Can I make Chipotle’s Burrito Bowl cheaper, healthier, and better tasting?
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the creator tackles the soaring food prices by recreating Chipotle's double steak burrito bowl at home, aiming for a cheaper, lower-calorie, and tastier version. After analyzing the cost and nutritional content of the original, they set a grocery budget and shop for ingredients, focusing on a chuck roast for the steak and optimizing other components like rice, corn salsa, and a cilantro lime avocado crema. The video demonstrates how to pre-prep these elements for quick, weeknight meals, culminating in a final taste test comparing the homemade version to Chipotle's, highlighting the depth of flavor and freshness of the homemade bowl.
Takeaways
- 📈 Food prices have significantly increased, with Chipotle's prices up 10% in Q1 of this year compared to Q1 of 2022.
- 🍽️ The video aims to create a steak burrito bowl that is cheaper, lower in calories, and just as tasty as Chipotle's.
- 📊 The rice constitutes the majority of the total weight of the Chipotle bowl, followed by steak, while steak, guacamole, and sour cream are the main calorie contributors.
- 💰 A grocery budget of $40.48 (the price of two Chipotle bowls) was set to purchase all components, resulting in a total grocery cost of $32.05.
- 🥩 The homemade steak uses a chuck roast for a leaner and more cost-effective option, prepared with cumin seeds and chili powder for flavor.
- 🍚 A Mexican-style rice is made with tomatoes, serrano peppers, and garlic for added flavor, then frozen for convenience.
- 🌽 The corn salsa is enhanced by grilling the corn first, adding a smoky flavor and texture.
- 🥑 A cilantro lime avocado crema is created as a healthier alternative to guacamole and sour cream, combining the best of both.
- 🔥 Pre-preparing components like steak and rice allows for quick assembly of the burrito bowl, making it perfect for busy weeknights.
- 🍲 The homemade burrito bowl costs just over $8 per serving, contains 325 fewer calories, and offers a similar size and taste experience as Chipotle's.
Q & A
What are the three goals the video aims to achieve with the homemade steak burrito bowl?
-The video aims to create a steak burrito bowl that is cheaper, lower in calories but the same weight, and better tasting than Chipotle's offering.
How much did the price of Chipotle's steak burrito bowl increase from Q1 2022 to Q1 of the current year?
-The price of Chipotle's steak burrito bowl increased by 10% from Q1 2022 to Q1 of the current year.
What is the total cost of the homemade steak burrito bowl compared to the cost of two Chipotle bowls?
-The homemade steak burrito bowl costs $32.05, which is the equivalent of the price of two Chipotle bowls at $40.48.
What are the four key areas the video identifies for enhancing the flavor of the homemade burrito bowl?
-The four key areas are improving the steak, creating a cilantro lime avocado crema, making a more flavorful Mexican-style rice, and enhancing the corn salsa by grilling the corn first.
What is the method used to pre-prep the steak for the homemade burrito bowl?
-The steak is pre-prepped by slicing a chuck roast into thin strips, seasoning it, freezing it, and then cooking it straight from the freezer.
How does the video suggest improving the rice for the homemade burrito bowl?
-The rice is improved by toasting it with aromatics like tomatoes, serrano peppers, and garlic, and then simmering it with water and chicken bouillon for added flavor.
What is the difference in calorie count between the homemade and Chipotle's steak burrito bowl?
-The homemade steak burrito bowl has 850 calories, which is 325 fewer calories than Chipotle's double steak burrito bowl.
What is the brand of the griddle used in the video, and what are its notable features?
-The griddle used in the video is from Made In Cookware. It is a carbon steel griddle, pre-seasoned, suitable for high heat up to 1200 degrees Fahrenheit, and can be used on the stove, grill, or open flame.
How does the video suggest enhancing the corn salsa for the homemade burrito bowl?
-The corn salsa is enhanced by grilling the corn first, then mixing it with cilantro stems, shallots, lime juice, and salt.
What is the cilantro lime avocado crema in the homemade burrito bowl, and how is it made?
-The cilantro lime avocado crema is a low-fat alternative to guacamole and sour cream. It is made by blending low-fat sour cream or yogurt, ripe avocado, cilantro, adobo seasoning, and lime juice.
Outlines
📈 Rising Food Prices and Homemade Burrito Bowl Challenge
The video script begins by addressing the surge in food prices, exemplified by Chipotle's price increase in Q1 of the current year compared to 2022. The creator's goal is to create a homemade steak burrito bowl that is not only cheaper but also lower in calories while maintaining the same weight and taste. The video aims to demonstrate cost-effective home cooking techniques for busy weeknights. The creator disassembles a double steak burrito bowl from Chipotle, weighing each component to understand the cost and nutritional breakdown, which is then visualized through graphs. The rice and steak are identified as the heaviest components, while the steak, guacamole, and sour cream are the calorie-heavy elements. A grocery budget of $40.48 is set, equivalent to the price of two Chipotle bowls, excluding pantry staples. The creator spends $32.05 at the grocery store for all the necessary ingredients, including meat, cheese, and produce, with a chuck roast being a significant cost-saving measure. The video concludes this section by highlighting four key areas for improvement in the homemade version: steak, guacamole, rice, and corn salsa.
🍽️ Preparing Homemade Burrito Bowl Components
The script details the process of prepping the steak and rice for the homemade burrito bowl. The steak, sourced from a chuck roast, is thinly sliced, seasoned with cumin and chili powder, and frozen for later use. The rice is prepared with aromatics like tomatoes, serrano peppers, and garlic, then toasted to enhance flavor before being frozen. The video also features a product placement for a carbon steel griddle from Made In Cookware, which is used for cooking the steak and corn. The steak is cooked on the griddle without additional oil, seasoned with salt and lime juice post-freezing. The rice, once defrosted, is cooked in a saucepan with chicken bouillon, tomatoes, and serrano peppers, then frozen for later use. The video emphasizes the importance of prepping these components in advance to simplify the cooking process for a quick weeknight meal.
🌮 Finalizing the Homemade Burrito Bowl and Comparison
The final paragraph of the script describes the assembly of the homemade burrito bowl and its comparison to Chipotle's offering. The creator assembles the bowl with beans, crema, lettuce, corn salsa, seasoned beef, and cheese, then compares the cost, calorie count, and taste to Chipotle's version. The homemade bowl costs just over $8 per serving, contains 325 fewer calories, and is noted for its depth of flavor, texture, and freshness. The creator particularly praises the charring on the steak, the lime juice in the corn salad, and the balance of dairy products. The video concludes with a positive review of the homemade burrito bowl, encouraging viewers to try the recipe, which will be available on the website. The script ends on a casual note, inviting viewers to look forward to the next video.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Food prices
💡Steak burrito bowl
💡Calories
💡Grocery budget
💡Prep techniques
💡Cilantro lime avocado crema
💡Seasonings
💡Macros
💡Taste test
💡Cost per bowl
Highlights
Food prices have significantly increased, with Chipotle's prices up 10% in Q1 of this year compared to Q1 of 2022.
The author's double steak burrito bowl now costs $20.24, which they find exorbitant.
The video sets three goals: creating a cheaper steak burrito bowl, one that is lower in calories but the same weight, and one that tastes better.
The rice constitutes the majority of the bowl's weight, followed by the steak.
Calorically, the steak, guacamole, and sour cream are the most significant contributors.
A grocery budget of $40.48 is set, aiming to buy all components for two Chipotle bowls.
The author spent $32.05 at the grocery store for a long list of items, including meat, cheese, and produce.
Using a chuck roast on sale for the steak is a significant cost-saving measure.
Four key areas for enhancing flavor in the homemade burrito bowl are identified: steak, guacamole sauce, rice, and corn salsa.
The steak is prepared using a freezer meat prep technique for convenience.
Freezing cooked rice and then reheating it is tested for convenience and texture.
The Mexican-style rice is made with tomatoes, serrano peppers, and garlic for added flavor.
The corn salsa is improved by grilling the corn first, adding a smoky element.
The homemade burrito bowl costs just over $8 per bowl, significantly less than Chipotle's.
The homemade bowl has 850 calories, 325 fewer than the Chipotle double steak burrito bowl.
The homemade version is praised for its depth of flavor, texture, and freshness.
The video concludes with a positive review of the homemade burrito bowl, suggesting it as a regular meal option.
Transcripts
over the past year food prices have been
going through the roof and Chipotle's
prices in q1 of this year are up 10
compared to q1 of 2022 so my double sake
burrito bowl now costs 20 and 24 cents
and just hearing myself say that sounds
insane so in today's video we have three
goals first can I make a steak burrito
bowl that is cheaper but additionally
can I make one that is lower calorie but
the same weight and lastly better
tasting and I'll show you some home
cooked techniques you can use to
pre-prep some of the components which
make it perfect for a busy weeknight so
let's break it down first we need to
establish some metrics so I bought and
pulled apart a double steak burrito bowl
and weighed out every component to see
exactly what you get for twenty dollars
and 24 cents and here are the findings
with a couple of graphs
so as you might guess the rice makes
most of the total weight of the bowl and
then followed closely by the steak now
when it comes to calories a couple of
the big hitters or again the stake but
the guacamole and sour cream as well and
this is an area that we can tackle when
it comes to making a lower calorie
option and I'll show updated versions of
these charts with the homemade version
in a bit but lastly let's talk grocery
budget I decided to give myself a
grocery budget of
40.48 or the price of two of these
Chipotle bowls so that means I have to
buy all of the components outside of
some Pantry Staples like oil salt and
some spices and I was shocked how cheap
all of this stuff ended up being in
total I spent 32 dollars and five cents
at the grocery store for this long list
of items which included meat cheese
produce all in there and my best cost
saving measure here was using a chuck
roast that was on sale normally this is
something I would braise but we'll see
it's great for slicing thin and just
cooking on the stovetop lastly before we
dive into the recipe I think there are
some key areas where we can really
enhance the flavor of the burrito bowl
after tasting through these there's four
key areas I want to focus on for our
lower calorie bowl that I think we can
improve upon first up is the steak so
this is a pretty lean cut which is good
for calorie purposes but it doesn't have
too much texture and in general the
flavor is nothing to be super excited
about and then secondly I want to kind
of make a guacamole sauce I think with
more cilantro a little bit more spice
and probably cut it with some sour cream
to kind of combine the two for the rice
I want to make a berry fragrant
Mexican style rice this is pretty solid
but I think we can do a little bit
better and then I actually love this
corn salsa they make the one improvement
though I think this really works if you
chart on the grill first before mixing
it up so those are the four key areas
let's go ahead and make these things and
then we'll do a final taste test
comparing the two in their actual
burrito bowl form at the end the issue
with making burrito bowls from scratch
at home is that there are kind of a lot
of components to make so for two of
these we are going to pre-prep them
starting with the steak so for the steak
we're gonna be using my freezer meat
prep technique which I talked about in
my last video so take the chuck roast
and start breaking it down into three or
four more manageable portions and then
cut them into very thin strips and the
idea here is that we can then freeze
these strips and use them straight from
the freezer after slicing the whole
thing up I added the beef to a sheet pan
and let's add some seasonings I chose to
add a big spoonful of cumin seeds and a
big sprinkle of chili powder all over
before mixing everything together you
could add salt at this point too if you
are not freezing it but I decide to add
salt later for Frozen proteins add the
entire tray of beef to the freezer and
then two hours later which should be
frozen through so transfer that beef to
freezer bags and then toss them back
into the freezer until you are ready
now before we cook the beef I wanted to
test what it's like to freeze cooked
rice and then reheat it so that's what I
did with the Mexican rice for the rice
you could use any mix of aromatics but I
love using Tomatoes serrano peppers and
garlic so set a saucepan over medium
heat and add in a 5 gram drizzle of oil
toss in 12 grams of chicken bouillon
which is going to be our salt source and
provide amazing flavor alongside that
garlic and Serrano and let everything
toast for 30 seconds before adding the
tomatoes and cooking all of that down
for one more minute
lastly toss in the rice and toast that
as well after two minutes I want to see
some little Char marks on the exterior
of the rice which is going to help
enhance and give us a little bit more
depth of flavor
finally add 250 grams of water and bring
that entire thing to a boil let this
boil for two minutes then turn the heat
to low add a towel and lid over the top
and let this simmer for 25 minutes and
now we have some beautifully fragrant
rice that is ready to go
I added the cooked rice to a sheet pan
and then again I just made some
perforation lines in the pan and tossed
the whole thing into the freezer once
the rice is frozen I just transferred it
over to a freezer bag and then when
you're ready to cook you now have
labeled steak and rice you could just
pull from the freezer and instantly turn
into a meal to cook the steak remove a
portion out from the bag and then just
toss it onto the griddle and turn the
heat to medium high now a couple of keys
here I don't add any extra oil as there
should be enough fat from the beef
itself to crisp up and secondly I do not
touch it at all I let it completely
crisp on one side for three to four
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back of the steak it is now beautifully
crisped on bottom so I scrape it with a
spatula and flip it over and as you can
see we have some nice Browning on the
exterior that's not only going to
provide extra texture but also extra
flavor
after flipping let the steak cook for
another minute and then lastly and very
importantly we need to add some salt
because again I haven't added any salt
before the freezing process once the
salt is added mix that in and then turn
off the heat and I like adding a spritz
of lime juice as well which gives it a
nice acidic punch that pairs well with
the beef and then while that beef was
cooking I just tossed my freezer rice
into the microwave then set that into a
bowl so by pre-prepping these two core
components all you have to do now is
make the other three which each one
takes five minutes or less or about 15
minutes in total for the corn salsa I
removed the husk from two ears of corn
and then gave them a spritz of oil and
tossed them onto the griddle over medium
Heat
let the exterior toast a bit and move
them around but meanwhile I can chop the
remaining components
for this I really like using cilantro
stems because they are generally wasted
and the stems provide a nice little
crunch that works really well with this
kind of salad salsa thing
next I dice a half of a shallot and then
once the corn was toasted I brought that
back over and sliced down the ear to
extract the kernels
then add the corn shallots and cilantro
stems to the container and very
importantly add salt and a bunch of lime
juice I use the juice from one half of a
lime and a nice sprinkle of salt and
then just give everything a shake and
this gets so much better if you do let
it sit about 30 minutes to an hour
next up we have the beans which is one
of my favorite quick sides add 5 grams
of oil to a pan and toss in some sliced
serrano peppers and one clove of sliced
garlic let those saute down for about a
minute and then pour it in the entire
container of black beans and let that
all come to a simmer
lastly add a big sprinkle of salt and I
like to season it with a big sprinkle of
smoked paprika which will really come
through a bit more in that burrito bowl
let this simmer for two minutes and then
transfer it to container and lastly we
need to make the cilantro lime avocado
Crema
this is such a good alternative for a
bunch of guac and sour cream to to a
food processor or blender add 150 grams
of low-fat sour cream or low-fat yogurt
110 grams of ripe avocado a handful of
cilantro a big sprinkle of Adobo
seasoning and some lime juice before
pulsing all of that together and now it
is time to assemble and see how the cost
calories and taste Stacks up compared to
Chipotle to assemble first I added the
beans then tossed on some of the crema
next 50 grams of shredded lettuce to
help bulk the volume up a bit and then a
hefty servi of the corn before coming in
with our seasoned beef
14 grams of pepper jack cheese go over
that along with more Crema over the top
and let's take a look at the stats so
the cost per bowl is just a little over
eight dollars as I easily have enough
meat and the sides to make four burrito
bowls I'll pop the macros up on screen
and this bowl comes in at 850 calories
or 325 fewer which is pretty solid for a
same size Bowl it has more beef than the
double Chipotle as well but lastly how
does it Stack Up in terms of taste
basically have starred myself the entire
day waiting for this moment and I could
not be
more excited all right let's start with
Chipotle then we'll get into mine and
then we'll talk through some of these
components because like I've really
elevated all the elements in mind but I
haven't kind of tasted them all together
mixed mixed up as you should do with a
burrito bowl so let's get in
I mean it's your classic trusty reliable
Chipotle but let's mix this up I'm so
I'm so excited for this I've been
snacking on the components but I I have
a feeling once I kind of mix everything
together this is just gonna go
goes so well together
this is just like fantastic so much
depth of flavor going on and I think
really the core three things for me are
number one getting some little charring
and crispiness on the steak not only
introduces a little bit more texture but
also flavor as well
adding extra lime juice to that corn
salad really helps kind of freshen and
liven everything up and then it's kind
of not drowned in cheese and sour cream
which I feel like
happens with Chipotle it gets a little
over with the dairy and that also adds a
lot of calories so if you're kind of
trying to cut back that's a good area to
do so and then it's just Super Fresh
super nice and kind of a hybrid between
like uh not not quite like a chopped
salad but but because it has less rice
it's just like a nice eating experience
full of texture a ton more depth of
flavor a little bit of smokiness from
the beans and the smoked paprika but I
mean sign me up for that five days a
week and you have a couple of those
components in the freezer as I showed
you so hopefully you guys have enjoyed
you can make this at home it is you know
lower calorie lower cost isn't too much
of a hassle to make any kind of pre-prep
some of those components but hopefully
you guys have enjoyed it that will wrap
it up for me recipe for my burrito bowl
will be up on our website but I will
catch you all in the next one peace
y'all
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