I’ve got a super healthy chicken burrito recipe for you today. It’s sugar free, dairy free, gluten free and delicious! So satisfying it will want you coming back for more 🙂
Chicken Burrito Recipe
We’ve got a super healthy chicken burrito recipe for you today. It’s sugar free, dairy free, gluten free and delicious! So satisfying it will want you coming back for more
Ingredients
- 500g/ 1.1lb chicken thighs – diced
- 1 onion – diced
- 1 teaspoon dried cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried garam marsala
- 1/2 teaspoon dried chili flakes
- 1 tin diced tomatoes
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- Olive oil, coconut oil or ghee
- 1 carrot – grated
- 1 zucchini/courgette – grated
- 1 yellow or red bell pepper – sliced
- Iceberg lettuce leaves
Instructions
- Place diced tomatoes & dried basil in a small pan & simmer to cook, stirring occasionally
- Heat a small amount of oil in a large fry pan or wok
- Add onion and cook until browning, then add spices to the onion to release the aromas
- Remove onion and spice mix from pan into a bowl & set aside
- Heat more oil in the pan until hot
- Add diced chicken & cook until just browning about 3-4 minutes
- Add onion spice mix back to the pan & cook until the chicken is just cooked and tender
- Turn off the pan & allow to rest for a few minutes while you prepare the grated & sliced vegetables
- Carefully remove lettuce leaves from the base of the lettuce so the leaves remain whole
- Serve the sauce and chicken into bowls & the salad vegetables onto a plate
- Dig in and get your hands dirty by layering your ingredients into a healthy burrito. YUM!
This is one of my 15-20 minute meals! I’ve got a whole bunch of these fast meals up my sleeve because you really don’t have to slave away in the kitchen for hours in order to eat well.
I hope you enjoy it 🙂
