Its a weeknight and you don't want to spend too much time in the kitchen? Instant Pot Vegan Burrito bowl comes to the rescue. Its a versatile dish and you can add whatever veggies and proteins and toppings to meet your family taste. This homemade burrito bowl is way better than restaurant made as it is healthy, you control what goes in it and no preservatives ever! You can have this burrito bowl for lunch, dinner and anything in between. This homemade instant pot vegan burrito bowl version is amazing, its packed with veggies, beans, and salsa. This is about to become your new go-to meal for weeknights, weekends or any other day! All you need to do is arrange the ingredients in the Instant-pot and walk away.
Ola everyone! If you love Mexican cuisine, the spicy flavors and meals served in a bowl, this healthy burrito bowl recipe is just the thing for you. It also means that we are now officially best friends ;) and guess what it also turns out much healthier and cost effective!!
I absolutely love one-bowl meals. It is the main dish and it is a side dish! Everything is already included in this one delicious burrito bowl! Eat it for lunch, eat it for dinner, or a send it in kids lunch box. Everyone loves the burrito bowl and eats it all up!
As you know, one of my favorite kitchen GADGET RIGHT NOW is my Instant Pot, and my favorite cuisine to cook in is Mexican, thus I am sharing one of my family favorites with you all today! What’s more is that this burrito bowl recipe is one of those, ‘set it and forget it’ meals. You just dump all the ingredients in the Instant Pot, cover it, and forget about it till its time to eat.
How can I make Chipotle burrito bowl at home
When it comes to Mexican rice bowl aka burrito bowl, you can be super creative. Just like at Chipotle you select your favorite ingredients to go in a burrito bowl, you can do it here as well. Add the stuff you love, omit the stuff you don’t –
What ingredients can I add to the healthy Burrito Bowl?
For the salsa - I used my very own recipe. Feel free to use the canned salsa – any salsa works well with this burrito bowl!
Black beans - you can make them from scratch at home or use organic non-GMO black beans.
Rice - you can use any rice long grain or small.do not use sticky rice. You will be adding uncooked rice to the instant pot.Make sure you rinse the rice several times to remove the starch.
For the dressing skip the sour cream and try our 5-minute Avocado Cilantro Dressing, you will never go back to sour cream.
Vegetables - Add as many or as little veggies.
Don’t have an Instant Pot?
Not to worry!! checkout Stove Top Directions in the NOTES below.
These amazing taco burrito bowls are super healthy too! All those natural unprocessed ingredients are so good for you! Yummy and healthy one-bowl meal – that’s a winner that’s worth making again and again and again! The best part of making these burrito bowls at home is that you can customize them as much as you want. We are all unique, after all. So why should eat someone else’s burrito bowl?
Our Most Loved Mexican Recipes :
5 minutes Avocado cilantro dressing
Do check out the Instant Pot Vegan Burrito Bowl Recipe video below
Instant pot Vegan burrito bowl
Its a weeknight and you don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen? Instant Pot Vegan Burrito bowl comes to the rescue. Its a versatile dish and you can add whatever veggies and proteins and toppings to meet your family taste
Ingredients
- 2 cup long grain white rice ( wash and rinse)
- 2 cups water
- salt to taste
- 2-3 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup diced onion
- 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 jalepeno
- 2 cups diced bell peppers /colorful bell peppers
- 1 cup corn (fresh or frozen)
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can black beans, drained
- 1-1/2 cups Salsa
- 3 tablespoon taco seasoning
- 1 avocado, diced
- few olives- optional
- 1 cup / optionalShredded vegan cheese
Instructions
- Rinse the rice multiple times and keep it aside.
- Heat the oil in the bottom of the Instant Pot, using the "saute" setting. Add in the garlic and jalapenos and give it a stir.
- Add in the chopped Onions . Saute the onions until start to soften, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add in the Bell peppers, corn ,black beans ,rice , salsa, salt to taste, taco seasoning and chopped Olives and give it a nice stir.
- Add in the water, then seal the lid, making sure that the switch at the top is flipped from venting to sealing. Press the "rice" button, or manually cook at high pressure 5 minutes.
- When DONE Let the pressure out.
- Remove the lid, being careful to avoid any steam releasing from the pot, Serve warm, with any toppings you love, such as avocado, olives, cheese salsa, and shredded lettuce.
Notes
Stove Top Directions: You can heat everything in a covered pot over the stove. Instead of hitting the “rice” button using the directions above, simply bring everything to a boil in a large pot over high heat, then lower the heat and cover to steam until rice is cooked and the liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove the lid and serving with your favorite topping.
Lindsay says
So easy and delicious! I topped it off with cashew chiptle sauce instead of sour cream. My husband went back for seconds! Winner!
Ellen says
How do I prevent it from getting mushy? (Usually it gets burnt at the bottom & mushy on top)
Greg in Nashville says
The first part of step 1 seems to have gotten garbled. "Rinse the re multiple time and keep it it asians iHeat the oil in the bottom of the Instant Pot, using the "saute" setting. Add in the garlic and jalapenos and give it a stir.Add in the chopped Onions . Saute the onions until start to soften, about 3 to 5 minutes."
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Greg, sorry about that.Fixed it
Ellen says
I'm not the author but I would recommend using 6 qt rather than 3 qt.
Ellen says
I tried doubling the recipe with 4 cups rice + 4 cups water, but the rice at the top ended up undercooked while rice at the bottom was mushy. Any suggestions how to fix this? Thanks. I have a 6qt IP.
Do I need to do 2 rounds instead?
(First time I made this came out delicious but all other times ended up like this!)
Karen says
Can you add tofu to this? I love a sofarita bowl
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Karen, totally you can add firm tofu in it .
Cathy says
The first line has mistakes. Also, you said you cooked this in the 8 qt and then said the 6 qt. Will this fit in a 3 qt and 6 qt. I have both. Thank you. Sounds delicious. I cannot wait to make it.
jennifer bertotti says
Is it just me, the first step seems like the words are all jumbled?
Soniya saluja says
Hi Jennifer, thanks for getting that to our notice...fixed the issue :)
GordN says
I used plant based protein (light life). I noticed you did not say when to add cilantro, I’m wondering if you meant to say cilantro where you wrote olives?
Soniya Saluja says
Hi GordN, you can add the cilantro in the end after the rice is cooked.
Darlene says
Thank you for the fast response, Soniya! I rinsed, soaked, rinsed, rinsed my rice. I put the salsa on top. I still got the burn notice :( I added water to finish the job, so now I have mush. However, it's tastes good!
Soniya Saluja says
Hie Darlene, all you need to do is rinse the rice till the water runs clear.. soaking the rice in water make the rice grains to Break while cooking. Hope you nail it next time.
Darlene says
2 cups of rice seems like a lot and it doesn't look like 2 cups of rice in the video. Doesn't 2 cups of dry rice equal approximately 4 cups cooked?
Soniya Saluja says
Hello Darlene, this recipe was made in a 8qt instant pot. You can max make 4 cups of rice easily at one time. You are correct 2 cups of uncooked rice is equal to 4-5 cups of cooked rice. You can reduce the quantity To 1 cup rice as it will serve 2 to3 people max.
Sukhi says
Hi - on this recipe, it says when the 5 minutes of High pressure is done, then "let the pressure out" which i'm assuming is quick release. But then on the link you posted in the comments for cooking diff types of rice it says using natural release is important for cooking rice in the instant pot. For example the jasmine rice method says to let it natural release for 10mins. Could you please clarify if we do quick release for this recipe, or natural?
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Sukhi, when making a burrito bowl we recommend Quick release.
Ada says
I made this burrito bowl recipe last night. I wanted to use brown basmati rice and wasn’t sure what adjustments I would need to make on the Instant Pot (I’m a newbie)so I made it on the stove. I increased the water to 2/½ cups and let it simmer for 45 minutes. It was DELICIOUS!??. I will definitely be making it again???. Thanks for sharing the recipe ?
Soniya Saluja says
Hey Ada, so glad to hear that ❤️. Well you can adjust the time for brown rice, Jasmine rice and basmati rice by checking this post :) https://thebellyrulesthemind.net/how-to-make-perfect-instant-pot-rice/
Debbie Mallette says
Can you use brown rice instead of white?
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Debbie, totally you can use brown rice but the time changes significantly here is the link for how long you need to cook the brown rice https://thebellyrulesthemind.net/how-to-make-perfect-instant-pot-rice/
Tracey says
I have an 8 quart IP, and want to double the recipe.. How would I adjust the cooking time? Thank you.
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Tracy, glad to hear that you want to make this delicious better then chiptole burrito bowl. So the time remains the same . But if you are doubling and using a 8 qt IP .The ratio 4 cups of rice use 4:3/4 cup water .Do share your experience with us ?♥️ xoxo
Kate says
I've made this 3 or 4 times and love it BUT every.single.time my IP gives me the burn error code after a couple minutes. Any suggestions? I must be doing something wrong.
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Kate, So sorry to hear that you have made it so many times and you get BURN notice :( So with all the research on IP I have come to the conclusion that the culprit is Tomato/salsa. Next time if you decide to make add it in the very end and do not stir. One more question what rice are you using? I hope you are washing and rinsing the rice nicely so there is no starch.that can also be the reason.Thanks for reaching out to us abiua the issue.. hope we can solve it? xoxo
Radha says
Made it for lunch today .. my son loved it ??thank you for sharing the recipe
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Radha, we are so glad to hear that ❤️ keep trying our other IP Recipes.. hint hint tomorrow is a new Recipe publish day?
Meagan Northrup says
I’m assuming the green sauce on top of avocado am I right ?I’m trying to figure out how to make green sauce on top it is not avocado
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Meagan ? yes it's avocado ? here the link .. do give it a try
https://thebellyrulesthemind.net/5-minute-avocado-cilantro-dressing/
Esther says
I think the stove top version would require 4 cups of water.
Could you switch rice for fideo (angle hair)?
Divisha says
Hi Sonia
Can I try this burrito bowl recipe in a rice cooker
You have not posted the red salsa recipe that you have used in the recipe
Pls reply
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Divisha, you can certainly .make this burrito bowl in your rice cooker.. the salsa recipe is given in the post
But here you go https://thebellyrulesthemind.net/fresh-home-made-salsa/ for your convenience you can add store bought salsa too :)
Divisha says
Thank you Soniya for your reply
What are tomatillos?
Soniya Saluja says
Thry Are green tomatoes
Divisha says
If I am making this in a Tefal rice cooker if I use 2 cups basmati biryani Long grain rice do I just put in 2 cups of water as stated in your recipe
How Long will it take to cook in rice cooker ?
Soniya Saluja says
If you are going to make it in your rice cooker follow the recipe till you add rice as per instructions given in my receipe card. Then add water as per your rice cooker instructions.Everything else is sauteed and the beans are cooked so it should take average rice cooker time to cook.
Do share your feedback with us
Chandana says
Can you please add the videos, that would really help. Thank you!!
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Chandana, the video is already there in the post...just above the pin image!
Please check again :)
Erin says
It was a hit with the family, my kids loved it and great for a quick meal!
Heather says
I only have dried beans. Would it work?
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Heather, unfortunately the dried beans won't work in this recipe ? you would have to cook the beans separately and then add the cooked beans in it coz it on take 5 mins for the rice to cook. We have a Black bean soup (from dried beans) recipe on our blog you can make that and then use some in the burrito bowl next day :)
Hope you give it a try!
XOXO
Richa says
Easy yummy nutritious one pot meal. Thanks for the wonderful recipe. I am happy that my kids liked it too.
Soniya Saluja says
Hey Richa, we are so glad to hear that! Thanks for taking your time out to share your experience with us❤️
XOXO
Lisa says
After having been disappointed in the past, I’ve grown skeptical of recipes that seemed too easy to be good. This recipe is certainly the exception! It was super easy and absolutely outstanding!
A few shortcuts - I used frozen chopped onions and frozen chopped bell peppers (Trader Joe’s). I used the chipotle garlic salsa from Trader Joe’s which is already 1.5 cups and is my altime favorite salsa.
I will be making this regularly. Thank you for this recipe!
Dilini says
Tried his recipe today and it was delicious , I added chicken too. Rice was cooked perfectly and my whole family enjoyed it. Recipe was clear and precise. Thank you so much
Soniya Saluja says
Hey Dilini, we are so happy to hear that! Thanks for sharing your experience with us ❤️ hope you keep visiting us for more delicious recipes.
CHRISTINE M CANN says
Hello. I am going to try this. Just wondering.....could I substitute brown rice and the directions and timing would remain the same? Thanks.
Soniya Saluja says
Hey Christine, great! The only change is going to be the time 15 mins for brown rice. Do share your feedback with us :)
R. Allen says
Hi Soniya, does the amount of water have to be adjusted when using brown rice?
Soniya Saluja says
Hey R.Allen, the only change will be the time. That will change to 15 mins. Do share your feedback with us after to make it :)
Brianne Marcoux says
Hi! Does anyone know how many servings this makes? Approximately?
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Brianne, this recipe serves 4-6 people!
Deepika says
This tasted heavenly!! My 6yr old picky eater loved it and kept asking for more. the avocado dip was the highlight!!
Soniya Saluja says
We are so glad to hear your experience Deepika❤️ Thank you ❤️
Ayesha S says
This was delicious! I did not even miss having meat in the dish. I also made the avocado cilantro dip.
Soniya Saluja says
Thanks Ayesha for taking your time out and sharing your experience with us.. I agree it's so full of flavors that you do not miss the meat and + the avocado cilantro dressing is the BOMB ?
StCy says
This was so easy and delicious ?. Will for sure make this again!!!
Soniya Saluja says
Hey Stcy, thanks for sharing your experience with us :) glad to hear that you will be making it again and again and again❤️
Yvonne Langer says
Which brand of rice do you use...looks kinda curly.
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Yvonne, we used Basmati rice(Royal brand name)we love the texture and this brand.its available at Costco
Priscilla says
thank you! This was easy, made quite a bit and I'll be making this again.
Soniya Saluja says
It's our pleasure Priscilla ❤️ Thanks for taking your time out to shari your feedback with us ❤️
Priscilla says
I passed it along to a friend & she is making it tonight. Also Thank You for the comment about time adjustment for brown rice, that is helpful for her. Excellence job writing a good recipe. It makes my heart happy when I try a new recipe such as this recipe & it works perfectly,...rice perfect & no burn message! I need to try more of your recipes. Blessings!
Soniya Saluja says
Hey Priscilla, It feels nice to know that you were successful in your try the first time! That is what we strive for on our blog.We try are recipes multiple times before posting it on our blog. Thanks sharing your experience with us and your friends... Do try our other IP Recipe ..keep visiting our blog ! xoxo
Kat says
Yummy recipe, my family loved it. So easy to make as is everything in the
IP.
Soniya Saluja says
Thanks Kat for making and sharing your feedback with us ❤️
Pam says
is this recipe for a 3qt pot or 6 qt?
Soniya Saluja says
Hi Pam, this was made in 6qt IP. But you can easily make it in a 3qt too.
Asha says
Did this today and loved by everyone. Its so easy and flavorful. simply love this dish.can you please suggest few of ur best and easy to make recipes to try ??
Soniya Saluja says
Hey Asha, so glad to hear that it was loved by you and your family ❤️ you can switch the beans in this recipe . We have minestrone soup on our blog which is easy quick and delicious .. all our Mexican Recipes too do try our charro beans. Xoxo
Wanda Lopez says
This sounds like my kind of recipe. Easy, hearty and full of flavors. My family will love this dish anytime of the week.
Soniya Saluja says
Thanks Wanda,.hope you try it soon!
angie says
this sounds mighty good love that you shared the stove top directions as well
Soniya Saluja says
Glad you liked the stove top direction...give it a try and share your experience with us
Fonda @Savvy Southern Chic says
These sound amazing! I need an instapot.
Soniya Saluja says
It's a great investment.. you won't be disappointed ?
Cindy Gordon says
Oh that looks so good! I love food that sits so well in my stomach too; this is perfect!
Anwesha Guha says
I love burritos but never tried a burrito bowl before. This looks delicious as well as a healthy choice. I would definitely try this recipe at home.
Kirsta says
I love burrito bowls and so does my youngest. I will definitely be making this later.
Marie says
I love Instant Pot recipes and this looks so delicious. It's wonderful how versatile this burrito bowl recipe is!
The Home Cook's Kitchen says
this looks so colourful and healthy! I don't have an instant pot but if I did I would definitely get on board with this!
DeliciousLittleBites says
I love that you can make this in the Instant Pot - definitely have to give it a try!
Soniya Saluja says
Thanks..do share yours valuable feedback with us ?
Sheree says
This burrito bowl recipe looks so delicious, I really like the fact that it is vegan as well, I will definitely have to give it a try!
~xo Sheree
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Leanne says
This looks so filling and healthy! Its not easy finding a vegan recipe thats delicious and healthy at the same time, so this definitely hits the mark.
Soniya Saluja says
Thank you so much! Its my family favorite and a great potluck meal too. Always a HIT!
Chelsea says
This looks so fresh and amazing. I think this just might be on the menu this week!
Soniya Saluja says
Awesome! Do share your experience with us?
Lisa Huff says
Love how easy this looks to make! So many great fresh flavors. Love!
Soniya Saluja says
Thanks Lisa? the 5 minute avocado cilantro dressing is a must in this burrito bowl :)
Leslie says
Yum! We try to stay vegetarian at least once a week, and burrito bowls are my husband's favorite on those days. It's nice to know that we have a homemade option too!
Soniya Saluja says
Thanks Leslie! This is one of my family favorite and I give my own twist to it by adding or omitting some ingredients :)