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    Home » Recipes » Weight Watcher Recipes

    Weight Watchers Burrito Bowls Low Smart Points

    Published: Dec 21, 2017 · Modified: Aug 25, 2024 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · 75 Comments

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    Burrito bowls are a great recipe to use up a ton of awesome and healthy pantry staples if you're on a weight loss journey or healthy lifestyle.  Corn, black beans, and cauliflower rice are so low in points and will help keep you full for hours depending on if you're on the purple plan, green, or blue plan. Great for meal prepping as well. ⁠

    Burrito bowl topped with yogurt and all the fixings in a white bowl

    If you're looking for even more of my most popular recipes for Weight Watchers check out the recipe index page. There's over 400 recipes there for you to follow. Or check out my Crock Pot Turkey Chili or the famous Egg Roll in a Bowl.

    Hey everyone who actually reads these blog posts. If you want to see how these burrito bowls are made, check out my youtube channel. I posted a whole entire video on What I Ate in a Day on the new Weight Watchers Freestyle Program. I also have a Tiktok page now. Come follow me at @jennarecipediaries

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    • Ingredients for Burrito Bowls (Zero Point Options)
    • Other Optional Toppings
    • How to Make Burrito Bowls
    • What can I serve with Burrito Bowls?
    • How do you meal prep Burrito Bowls?
    • Recipe FAQs
    • More Great Recipes to Try:
    • Weight Watchers Burrito Bowls

    Ingredients for Burrito Bowls (Zero Point Options)

    • Chicken - When the weather is nice out grill your chicken breasts!  I'll season my chicken breasts with fajita seasoning and cook them on the grill. The taste of grilled chicken is way better and doing it this way instead of using ground chicken actually reminds me of a real burrito bowl that you'd get at say like Chipotle or Moe's.  Use cooking spray instead of oil to cook your chicken. Air Fryer Chicken Breasts
    • Ground Chicken - My original recipe below calls for ground chicken. I prefer these burrito bowls using grilled chicken breasts but ground chicken is just another option to do if you ever want to change it up.  99% fat-free turkey can also be used.
    • Black Beans - I try to eat low sodium foods so I always look for less sodium canned black beans. Same goes with canned corn.
    • Corn - This is a fun topping to put on burrito bowls in the Sumemetime. People with smokers can try my Easy Smoked Corn on the Cob
    • Green Onions - optional
    • Kraft Fat-Free cheese - ¼ cup of fat-free cheese is 0 points. Anything beyond that amount is more.
    • Plain Greek yogurt  - Greek yogurt is a great substitute for sour cream and it is zero points!

    Other Optional Toppings

    • Rice - I do not like anything cauliflower but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE rice. Rice is awesome but if you like cauliflower rice feel free to use it. I'm not stopping you! Different types of rice will be different points. I always cook a batch of whatever I have on hand and measure out ½ cup. Then I start piling on the other ingredients.
    • Long grain white rice: ½ cup for 3 points
    • Minute Rice White, Instant Rice, Premium Long Grain: 1 cup for 5 points
    • Brown Instant Rice: ½ cup for 5 points
    • You have to try this with The Best Damn Guacamole Ever

    How to Make Burrito Bowls

    Step 1 In a non stick skillet cook the chicken until brown and no longer pink. Add the taco seasoning packet and ¾ cup of water. Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes and remove from heat.

    Recipe Tip: You can also cook the chicken on a Blackstone Griddle.

    How to make Burrito Bowls.

    Step 2 Gather or prep all the ingredients while the ground chicken is cooking. Open the can of black beans and corn. Dice the tomatoes and green onion.

    Step 3 In a medium sauce pan add 1 cup of Instant Rice and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and remove from heat and cover until all the water is absorbed. P.S. Skip this step and use Microwave Rice Packets to make it easier.

    Step 4 Now it's time to make the burrito bowls. Add ½ cup of rice to a bowl and then top with all the ingredients you just prepared. Enjoy.

    What can I serve with Burrito Bowls?

    Smoked Queso and Smoked Salsa are a fun option to add on top of the Burrito Bowls

    Proteins: If you are not into zero point foods like ground chicken you can sub a lean ground beef, pork, or air fryer steak. - You will have to check the smartpoints for these on their app.

    How do you meal prep Burrito Bowls?

    Burrito bowls are super simple to meal prep! On a Sunday or whenever you prefer to meal prep, cook your protein and rice. Let the chicken and rice cool down and place all the ingredients minus the avocado in a glass meal prep container. They have those little 1 oz containers you can buy at the store and you can use those for the cheese, greek yogurt, and avocado.

    Recipe FAQs

    Can I sub cauliflower rice to make it zero points?

    You sure can if you like cauliflower! I am not a fan of it so that is why I used rice. I tried cauliflower quite a few times and it's just not my thing. I'd rather save my points for real rice. 🙂

    Burrito bowl topped with yogurt and all the fixings in a white bowl

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    Weight Watchers Burrito Bowls

    5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star 5 from 11 reviews
    • Author: Jenna
    • Prep Time: 20min
    • Cook Time: 3-5min
    • Total Time: 25min
    • Yield: 6
    • Category: Easy
    • Method: Stovetop
    • Cuisine: American
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    Description

    Burrito bowls are a great recipe to use up a ton of awesome and healthy pantry staples if you're on a weight loss journey or healthy lifestyle.  


    Ingredients

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    • 1 ½ pounds of chicken - ground (98% fat-free)
    • 1 packet of Mrs. Dash low sodium taco seasoning or any taco seasoning packet
    • 1 15 oz can of black beans
    • 1 15 oz can of corn
    • 4 roma tomatoes, chopped
    • 1 bunch of scallions, chopped
    • 6 tablespoons or more of Fat Free Salsa or Pico De Gallo
    • 12 tablespoons of Fat Free Cheddar Cheese
    • Rice of choice cooked, see notes above
    • 6 dollops or tablespoons of Greek Yogurt ( optional)


    Instructions

    1. In a non stick skillet cook the chicken until brown and no longer pink. Add the taco seasoning packet and ¾ cup of water. Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes and remove from heat.
    2. Gather or prep all the ingredients while the ground chicken is cooking. Open the can of black beans and corn. Dice the tomatoes and green onion.
    3. In a medium sauce pan add 1 cup of Instant Rice and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and remove from heat and cover until all the water is absorbed.
    4. Now it's time to make the burrito bowls. Add ½ cup of rice to a bowl and then top with all the ingredients you just prepared. Enjoy.

    Notes

    My WW Personal Points: 3 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in)  

    # of servings is listed as yields underneath the recipe name


    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1
    • Calories: 355
    • Sugar: 5g
    • Sodium: 372mg
    • Fat: 9g
    • Saturated Fat: 2g
    • Unsaturated Fat: 1g
    • Carbohydrates: 60g
    • Fiber: 5g
    • Protein: 25g

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    Disclaimer:   Please do not use the nutrition info in the recipe to figure out the points. It has zero-point foods included in the data. The recipe builder will be more accurate.

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    Comments

    1. Diana says

      November 24, 2020 at 6:00 pm

      This is fast and easy. Great meal for a rushed mid-week. I sauteed a yellow onion in a little bit of olive oil then added the chicken until it was no longer pink. I added the taco seasoning then the black beans to heat them up. I roasted frozen corn in the oven until warm/hot. I built the bowls as described topped with salsa. It tasted good and satisfying.

    2. Laura says

      October 14, 2020 at 2:56 pm

      My husband and I actually really liked the rice cauliflower in this dish. We decided to put a spin on it and try using ground turkey breast instead if chicken, and it was delicious!!!

    3. Pam says

      October 08, 2020 at 3:22 pm

      Sounds great, just starting WW so looking for quick and easy recipes and I am with you rice is a grain and cauliflower is a vegetable and in my mine you can not sub one for the other. Cauliflower tastes like cauliflower and rice tastes a whole lot better.
      Great site.

    4. Jenna says

      September 09, 2020 at 2:00 pm

      Good idea Nikki!

    5. Nikki Stark says

      September 09, 2020 at 12:28 pm

      I really dislike fat free greek yogurt but I found it bearable by adding taco seasoning to it and mixing it up with some salsa! Yum!

    6. Jenna says

      August 22, 2020 at 7:48 pm

      The # of servings is listed as yields.

    7. Chris Hilbert says

      August 22, 2020 at 7:37 pm

      How many bowls does this make?

    8. Jenna says

      August 02, 2020 at 4:15 pm

      The # of servings is listed as yield in the recipe.

    9. Tricia says

      August 02, 2020 at 3:33 pm

      How many bowls can u make from the recipe for the bowls

    10. Jenna says

      July 26, 2020 at 10:46 am

      bonnie - Just sub cauliflower rice in the recipe builder instead of regular rice.

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