Ground Beef Burrito Bowls

These ground beef burrito bowls are a simple, delicious weeknight dinner packed with seasoned ground beef, fresh veggies, and bold Tex-Mex flavor. Finished with a creamy cilantro ranch drizzle, this easy bowl recipe is budget-friendly, customizable, and perfect for meal prep.

Burrito Bowls with Ground Beef

If you need a quick and easy dinner that’s hearty, flavorful, and guaranteed to win over even the pickiest eaters, these ground beef burrito bowls are it. They’re loaded with seasoned ground beef, Spanish rice, beans, corn, tomatoes, and fresh veggies, then finished with a creamy cilantro ranch drizzle. Every bite is loaded with all the best flavors making this recipe perfect for busy weeknights, meal prep, or a wholesome family dinner.

My boys actually love ground beef burrito bowls. They’re perfect for dinner, leftover lunches, or even those “snack before dinner” moments—because my kids eat nonstop these days. It’s wild. These bowls are filling, fast, and full of flavor, and I promise the whole family will devour them.

The Cowboys’ Rating: 10/10

Every time I make a new recipe, I have my family rate the recipe out of 10. By the time, these recipes make the blog, they’ve been tried and tested by some of my hardest tiny critics!

What Ingredients Are in Ground Beef Burrito Bowls?

• Ground Beef – We use our homegrown regeneratively raised beef. It’s a lean blend of 90/10 that is so good and I never have to drain off a bunch of fat.
• Spanish Rice – You don’t have to use Spanish rice, you can use any kind of cooked rice but I promise these ground beef burrito bowls will be so much yummier with it! I have a full recipe here on how to make the easiest and most delicious Spanish rice.
• Corn
• Black Beans
• Diced Tomatoes
• Cilantro Ranch – If you are going to make these burrito bowls, I’m just going to say, don’t skip out on the cilantro ranch dressing. Holy cow it’s good. It’s super easy to make, you just throw all the ingredients in the blender and it’s good to go. Get my recipe for cilantro ranch dressing here.
• Avocados

seasonings

• Kosher Salt
• Minced Garlic
• Onion Powder
• Taco Seasoning

Tools You’ll Need

• Frying Pan
• Measuring Cups & Spoons
• Colander
• Can Opener

Ground Beef Burrito Bowls Recipe

1. In a frying pan, combine ground beef and seasonings.
2. Cook ground beef and seasonings over medium heat until completely cooked through. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. To assemble the burrito bowls, spoon rice into the bottom of each bowl.
4. Top with ground, tomatoes, corn, and black beans.
5. Drizzle with cilantro ranch dressing and enjoy!

Gluten Free Ground Beef Burrito Bowls

This recipe is gluten free! I do always caution however, that you check to make sure that the ingredients YOU are using are indeed gluten free. Taco seasoning generally isn’t gluten free, so I make my own taco seasoning. It’s the only taco seasoning that I use. Get my recipe here.

Storage and Reheating

The best part about this recipe, is that it makes great leftovers! I store each of the ingredients in their own airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. To reheat, just assemble the burrito bowls again and warm it up.