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Mar 24, 2011

Review: Chipotle - Chicken Burrito Bowl

Chipotle's Chicken Burrito Bowl is their Chicken Burrito built the way you like it, sans the flour tortilla, served in a bowl. The price is the same as a Chicken Burrito at $5.69 but the eating is actually neater with a spoon or fork.

I think I like getting my burrito as a bowl rather than the traditional method; the flour tortilla is just to hold everything together and gets soggy if you save some for later. Also, they roll the burrito rather fat so I almost inevitably lose some of the stuffing while eating.

I don't know why I chose to get lettuce. What kind of bowl is full of lettuce? A salad bowl that's what. I think I went a little too crazy having them add everything but the lettuce is the only thing I regret.
I tried the spicy red tomatillo sauce for the first time and really liked it; it's like a red sauce and add as good amount of heat that I enjoyed. The chicken was well-seasoned and have that slightly charred flavor that only an open flame can give. Combined with the rice, the three salsas, the beans, and the cheese, there was a lot of flavors going on with my Burrito Bowl and I enjoyed it heartily. It's a pretty good value since there was enough food to feed me for two meals.

The only thing I would change next time would be to get more rice and zero lettuce.

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Nutritional Info - Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl(piecemeal because that's how they list it)
Cilantro-Lime Rice (3 oz)
Calories - 130 (30 from Fat)
Fat - 3g (Saturated Fat - .5g)
Sodium - 150mg
Carbs - 23g (Sugar - 0g)
Protein - 2g

Chicken (4 oz)
Calories - 190 (60 from Fat)
Fat - 6.5g (Saturated Fat - 2g)
Sodium - 370mg
Carbs - 1g (Sugar - 1g)
Protein - 32g

Black Beans (4 oz)
Calories - 120 (10 from Fat)
Fat - 1g (Saturated Fat - 0g)
Sodium - 250mg
Carbs - 23g (Sugar - less than 1g)
Protein - 7g

Tomato Salsa (3.5 oz)
Calories - 20 (0 from Fat)
Fat - 0g (Saturated Fat - 0g)
Sodium - 470mg
Carbs - 4g (Sugar - 3g)
Protein - 1g

Corn Salsa (3.5 oz)
Calories - 80 (15 from Fat)
Fat - 1.5g (Saturated Fat - 0g)
Sodium - 410mg
Carbs - 15g (Sugar - 4g)
Protein - 3g

Red Tomatillo Salsa (2 oz)
Calories - 40 (10 from Fat)
Fat - 1g (Saturated Fat - 0g)
Sodium - 510mg
Carbs - 8g (Sugar - 4g)
Protein - 2g

Cheese (1 oz)
Calories - 100 (80 from Fat)
Fat - 8.5g (Saturated Fat - 5g)
Sodium - 180mg
Carbs - 0g (Sugar - 0g)
Protein - 8g

Romaine Lettuce (1 oz)
Calories - 5 (0 from Fat)
Fat - 0g (Saturated Fat - 0g)
Sodium - 0mg
Carbs - 1g (Sugar - 0g)
Protein - 0g