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A glass bowl filled to the top with Pico de Gallo with the handle of a spoon sticking out of it.

Copycat Chipotle Pico de Gallo

Chipotle cilantro lime rice in a metal pot with a few cilantro leaves on the top in the middle with a metal spoon partially sticking out of the rice.

Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice

Beef Barbacoa topped on white rice with black beans, pico de Gallo, shredded white cheese, guacamole and sour cream on top of the beef, all in a paper bowl with a black plastic spoon inserted into the dish on the left side. There's a partial picture of a grey cloth napkin in the upper left corner.

Copycat Chipotle Beef Barbacoa

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