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Chipotle Honey Chicken Copycat

This Chipotle Honey Chicken Copycat brings the bold, smoky-sweet flavor of your favorite burrito bowl straight into your meal prep rotation- without blowing your macros. Juicy, seared chicken thighs are diced and tossed in a rich chipotle honey sauce, then served over rice with fresh corn salsa and pico de gallo for the perfect balance of heat, sweetness, and brightness. It’s high-protein, incredibly satisfying, and built to keep your week on track- this is meal prep that actually feels like a reward.

Prep: 30 min
Cook: 20 min
Makes: 4 servings

528Calories

40.5gProtein

69.8gCarbs

10.6gFat

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 50 mins

Servings

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Instructions

Marinate the Chicken

In a bowl, combine the chicken thighs with lime juice, garlic powder, cumin, and salt. Toss to coat and let sit while you prep the remaining ingredients

1 ½ lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, 2 limes, 1 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp cumin, ½ tsp salt

Cook the Rice

Cook the listed dry rice according to your preferred method. Add rice vinegar for extra flavor.

1 cup dry jasmine rice, 1 tbsp rice vinegar

Make the Corn Salsa

In a bowl, mix together the corn, red onion, lime juice, cilantro, and salt. Stir well and set aside.

1 can corn, ¼ cup red onion, ½ limes, 2 tbsp cilantro, ¼ tsp salt

Make the Pico de Gallo

Combine the diced tomatoes, red onion, lime juice, cilantro, and salt in a bowl. Mix and set aside.

1 cup fresh diced tomatoes, ¼ cup red onion, ½ limes, 2 tbsp cilantro, ¼ tsp salt

Prepare the Chipotle Honey Sauce

In a small bowl, mix together the chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, honey, lime juice, garlic powder, cumin, and smoked paprika. Add water 1 tbsp at a time until the sauce reaches a slightly runny consistency.

3 chipotle peppers in adobo, 2 tbsp adobo sauce, 2 tbsp honey, ½ limes, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp cumin, ½ tsp smoked paprika, 3 tbsp water

Cook the Chicken

Heat a large pan over medium-high heat and lightly coat with olive oil spray. Add the chicken thighs and sear for 4- 6 minutes per side until fully cooked and nicely browned.

1 tsp olive oil spray

Dice and Sauce

Remove the chicken from the pan and let rest for a few minutes. Dice into bite-sized pieces, then return to the pan over medium heat. Pour in the chipotle honey sauce and toss until the chicken is fully coated and heated through.

Assemble the Bowls

Divide the cooked rice evenly between meal prep containers. Add the saucy chipotle honey chicken, then portion the corn salsa and pico de gallo into separate containers to preserve freshness when reheating.

Serve or Store

Serve with a couple fresh lime wedges if desired. Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.

2 limes

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Nutrition

Per serving

Estimates for one serving. Changing the recipe yield scales the ingredients and keeps these per-serving amounts the same.

Calories: 528 kcal
Carbohydrates: 69.8 g
Protein: 40.5 g
Fat: 10.6 g
Saturated Fat: 2.34 g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.64 g
Monounsaturated Fat: 4.07 g
Trans Fat: 0.03 g
Cholesterol: 160 mg
Sodium: 1,026 mg
Potassium: 899 mg
Fiber: 6.4 g
Sugar: 16.2 g
Added Sugar: 9.2 g
Vitamin A: 46 mcg RAE
Vitamin C: 33.65 mg
Vitamin D: 0 mcg
Calcium: 80 mg
Iron: 6.4 mg

Nutrition updated September 2026. We now calculate nutrition using our ingredient library, with USDA data, product labels, and documented estimates. Older Pinterest graphics and MyFitnessPal entries may show different numbers. Use the per-serving values above when tracking this recipe.

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Estimated ingredient cost

$3.16 per serving · $12.63 for this batch

Estimated US grocery prices for the amounts used, including purchase waste and discarded marinade. Your store, brands, and package sizes may cost differently. Buying full packages can cost more. Price sources and methodology.

Ingredient costs and assumptions

Quantities without exact weights use the nutrition library’s portion estimates. Purchase yields are estimates. Separate citrus ingredients are costed independently; reusing the same fruit for juice and zest can lower your cost. Labor, utilities, and delivery are excluded.

boneless skinless chicken thighs: $5.88
680.4 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Variable-weight pack priced per pound, raw boneless skinless thighs.
Walmart: Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs · Price checked 2026-09-21
limes: $0.50
140 g purchased · Whole purchased item: 70 g each (estimated); includes shell, peel, or seeds.
Editorial medium/large edible fruit and juice-yield estimates. Juiced fruit uses 30 g each; the whole-fruit nutrition profile remains an approximate proxy. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Lime, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
garlic powder: $0.11
9.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 9.7 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Garlic Powder · Price checked 2026-09-21
cumin: $0.12
6.3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp (ground) = 2.1 g; texture=ground; Editorial ground-cumin estimate: 2.1 g/tsp. Grinding/packing varies; this is not a USDA ground-cumin portion. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Cumin, 2.5 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
salt: $0.00
3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6 g Iodized table salt reference; not a kosher salt price.
Walmart: Great Value Iodized Salt · Price checked 2026-09-21
olive oil spray: $0.11
4.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 4.5 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cooking Spray, 7 oz Can · Price checked 2026-09-21
chipotle peppers in adobo: $0.39
48 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 pepper = 16 g; Editorial estimate: one canned chipotle pepper with clinging adobo weighs 16 g, half the label's 32 g two-tablespoon portion. The package does not specify an individual pepper weight; sizes vary. Four 7.5 oz cans; price includes peppers and adobo sauce.
Walmart: (4 pack) El Mexicano Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce, 7.5 oz Can · Price checked 2026-09-21
adobo sauce: $0.52
64 g purchased · Sauce from canned chipotles; full can price allocated to sauce. Estimated usable yield: 50% of purchased weight; per-100 g price includes the discarded portion.
2 tbsp = 32 g Sauce from canned chipotles; full can price allocated to sauce. Estimated usable yield: 50% of purchased weight; per-100 g price includes the discarded portion.
Walmart: (4 pack) El Mexicano Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce, 7.5 oz Can · Price checked 2026-09-21
honey: $0.55
42 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 21 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Raw Honey, 16 oz Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
limes: $0.13
35 g purchased · Whole purchased item: 70 g each (estimated); includes shell, peel, or seeds.
Editorial medium/large edible fruit and juice-yield estimates. Juiced fruit uses 30 g each; the whole-fruit nutrition profile remains an approximate proxy. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Lime, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
garlic powder: $0.03
3.1 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 3.1 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Garlic Powder · Price checked 2026-09-21
cumin: $0.04
2.1 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp (ground) = 2.1 g; texture=ground; Editorial ground-cumin estimate: 2.1 g/tsp. Grinding/packing varies; this is not a USDA ground-cumin portion. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Cumin, 2.5 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
smoked paprika: $0.04
1.2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 2.3 g Four 2 oz jars; full multipack weight is 8 oz.
Walmart: (4 pack) Great Value Smoked Paprika, 2 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
corn: $1.18
411.1 g purchased · Charges the full authored package or bone-in weight, including discarded material.
Editorial drained-can yield: 60% of the stated net can weight for beans/corn/chickpeas. Applies only to a can unit or a mass explicitly identified as a can; a weighed drained mass stays unchanged. Frozen whole-kernel corn used as a price reference for loose corn kernels.
Walmart: Great Value Frozen Whole Kernel Corn · Price checked 2026-09-21
red onion: $0.12
44.4 g purchased · Editorial purchase-yield estimate: 90% usable; includes discarded peel, shell, or core.
1 cup (chopped) = 160 g; USDA SR Legacy household weights used as an approximate physical conversion for the current ingredient profile; nutrition remains from its own mapped record. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Red Onions, 3 lb, Bag · Price checked 2026-09-21
limes: $0.13
35 g purchased · Whole purchased item: 70 g each (estimated); includes shell, peel, or seeds.
Editorial medium/large edible fruit and juice-yield estimates. Juiced fruit uses 30 g each; the whole-fruit nutrition profile remains an approximate proxy. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Lime, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
cilantro: $0.27
2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
0.25 cup = 4 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Cut Cilantro, 0.5 oz Clamshell · Price checked 2026-09-21
salt: $0.00
1.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6 g Iodized table salt reference; not a kosher salt price.
Walmart: Great Value Iodized Salt · Price checked 2026-09-21
fresh diced tomatoes: $0.78
180 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup (chopped or sliced) = 180 g Variable-weight produce: uses the listed price per pound, not the estimated price per piece.
Walmart: Fresh Beefsteak Tomatoes, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
red onion: $0.12
44.4 g purchased · Editorial purchase-yield estimate: 90% usable; includes discarded peel, shell, or core.
1 cup (chopped) = 160 g; USDA SR Legacy household weights used as an approximate physical conversion for the current ingredient profile; nutrition remains from its own mapped record. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Red Onions, 3 lb, Bag · Price checked 2026-09-21
limes: $0.13
35 g purchased · Whole purchased item: 70 g each (estimated); includes shell, peel, or seeds.
Editorial medium/large edible fruit and juice-yield estimates. Juiced fruit uses 30 g each; the whole-fruit nutrition profile remains an approximate proxy. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Lime, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21
cilantro: $0.27
2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
0.25 cup = 4 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Cut Cilantro, 0.5 oz Clamshell · Price checked 2026-09-21
salt: $0.00
1.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6 g Iodized table salt reference; not a kosher salt price.
Walmart: Great Value Iodized Salt · Price checked 2026-09-21
dry jasmine rice: $0.59
185 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 185 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Jasmine Rice · Price checked 2026-09-21
rice vinegar: $0.12
14.9 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 14.9 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Mizkan Rice Vinegar, Mild Japanese Cooking Vinegar, 12 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
limes: $0.50
140 g purchased · Whole purchased item: 70 g each (estimated); includes shell, peel, or seeds.
1 lime (medium) = 67 g; size=medium; Editorial medium/large edible fruit and juice-yield estimates. Juiced fruit uses 30 g each; the whole-fruit nutrition profile remains an approximate proxy. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Lime, Each · Price checked 2026-09-21

Not included in this estimate:

tbsp water: Kitchen tap water is excluded from grocery ingredient pricing; this is not a sourced zero price.

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Macro breakdown

Protein40.5g30%
Carbs69.8g52%
Fat10.6g18%

Per serving · Share of calories from macros

Calculated using 4 calories per gram of protein and carbs, and 9 for fat. Rounding and fiber can affect the listed calorie total.

Triple B's Meal Prep Notes

This copycat bowl earns its two topping cups. Keep the corn salsa in one and the tomato pico in another, with the rice and chipotle-honey chicken in the main container. They bring different textures, and storing them separately lets you stir and drain each topping before serving rather than letting tomato juice soak into everything. Assemble the final bowl after heating for that fresh-made feel.

The chicken uses thighs, and the honey-chipotle sauce goes on after the cooked meat is rested and diced. That lets the sauce coat the cut surfaces instead of only the outside of a whole piece. Get the two salsas mixed while the rice cooks, then refrigerate them while you finish the chicken. This is a more involved assembly than a plain chicken-and-rice meal, but most of the extra work is simple chopping.

Remove both salsa cups and any lime wedges before heating. For a refrigerated serving, microwave on high for 90 seconds, stir, then heat for another 45 seconds. Use that as a starting point and continue in short intervals as needed until the food reaches 165°F throughout. Stir the rice and sauced chicken, then add the cold toppings. Chipotle peppers bring heat as well as smoke, so make a milder batch by reducing them and adjusting the sauce before it touches the chicken. You can carry the separate-toppings approach into other meal-prep bowls without making every lunch taste the same. When comparing lower-calorie lunches, use the listed portions as your starting point; extra salsa, rice, or toppings will change the total.

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