These easy Barbacoa Beef Bowls are a perfect way to use up leftovers and avoid the restaurant lines by making this fresh and tasty meal at home!
One thing you should know about me is that when I saw I’m going to do something, I do it.
Most of the time.
For example, when I posted my recipe for Crockpot Barbacoa Beef, I said that I would share my recipe for Barbacoa Beef Bowls with you in just a few days.
Well, here we are, a few days later, and here is my awesome Beef Barbacoa Bowl recipe!
I know that you are just dying to hear more about things that I actually *did* after I said I was going to do them. I like lists, and I’m the type of person who loves crossing things off lists, so I’ll share some examples with you. That way, no one can ever say I didn’t DO anything with my life.
Okay, go-go gadget LIST:
- I started a food blog and made it my career. Yep, take THAT everyone who didn’t think I was serious.
- I got my MBA while working full time, planning our wedding, and buying a house.
- I finished the Kenzai Body program (and it was awesome).
- I went to Thailand. Then Brazil. Then Mexico, Greece, and Turkey. And I convinced the husband to tag along on EVERY SINGLE TRIP.
- I grew my hair out really long. Yeah, this isn’t that big of a deal, but chicks say they are going to do this ALL the time and never really do. But I did, and I have held out from cutting it off for almost 5 years now. This feels like an accomplishment.
Alright, once I start talking about my hair as an accomplishment, I think that means I ran out of things to put on that list.
Now. Because it is only fair, here’s a list of things I said I was going to do, but never did:
- Get a doctorate degree (Uh, yeah, because I’m REALLY using the other two degrees I already have.)
- Live abroad (I’m still holding out hope that this actually might happen.)
- Hang glide while we were in Rio (I totally chickened out, you guys!)
- Finish painting the stairs in our house (Um, they may or may not be still unfinished from when I started that project 2 years ago.)
Alright, this conversation got really derailed. What were we even talking about? Oh yeah, food.
If you are wondering, What to serve with barbacoa beef? Serve it over rice with whatever fresh veggies you like. You can’t go wrong with corn, black beans, green onions, tomatoes, avocados and some cilantro!
You can even skip the rice and serve it over your favorite salad greens to make a delicious beef barbacoa salad!
Aren’t these Barbacoa Beef Bowls just a thing of beauty? I don’t know why, but I love when my food is like a rainbow of colors and awesomeness. Wow, that might be the best simile I’ve ever written.
I COULD have just haphazardly tossed all of these ingredients together into a bowl and went to town on it, but it is much more fun to carefully arrange each element in a perfect circle of joy and contentment.
Then you get to use your fork to destroy all of the perfection, mash it all up together, and shovel it into your mouth.
Oh, HECK yes.
Alright, I think I’ve tortured you enough today with weird ramblings and literary elements, so let’s move on to the good stuff, yes?
Here’s the Recipe!
Barbacoa Beef Bowls
These easy Barbacoa Beef Bowls are a perfect way to use up leftovers and avoid the restaurant lines by making this fresh and tasty meal at home!
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked white rice, warmed
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 cups Barbacoa Beef, warmed
- 2 cups halved cherry or grape tomatoes
- 1 (14 ounce) can low sodium black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 cup frozen corn kernels, thawed
- 1/2 cup chopped green onion
- 1 large avocado, pitted and diced
- 4 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss together the warm rice and fresh lime juice. Divide evenly among four serving bowls.
- Into each bowl, place 1/2 cup beef, 1/2 cup tomatoes, 1/4 of the beans, 1/4 cup corn, 1/8 cup green onion, and 1/4 of the avocado.
- Garnish each bowl with a tablespoon of chopped cilantro leaves.
Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 579 Total Fat 13g Saturated Fat 3g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 9g Cholesterol 53mg Sodium 134mg Carbohydrates 88g Fiber 14g Sugar 12g Protein 32g
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It looks very yummy.
Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe with us.
Barbacoa seem like a nice change, love cooked meat! So thank you for this recipe, I’ve never made barbacoa beef before!
These beef bowls look super delicious, nutritious and packed full of yummy flavour. Definitely a great recipe I will be making for dinner tonight.. thanks for sharing it!
Of course kick-butt is an adjective, as is bat-poop i.e. “I met this woman today who was completely bat-poop crazy” (sticking to your no swearing policy). Thanks for the recipes & your blog.
I’m so glad you understand! 😉
We loved these! Super loved them!
Funny you say that about the expletives…I haven’t read a lot but if you follow Thug Kitchen on Facebook it’s hilarious but also about 99% expletives! Kinda funny/raw really.
Also, I like to pretend I would hang glide just to be cool…and just because I will probably never have the opportunity…and if I did, I’d probably do the same as you!
Ha! I love Thug Kitchen… I really want their cookbook which was just released! And, yes, I totally thought I was going to have no problem hang gliding…. until we got there!
SO excited! I have been craving a rice bowl for WEEKS! THANK YOU. Do you have a good homemade salsa recipe I could also add?
Hi, Amy! I usually use this version from The Pioneer Woman: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/01/restaurant-style-salsa/
This sounds so perfect right now. But a bowl of barbacoa and cilantro pretty much always sounds perfect. PS I totally hear you on the long hair thing. It’s hard, okay people? 🙂
Seriously! I don’t exactly love waking up with a giant rat’s nest in my hair every morning 😉
I do love Chipotle, but these look wonderful!!!