE ingredients to make an epic Meatless Burrito Bowl at home. Are you excited too?
More Tex-Mex recipes yeah! Have you seen our Best Damn Vegan Chili recipe? It is super simple, veggie-loaded, and delicious. We also have a no-mess, no-fuss, sheet pan Vegan Fajitas with Spicy Portobello Mushroom recipe that is just delish. Or one of our latest recipes, Epic Fajitas Portobello Mushroom Burger with guacamole, salsa, fajitas veggies, and nacho sauce all stacked in between toasted buns.
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What is in the original Chipotle Veggie Bowl?
Chipotle offers 4 different “Lifestyle Bowls“. One for each of these diets: Keto, Paleo, Whole30, and Vegan. If you order a Chipotle Vegan Bowl, you will receive the following ingredients:
- cilantro-lime brown rice,
- black beans,
- sofritas (spicy shredded tofu),
- tomato salsa,
- corn salsa, and
- lettuce.
If you build your own burrito bowl, you can add even more yummy ingredients and sides that Chipotle offers. They are for example:
- guacamole,
- sour cream,
- queso blanco,
- fajitas veggies,
- shredded cheese, and
- more…
When we were putting together our meatless, veggie-packed, spicy, flavorful burrito bowl, we got inspiration from the wide variety of food you can order in Chipotle.
Ingredients of our Copycat Veggie Bowl
We combined NINE different food items you can order in Chipotle to build an Epic Vegan Burrito Bowl at home. We started off with the original ingredients of the Chipotle Veggie Bowl but added even more flavors and texture. Here is the most colorful, delicious, and loaded burrito bowl you will ever see.
So what do you need?
- cilantro-lime brown rice,
- spicy soy curls (instead of sofritas)
- fajitas veggies,
- guacamole,
- tomato and corn salsa,
- shredded lettuce,
- shredded vegan cheese,
- canned black beans, and
- sour cream.
Let’s see how to make each item from the above list.
How to make Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice?
How to make Chipotle Guacamole?
Chipotle tweeted its guacamole recipe in May 2019. They use 2 ripe Hass avocados, 2 tsp lime juice, 2 tbsp cilantro (chopped), 1/4 cup red onion (diced), 1/2 jalapeño including seeds (diced), and 1/4 tsp kosher salt. Well, it is quite straightforward. To be honest, this is how most people – as well as us – prepare guacamole.
Take one ripe avocado and mash it with a fork. Add lemon or lime juice. Add finely chopped red onion and finely chopped fresh cilantro (photo #1). Mix it well and season it with salt if needed (photo #2).
Quick tips to make guacamole:
- Hot or not? – As the fajitas veggies and the soy curls are already spicy, we skip adding any jalapeno or other hot sauce to the guacamole. If you like it hot, add it to your taste.
- Finely chopped onion? – Do you have an immersion blender with a small chopping bowl? I use it the make finely minced onion. It will be more like a puree, so you will not taste the onion bits at all.
- Creamy vs mashed? – The easiest to make guacamole is to mash the avocado with a fork. Depending on whether you like it creamy or chunky, instead of a fork, you can use an immersion blender you can make it extra creamy. It is also better if your avocado is not really ripe and soft and you have difficulty mashing it with a fork well.
How to make Tomato and Corn Salsa?
When it comes to salsa, there are several types. In Chipotle you can order a Fresh Tomato Salsa and a Chili-Corn Salsa. But at home, we like to keep it simple and make a combination of the two.
For this burrito bowl, we prefer to make a Tomato and Corn Salsa Fresca that is also known as Pico de Gallo (or Salsa Picada, or Salsa Mexicana). It is actually a simple chopped salsa with raw tomatoes, raw onions, raw garlic, fresh cilantro, and sweet corn. We drizzle them with olive oil, but you can skip that and just squeeze a lemon or lime on it. Add chopped jalapeno if you like it hot.
A quick tip: We like using cherry or plum tomatoes and chop them in quarters. As well as canned sweet corn instead of roasted corn. It is quicker and easier this way. If you want authentic Chipotle restaurant-style you need to chop the tomatoes as small as sweet corn and use roasted corn instead.
How to make Fajitas Veggies?
We prefer to roast the bell pepper and onion strips in an oven for the following reasons:
- using a sheet pan is easy and no mess,
- you can make a larger batch than in a skillet or frying pan,
- you can do other things in the kitchen while the oven is busy roasting your fajitas veggies.
In our Sheet Pan Fajitas Veggies post, you can find detailed instructions, useful tips, and even a quick video on how to make them in an oven.
However, if we need only 2 servings of fajitas veggies, we usually prepare them in a a frying pan or skillet. Peel and slice onion 1/4-inch (4-5 mm) wide. Wash and slice bell peppers also 1/4-inch (4-5 mm) wide. Pre-heat a frying pan on medium heat. Add olive oil. Once the oil is hot enough add the onion and the bell pepper slices and sprinkle them with fajitas spice mix (photo #1). Stir to combine and fry them for 5 minutes until they are tender (photo #2).
How to make Spicy Soy Curls?
You can choose different plant-based protein alternatives to add to your burrito bowl like
- Cauliflower, Walnut or Mushroom Mince for truly whole food plant-based alternative – we use them in our Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese recipe
- TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) – we use them in our Cabbage Lasagna recipe
- Shredded tofu (Sofritas) – here is a copycat Chipotle Sofritas recipe from Pinch of Yum
For this Chipotle-inspired Vegan Burrito Bowl recipe, we chose to add Spicy Soy Curls. To me, it resembles spicy chicken or pork strips.
Take a small-sized bowl and soak soy curls in veggie broth for 10 minutes or until they are soft to the touch. When they are ready, drain the liquid. Sprinkle cornstarch and fajitas spice mix over the soy curls and toss to coat them completely. Take a small frying pan. Pre-heat about 1 inch of sunflower oil on medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add soy curls for 3-4 minutes or until they are nice brown and crispy. Remove them from the pan and place them on a paper towel. You can see below how do they look like when ready.
A quick tip: We recommend to serve them hot, as pan-fried soy curls become dry and hard when they cool completely.
More Add-ins
What else you can add to a Chipotle-inspired Burrito Bowl? Well, still lots of tasty things come to my mind like:
- shredded lettuce,
- shredded vegan cheese,
- canned black beans, (here is a copycat chipotle black beans using dried beans from Culinary Hill)
- sour cream, (if you need a homemade recipe, try our dairy-free, nut-free sour cream)
- queso cheese dip (if you need a homemade recipe, try our nut-free, veggie-based cheese sauce)
- tortilla chips.
Let’s see our Chipotle Vegan Burrito Bowl
As our girls are not a big fan of spicy food, we make this recipe usually only for the two of us: me and my husband. So, this recipe is for 2 servings. We often use our single-serving meal prep containers for easy storage and serving. So what have we put in them?
- First row: 1/2 cup Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice and 1/2 cup Shredded Lettuce (photo #1)
- Second row: Half of the prepared Spicy Soy Curls and half of the prepared Fajitas Veggies (photo #2)
- Third row: Half of the prepared Tomato-Corn Salsa and 1/2 cup Canned Black beans (photo #3)
- 1/4 cup Shredded Vegan Cheese (photo #4)
- Half of the prepared Guacamole (photo #5)
- Finish it off with a drizzle of sour cream or vegan mayo (photo #6)
Isn’t it gorgeous, appetizing, and colorful? You can see all elements in the below collage after adding them one by one. What are your favorite add-ins? Let us know in the comments.
This Copycat Chipotle Veggie Bowl recipe is meat-free, dairy-free, and egg-free. It is also suitable for vegan, vegetarian, nut-free, and gluten-free diets. It can also be WFPB-friendly (whole foods plant-based) if you don’t use olive oil.
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More quick and easy vegan recipes
You can browse through our Vegan and Gluten-free Dinner Recipes or our Everything is 15 minutes Quick & Easy Vegan Meals collection or check out
- Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese with Cauliflower and Walnut Mince
- Lemon Pepper Pasta with Asparagus
- Healthy Vegan Tofu Egg Salad
- Cauliflower Steak with Green Peppercorn Sauce
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Copycat Chipotle Veggie Bowl with Fajitas Veggies
Ingredients
Spicy Soy Curls
- 2 cup Veggie broth
- 4 oz Soy curls
- 1-2 Tbsp Olive oil
- 2 tsp Fajitas spice mix or see below for homemade spice mix
- 1/2 Tbsp Corn starch
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Ground black pepper
Homemade Fajitas Spice Mix
- 1/2 tsp Hot chili powder or flakes
- 1 Tbsp Sweet smoked paprika powder
- 1 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp Oregano
Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice
- 1/2 cup Brown rice
- 2 Tbsp Lime juice about 1 lime
- 2 Tbsp Freshly chopped cilantro
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Tomato and Corn Salsa
- 6 Cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup Sweet corn (canned)
- 2 Tbsp Onion (chopped)
- 1 clove Garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 Tbsp Freshly chopped cilantro
- 1 Tbsp Olive oil
Guacamole
- 1 Avocado ripe
- 1/8 Onion (medium)
- 1 Tbsp Freshly chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp Lime juice
- pinch Salt
Fajitas Veggies
- 1 Bell pepper
- 1/2 Onion (medium)
- 1 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tsp Fajitas spice mix
More Add-ins
- 1 cup Black beans canned (already flavored with onion, garlic and other spices)
- 1 cup Shredded lettuce
- 1/2 cup Shredded vegan cheese
- 4 Tbsp Sour cream try our Dairy-free Sour Cream
Instructions
Spicy Soy Curls
- Take a small-sized bowl and soak soy curls in veggie broth for 10 minutes or until they are soft to the touch. When they are ready, drain the liquid.
- Sprinkle cornstarch and fajitas spice mix over the soy curls and toss to coat them completely.
- Take a small frying pan. Pre-heat about 1 inch of sunflower oil on medium heat.
- Once oil is hot, add soy curls for 3-4 minutes or until they are nice brown and crispy. Remove the soy curls from the pan and place them on a paper towel. Serve while hot.
- A quick tip: We recommend to serve them hot, as pan-fried soy curls become dry and hard when they cool completely.
Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice
- Cook rice according to package instructions.
- Once the rice is cooled, add freshly squeezed lime juice, freshly chopped cilantro, salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
Tomato and Corn Salsa
- Wash and chop cherry tomatoes into quarters. Drain canned sweet corn. Peel and finely chop red onion and garlic.
- Mix all chopped ingredients in a small bowl. Add freshly chopped cilantro and olive oil. Stir until combined.
Pan-fried Fajitas Veggies
- The EASIEST way to make fajitas veggies is in a sheet pan. For detailed steps, top tips, video, and more guidance visit our Fajitas Veggies post. However, if we need only 1-2 servings we usually make pan-fried veggies in 5 minutes.
- Peel and slice onion 1/4-inch (4-5 mm) wide. Wash and slice bell peppers also 1/4-inch (4-5 mm) wide.
- Pre-heat a frying pan on medium heat. Add olive oil.
- Once the oil is hot enough add the onion and the bell pepper slices and sprinkle them with fajitas spice mix. Stir to combine and fry them for 5 minutes until they are tender.
Guacamole
- Take a ripe avocado. Cut them in half and turn it with your hands around the seed. Spoon the soft avocado flesh into a small bowl. Mash it with your fork.
- Peel and finely chop the red onion. Squeeze a bit of lime juice. Chop fresh cilantro leaves.
- Add all chopped ingredients plus lime juice and salt to the mashed avocado and mix well.
Assemble your Homemade Chipotle-style Vegan Burrito Bowl
- We used our single-serving meal prep containers.
- Take 1/2 cup of Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice, 1/2 cup of Shredded Lettuce, Half of the prepared Spicy Soy Curls, Half of the prepared Fajitas Veggies, Half of the prepared Tomato and Corn Salsa, 1/2 cup of Black beans, 1/4 cup of Shredded CheeseHalf of the prepared Guacamole. Finish it off with 2-3 Tbsp Sour Cream.
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Dannii
No this is my kind of meal. All of my favourite flavours.
Biana
This recipe looks amazing for meal prep! Will be adding it to my meal prep schedule.
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness
Wow! No way this is vegan! This looks so tasty. Bookmarked for later, thanks for the recipe!
Nart at Cooking with Nart
This recipe is so delicious and healthy. I like to stock up on a few serving in my fridge whenever I make this!
Denay DeGuzman
These colorful copycat Chipotle burrito bowls look so incredibly tasty! I love the festive flavorful ingredients, and that this recipe is quick and easy to make.