These Brown Rice Chickpea Taco Bowls with Jalapeño Cilantro Sauce are perfect for meal prep or an easy weeknight dinner.
Another simple weeknight dinner coming at you. These bowls are super satisfying. Filled with veggies, warm chickpeas, refried beans and topped with my favorite Jalapeño Cilantro Sauce.
There is nothing better than a warm bowl of good stuff. This is one of those dinners that you will want to eat again and again. You can also swap out the veggies depending on what you have on hand. Or even use up any cooked veggies you have leftover.
There is a lot of wiggle room with this recipe.
Can you meal prep these Brown Rice Chickpea Taco Bowls?
Yep. You totally can meal prep these chickpea taco bowls! It is actually the perfect meal prepped lunch. Make everything on Sunday, separate it out and eat it all week long. I prefer to keep the hot and cold ingredients separated and then combine them once I am ready to eat. No one wants a soggy slaw.
No matter when or how you eat this, you will not be disappointed.
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Brown Rice Chickpea Taco Bowls with Jalapeño Cilantro Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 15-ounce can chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
- ¼ cup salsa plus more for topping
- Jalapeño Cilantro Sauce* to taste
- 1 15-ounce can refried beans
- 2 cups brown rice cooked
- 2 cups pre-made slaw
- cilantro, lime wedges, jalapeño for topping
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the chickpeas, taco seasoning and salsa to the pan and cook until heated through. Remove from heat until ready to use.
- Prepare the Jalapeño Cilantro Sauce according to the instructions. Set aside until ready to use.
- Heat refried beans in a pan over low heat.
- To assemble add rice, beans, chickpeas and slaw to each bowl. Top with Jalapeño Cilantro Sauce and serve with cilantro, lime wedges and/or jalapeño slices.
Notes
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Adrienne
This dish is amazing! I packed leftovers for work tomorrow.
Janet
This looks deliscious! Can you suggest something other than the Jalapena Cilantro sauce that I could substitute for this recipe? I am allergic to cilantro and Jalapeno is too spicy.
Janet
Do you think salsa verde would work? It is mild and made from tomatillas
Rene
Totally! Anything you would normally put on tacos would work.
Rochelle
First, all of your recipes sound absolutely delicious! I can't wait to try one! But for this one, why type of slaw would you recommend?? When I think of slaw, I think of coleslaw and I'm pretty sure that is not what you are referring to! Thank you so much for sharing all of your wonderful recipes!!
Rene
Traditional coleslaw would totally work. I also like a cabbage/kale slaw that they sell at Trader Joe's. Just anything crunchy 😉