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    Copycat Chipotle Veggie Bowl

    By My Pure Plants on 05/20/2022 - May contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure.

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    Here is a delicious and loaded Chipotle Veggie Bowl with Fajita Veggies, Black Beans, Cilantro Brown Rice, Tomato and Corn Salsa. Don’t forget Sofritas, a quintessential Chipotle creation of fried tofu crumbles in hot spicy chili sauce. In this recipe we stacked NINE ingredients to make an epic Vegan Burrito Bowl. Are you excited too? 

    A large white plate in the middle with colorful ingredients like black beans, corn, shredded cheese, bell pepper strips, rice, shredded lettuce, avocado. Blue white table clothes with scattered corn and lime wedges.

    More Tex-Mex recipes yeah! Have you seen our Best 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 this Epic Fajitas Portobello Mushroom Burger? We have other copycat recipes you may be interested in like this Copycat IKEA Veggie Balls or this Copycat Panda Express Vegan Orange Chicken.

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    1. What is in the original Chipotle Veggie Bowl?
    2. Ingredients of our Copycat Veggie Bowl
    3. More Add-ins
    4. Let’s see our Chipotle Vegan Burrito Bowl
    5. More vegan Mexican-inspired recipes
    6. Copycat Chipotle Veggie Bowl with Fajitas Veggies and Sofritas

    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 braised tofu crumbles),
    • 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:

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    • guacamole,
    • sour cream,
    • queso blanco,
    • fajita 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. If you are interested in recreating any of the above dishes at home, check out our copycat Chipotle vegan recipes list.

    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,
    • sofritas
    • fajita 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.

    A large white plate in the middle with colorful ingredients like black beans, corn, shredded cheese, bell pepper strips, rice, shredded lettuce, avocado. Small bowls are scattered around with the same ingredients as well as a cast iron skillet with tofu crumbles in red chunky sauce

    How to make Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice?

    It is super easy to make cilantro and lime flavored brown rice. Cook the rice according to package instructions in salty boiling water. Drain them when it is ready. Once the rice is cooled a bit, add freshly squeezed lime juice, freshly chopped cilantro, salt, and pepper to taste. Mix it well and it is ready! Quick and easy. You can adjust the amount of lime and cilantro depending on your personal preference. We like it if we can only slightly taste each ingredient but one is not overpowering the other.

    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), ¼ cup red onion (diced), ½ jalapeño including seeds (diced), and ¼ 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).

    Collage of 2 photos - first shows a small white bowl with two halves of peeled avocado, chopped green herbs and chopped onion. The second photo shows a mashed green puree.

    Quick tips to make guacamole:

    • Hot or not? – As the fajita veggies and the sofritas 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 Chipotle Fajita 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 Fajita 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 ¼-inch (4-5 mm) wide. Wash and slice bell peppers also ¼-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).

    Collage of 2 photos - first on with red bell pepper and white onion slices in a frying pan, the second photo shows red bell pepper and brown onion slices in a frying pan when they are ready

    How to make Sofritas?

    When we originally posted this recipe, we used large soy curls that resembled chicken or pork strips. However, after extensive research and testing we finally posted our Copycat Chipotle Sofritas recipe. It makes this veggie bowl a true Copycat Chipotle Bowl for sure. Now, you can make EVERY ingredient just as they serve them in the restaurant.

    You can choose different plant-based protein alternatives to add to your burrito bowl like 1) Cauliflower, Walnut or Mushroom Mince for truly whole food plant-based alternative – we use them in our Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese recipe or 2) TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) – for details visit our Vegan Taco Meat recipe.

    1. Use a firm tofu and press it. We used our trusted TofuBud*, but you can choose any DIY method or tofu press. Pat it dry with a paper towel.
    2. Fry thin tofu slices with a bit of olive oil until golden brown (photo #1).
    3. Use a food processor to first chop the fried tofu.
    4. Use a food processor to chop the marinade ingredients into a chunky sauce (photo #2).
    5. Mix marinade and tofu and let it rest for 30 minutes.
    6. We used our UnoCasa cast-iron skillet* but you can use frying pan as well and heat it over medium heat.
    7. If you feel the sauce became too thick at the end of the marinating time, add a bit of veggie broth. Start with ¼ cup (0,5dl).
    8. Add the marinated tofu crumbles together with the whole marinade sauce and cook for about 10 minutes (photo #3).
    3 photo collage on how to make sofritas the first is showing a black skillet from above with yellow tofu slices, the second shows a food processor with a red chunky sauce, the third shows the chunky tofu in red sauce cooked in a black skillet

    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, 
    • other fresh salsa, (here is a savory-sweet pineapple mango salsa recipe from Caramel and Cashews)
    • canned black beans, (here is a copycat chipotle black beans recipe using dried beans from Culinary Hill)
    • sour cream, (try our dairy-free, nut-free sour cream)
    • queso cheese dip, (try our vegan queso dip)
    • nacho cheese sauce, (try our vegan nacho cheese sauce)
    • tortilla chips.
    A large white plate in the middle with colorful ingredients like black beans, corn, shredded cheese, bell pepper strips, rice, shredded lettuce, avocado. Blue white table clothes with scattered corn and lime wedges.

    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?

    • ½ cup Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice
    • ½ cup Shredded Lettuce
    • ½ cup Sofritas
    • Half of the prepared Fajita Veggies
    • Half of the prepared Tomato-Corn Salsa
    • ½ cup Canned Black beans
    • ¼ cup Shredded Vegan Cheese
    • Half of the prepared Guacamole
    • Finish it off with a drizzle of sour cream or vegan mayo

    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.

    A large white plate in the middle with colorful ingredients like black beans, corn, shredded cheese, bell pepper strips, rice, shredded lettuce, avocado.

    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.

    More vegan Mexican-inspired recipes

    • Vegan Mexican Rice Casserole
    • Mexican “Sweet Potato Rice” Bowl
    • Vegan Oyster Mushroom Tacos
    • Vegan Portobello Mushroom Fajitas
    A large white plate in the middle with colorful ingredients like black beans, corn, shredded cheese, bell pepper strips, rice, shredded lettuce, avocado.

    Copycat Chipotle Veggie Bowl with Fajitas Veggies and Sofritas

    Nandor Barta
    Here is a delicious and loaded Chipotle Veggie Bowl with Fajita Veggies, Black Beans, Cilantro Brown Rice, Tomato, and Corn Salsa. Don't forget Sofritas, a quintessential Chipotle creation of fried tofu crumbles in hot spicy chili sauce. In this recipe, we stacked NINE ingredients to make an epic Vegan Burrito Bowl. Are you excited too? 
    5 from 7 votes
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Marinating time 30 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 10 mins
    Course Main Course
    Servings 2 bowls
    Calories 900kcal

    Equipment

    • our Cast-iron Skillet by UnoCasa
    • TofuBud (pressing tofu in 15 minutes)
    • Simple tofu press
    • Non-stick frying pan (10.5 inch / 26 cm)

    Ingredients
     
     

    Sofritas

    • 2 servings Copycat Chipotle Sofritas

    Homemade Fajitas Spice Mix

    • ½ tsp Hot chili powder or flakes
    • 1 Tbsp Sweet smoked paprika powder
    • 1+½ tsp Ground cumin seeds
    • 1+½ tsp Garlic powder
    • 1+½ tsp Oregano

    Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice

    • ½ 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
    • ½ 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
    • ⅛ Onion (medium)
    • 1 Tbsp Freshly chopped cilantro
    • 1 tsp Lime juice
    • pinch Salt

    Fajitas Veggies

    • 1 Bell pepper
    • ½ 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
    • ½ cup Shredded vegan cheese
    • 4 Tbsp Sour cream try our Dairy-free Sour Cream
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    Instructions
     

    Sofritas

    • For more details, visit our copycat chipotle sofritas recipe.
    • Use a firm tofu and press it. Pat it dry with a paper towel.
    • Fry thin tofu slices with a bit of olive oil until golden brown. Use a food processor to chop the fried tofu.
    • Add all marinade ingredients to a food processor and chop them until chunky.
    • Marinate the tofu crumbles for 30 minutes.
    • Take a cast-iron skillet or a frying pan and heat it over medium heat. If you feel the sauce became too thick at the end of the marinating time, add a bit of veggie broth. Start with ¼ cup (0,5dl). Add the marinated tofu crumbles and cook for about 10 minutes.

    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 fajita veggies post. However, if we need only 1-2 servings, we usually make pan-fried veggies in 5 minutes.
    • Peel and slice onion ¼-inch (4-5 mm) wide. Wash and slice bell peppers also ¼-inch (4-5 mm) wide.
    • Preheat 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 the fajitas spice mix. Stir to combine and fry them for 5 minutes until they are tender.

    Guacamole

    • Take a ripe avocado. Cut it 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 chopped ingredients, 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 ½ cup of Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice,
      ½ cup of Shredded Lettuce,
      Half of the prepared sofritas copycat,
      Half of the prepared fajita veggies,
      Half of the prepared Tomato and Corn Salsa,
      ½ cup of Black beans,
      ¼ cup of Shredded Cheese
      Half of the prepared Guacamole.
      Finish it off with 2-3 Tbsp vegan sour cream.
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    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Copycat Chipotle Veggie Bowl with Fajitas Veggies and Sofritas
    Amount Per Serving (1 bowl)
    Calories 900 Calories from Fat 405
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 45g69%
    Saturated Fat 9g56%
    Polyunsaturated Fat 8g
    Monounsaturated Fat 22g
    Sodium 920mg40%
    Potassium 1600mg46%
    Carbohydrates 110g37%
    Fiber 23g96%
    Sugar 13g14%
    Protein 22g44%
    Vitamin A 4807IU96%
    Vitamin C 120mg145%
    Calcium 191mg19%
    Iron 8mg44%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    UPDATED:This recipe was originally posted in May 2020, but we further tweaked the recipe, took new photos and rewritten it again in June 2021.

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    1. Laura

      October 08, 2021 at 7:56 pm

      What can I use instead of Lime Juice? I’m allergic to citrus, citrus acid and pectin.

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      • My Pure Plants

        October 08, 2021 at 8:23 pm

        Hi Laura, we use lime juice in Cilantro-Lime Rice and in Guacamole. As for the rice you can serve it with plain white or brown rice as well. As for the guacamole, you can try with a drop of apple cider vinegar or similar sour ingredient. Lime/lemon makes it fresher, greener, but you can absolutely enjoy it without it.

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    2. Dannii

      June 08, 2020 at 6:33 am

      5 stars
      No this is my kind of meal. All of my favourite flavours.

      Reply
    3. Biana

      June 08, 2020 at 3:07 am

      5 stars
      This recipe looks amazing for meal prep! Will be adding it to my meal prep schedule.

      Reply
    4. Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness

      June 08, 2020 at 2:27 am

      5 stars
      Wow! No way this is vegan! This looks so tasty. Bookmarked for later, thanks for the recipe!

      Reply
    5. Nart at Cooking with Nart

      June 07, 2020 at 11:47 pm

      5 stars
      This recipe is so delicious and healthy. I like to stock up on a few serving in my fridge whenever I make this!

      Reply
    6. Denay DeGuzman

      June 07, 2020 at 9:27 pm

      5 stars
      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.

      Reply

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