Flavorful honey chipotle chicken bowls with fresh veggies, and the most delicious spicy lime tahini dressing all come together in this filling and healthy lunch bowl. These bowls are hearty, full of whole grains and veggies, and a filling and delicious way to keep you feeling energized!
Honey Chipotle Chicken Bowls with the Best Spicy Lime Tahini Dressing
Everything tastes just a little bit better in a bowl, am I right? These honey chipotle chicken bowls are no exception. If I had to dream up the perfect lunch, it would be these hearty bowls. Here’s what they have going on:
- Tender and juicy honey chipotle chicken that has been marinated overnight and cooked to perfection.
- Lots of fresh veggies. I’m talking pickled onions, avocado, crunchy cabbage…all the good things.
- A spicy lime tahini dressing made with chipotle peppers, plenty of fresh lime juice, and lots of fresh herbs.
This recipe is swimming with deliciousness and also a great one to meal prep in advance for your lunch all week. I can promise that you will not get tired of these bowls. Keep reading to learn how to make them!
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Honey Chipotle Chicken Bowl Ingredients
Honey Chipotle Chicken:the delicious honey chipotle chicken is the star of the show in these bowls.
Grains: you can choose whatever grains you like for this bowl. I love to use brown rice, cilantro lime rice, or quinoa.
Spicy Lime Tahini Dressing: you’ll want to drizzle this on every single thing.
Toppings: the options are truly endless but I’ve included some of my favorites later on in this post.
Helpful Kitchen Tools
- mixing bowl
- sharp knife
- cutting board
- MEASURING CUPS
- MEASURING SPOONS
- Large Skillet
- meat thermometer
- whisk
How to Make Honey Chipotle Chicken Bowls
Step One: Add all of the chicken marinade ingredients to a small bowl and whisk together until well combined. Add the chicken and let it marinade for thirty minutes or up to overnight.
Step Two: After the chicken has marinated, discard the excess liquid. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the skillet is hot, add one tablespoon of oil to the pan. Next add the chicken to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until the chicken is browned and fully cooked through. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside. Be careful not to overcrowd the skillet when cooking the chicken to ensure it browns. You may need to cook the chicken in batches.
Step Three: Add all of the dressing ingredients to a high powered blender of food processor. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Step Four: Assemble your bowls. First start with your grain, then add the chicken, and finally your toppings. Drizzle the lime tahini dressing over everything and enjoy!
Smoky and Delicious Spicy Lime Tahini Dressing
One of the best parts of these bowls is the perfect spicy lime tahini dressing. Trust me, this stuff is delicious and not only works perfectly on this bowl but also as a go-to salad dressing.
What You Need:
- Tahini
- Chipotle peppers in adobo
- Fresh garlic
- Green onion
- Cilantro
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Orange juice
- Lime juice
To make: add all of the ingredients to a food processor or blender and then blending or processing until smooth and creamy. The dressing makes more than enough so you’ll have plenty to drizzle on your bowls or salads all week long.
Store this tahini dressing in the fridge and, because it includes tahini, it will likely thicken up as it chills. If you need to thin the dressing out a bit just add a little bit of water until it reaches the desired consistency.
Tips for Perfect Juicy Chicken
The key to this flavorful bowl is the honey chipotle chicken. Whether you make these exact bowls or not, keeping a flavorful protein on hand like this honey chipotle chicken is a great idea. You can easily use it whip up a quick lunch or dinner when you are running short on time!
Here are a few tips for the best juicy chicken:
- If you are making this recipe for meal prep you can marinate your chicken Saturday night and then cook it for the week on Sunday. This gives the chicken enough time to sit in the marinade.
- Use a heavy bottomed (like cast iron) or a non-stick skillet. If you are using a cast iron skillet, don’t skimp on the oil to ensure that the chicken does not stick.
- If the chicken breast is extra thick, use a sharp knife and split it in half to help it cook more evenly. This will help ensure that the chicken is tender and juicy all the way through and not overcooked in some areas while undercooked in others.
Toppings to Load Up Your Bowl
What I personally love about these chicken bowls is how customizable they are. Once you have the chicken prepared it’s just a matter of building your bowl with all your favorite toppings or whatever you have in the fridge at the time. Here are a few of personal favorite toppings to include in my bowls:
- Pickled onions (use this recipe for perfect pickled onions)
- Shredded cabbage
- Tomatoes
- Shredded carrots
- Avocado
- Roasted veggies
- Black beans
How to Store
Store the honey chipotle chicken and grains separately in the fridge for 3-5 days. When you’re ready just assemble the bowls with all of your favorite toppings.
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I hope you give these Honey Chipotle Chicken Bows a try! They are perfect for a quick and easy lunch!
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Honey Chipotle Chicken Bowls with Spicy Lime Tahini Dressing
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Flavorful chicken, seasoned with a honey chipotle marinade, fresh veggies, and the most delicious spicy lime tahini dressing all come together in this filling and healthy lunch bowl. These bowls are hearty, full of whole grains and veggies, and a filling and delicious way to keep you feeling energized!
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast, cut into pieces
- 1 tbsp avocado or coconut oil
For the chicken marinade
- ¼ cup lime juice
- ¼ cup orange juice
- ½ tsp chipotle powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp honey
For the Dressing
- ½ cup tahini
- 3 chipotle peppers in adobo
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup green onion
- ¼ cup cilantro
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup lime juice
Bowl Toppings
- Brown or white rice or quinoa
- Romaine lettuce
- Cilantro
- Pickled onions
- Avocado
- Tomatoes
- Carrots
Instructions
- Add all of the chicken marinade ingredients to a small bowl and whisk together until well combined. Add the chicken and let it marinade for thirty minutes or up to overnight.
- After the chicken has marinated, discard the excess liquid. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the skillet is hot, add one tablespoon of oil to the pan. Next add the chicken to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until the chicken is browned and fully cooked through. Remove the chicken from the pan. Do not overcrowd the skillet when cooking the chicken to ensure it browns. You may need to cook the chicken in batches.
- Make the lime tahini dressing by adding all of the dressing ingredients to a high powered blender of food processor. Blend until smooth and creamy.
- Assemble your bowls. Start with your grain, then add the chicken, and finally your toppings. Drizzle the lime tahini dressing over everything and enjoy!
Delicious!! We only did two adobo peppers in the dressing and it was just the right amount of spicy. We also made your pickled onions to top it. Will definitely be adding these bowls to our dinner rotation!
Such a tasty recipe – on rotation at our house now! Love how customizable it is 🙂
My husband and I LOVE this recipe. We made everything per instructions (double.it.) except for reducing the tahini dressing by 1 adobo pepper…Perfection! We want to put that dressing on everything. We also made your quick pickled onions and they are now going to be a staple in my fridge. Thank you for your amazing recipes!
These bowls are amazing!! The flavor is so good, and it is very versatile. We used what we had (as for veggies), and it turned out so delicious. We added cucumber along with tomatoes, carrots, cilantro, butter lettuce, avocado, and used marinated onions (No Crumbs Left) rather than pickled onions. Everything was so fresh and tasty. The chicken has such a great glaze on it from the marinade and the cooking method. You can’t go wrong! Thank you as always, Ashlea!
This is SO good! My husband and I both loved it. The dressing is to die for, I want to use it on everything!
This recipe is AMAZING! I’m always looking for new bowl or salad recipes and this will be on repeat for sure. The dressing is incredible with the perfect amount of kick. I’m excited to have it again for lunch tomorrow!
This was such an easy and flavorful dinner meal! So easy one pan and a blender so the cleanup is a breeze. Such an amazing blend of tangy and spicy I want to prep this meal for weeks on end and my roommates loved it too!!!! 10/10 recommend
This recipe will be on repeat at my house! The flavors were amazing with the chicken marinade and the dressing. All three of my teenagers gave it raving reviews (which never happens!).
I tried this recipe for lunch yesterday and it was super satisfying and flavorful! I love all of the colorful toppings and the citrusy bite from the lime. I used tofu in place of the chicken, and that swap worked out perfectly. Thank you for this recipe idea, Ashlea!
This chicken marinade is awesome and will now be on heavy rotation at our house! Thank you!
This recipe was so very good!! We will definitely be making this again. The only substitution we made was a mix of cayenne and smoked paprika in place of chipotle powder for the marinade.
The tahini dressing is my new favorite thing! I dare say these bowls even rival my order from Chipotle.
Loved this recipe. The dressing was amazing. Made it with my friend last night and will be added it to the meal prep rotation!!
Omg this tahini lime dressing is a DREAM. I seriously could eat it all day every day! Next time I’ll be making a double recipe – I’ve been pouring it on everything to jazz up all my fridge leftovers.
This recipe was incredibly flavorful, balanced, and so insanely delicious! I couldn’t find chipotle in adobo, so subbed in some chipotle powder and apple cider vinegar. I also baked chicken thighs with bone-in rather than chicken breast. With the acidity from Ashlea’s pickled red onions, the tender flavorful chicken, lettuce, scallions, avocado, brown rice, and beautifully smoked lime tahini dressing, this meal will definitely be placed on rotation. YUM!!!!
Oh my goodness, I am in LOVE with this recipe! There are so many fun flavors in the meat and the dressing! I mixed the dressing into EVERYTHING it was so good! I’m usually not a huge fan of the taste of meat, but the marinade in this made it taste soo good! I ended up leaving out the cilantro from the dressing (because the hubby is not a fan) but thought it still tasted amazing! The best part was adding all the greens I’ve been trying to use up from my fridge—it feels so good when you know you’re eating healthy!