Healthy chipotle chicken burrito bowl with spiced rice, black beans, avocado, and fresh salsa. Air fryer Mexican recipe ready in 25 minutes.
For this recipe, you'll need a small ½ litre heatproof pudding bowl and Sunbeam Multi Zone Steam Air Fryer.
You will need:
For the chicken
- 1 large chicken breast (approx 300g)
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp tomato paste
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
For the rice
- 1 sweet capsicum, red or yellow
- 1 small red onion, peeled
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 sachet x 250g cooked mexican spicy rice
- 200g rinsed and drained cooked black beans
- 2 tbsp salsa, taken from a jar
- Small handful of chopped coriander
To finish
- 1 medium, ripe avocado
- ½ lime juiced
- 6 vine cherry tomatoes
- 1 spring onion
- Small handful of coriander
Let's make it:
Step 1:
Place your chicken breast onto a plate and using a sharp knife score some slashes on both sides.
Step 2:
Using a small bowl, mix the smoked paprika, chilli flakes, brown sugar, tomato paste, lime juice, oregano, olive oil and a little seasoning.
Step 3:
Add in the chicken fillet and spoon over the marinade, ensuring all parts of the chicken are coated. Set aside.
Step 4:
Dice your capsicum and onion into small bite sized pieces.
Step 5:
Remove the airflow tray from one of your Multi Zone Steam baskets.
Step 6:
Add the capsicum and onions to the basket along with the olive oil and paprika give it a stir or shake to mix and place into the air fryer.
Step 7:
Place the marinated chicken onto one of the small roasting trays and insert into the other cooking zone towards the top.
Step 8:
Cook on Air fry, 200°C, Match for 20 mins.
Step 9:
This ensures both sides cook at the same setting of time and temperature.
Step 10:
Once the air fryer indicates the cooking time is half way through with an audible beep, turn over the chicken and stir the capsicum and onions. Continue cooking.
Step 11:
Whilst the food is cooking, roughly chop the coriander and place into a small bowl.
Step 12:
Remove the stone from the avocado and either slice or chop into chunks, place into a small bowl and squeeze over the lime.
Step 13:
Chop the spring onion and quarter the tomatoes, season with some salt and pepper and mix in some of the chopped coriander.
Step 14:
Once both sides finish, remove the chicken and set aside to rest (cover with some foil to keep warm).
Step 15:
Stir the rice into the capsicum , add the black beans and salsa and cook for a further 5 minutes at Turbo Crisp until piping hot.
Step 16:
Slice the chicken diagonally.
Step 17:
Spoon the cooked rice into 2 bowls. Add the chicken slices to the side. Top with the tomato and onion and the avocado slices. Drizzle with sauce of your choice and scatter over the remaining coriander.
