Burritos
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
50 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
South American, Mexican
Burritos
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The creation of burritos is attributed to Juan Mendez, a food stand merchant from the Bella Vista neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez in the state of Chihuahua.
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Ingredients
- 8 flour tortillas (recipe in the notes)
- 1½ lb minced beef
- 30 oz. cooked red beans , or 2 (15 oz/400g) cans
- 3 onions , finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves , crushed
- 4 tablespoons ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- salt
- pepper
- sunflower oil
Optional
- lettuce leaves , shredded
- 2 tomatoes , finely diced
- 1 onion , finely chopped
- grated cheese
Instructions
- In a hot pan with two tablespoons of oil, brown the ground beef with two chopped onions.
- When the meat is almost cooked, add the garlic, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper.
- Stir for a few minutes over low/medium and set aside.
- Cook the beans in water for 45 minutes and keep the cooking water.
- In a hot pan with four tablespoons of oil, fry the remaining chopped onion over medium heat until it becomes translucent but not brown.
- Then add the cooked beans, drained and 8 tablespoons of cooking water from the beans and salt.
- Mash beans while cooking to get a rather coarse puree. Continue to stir.
- Add a little cooking water if necessary so the mashed beans are fairly thick but not too compact.
- Keep on low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Warm tortillas by steaming or baking them wrapped in aluminum foil to prevent them from drying.
- Top tortillas with ground meat,
- frijoles refritos
- and any of the optional toppings.
- To fold burritos, start by closing the top and bottom edges for about 2 inches (5cm), so food is enclosed properly when folding is completed.
- Finish by wrapping the burrito on itself.
Notes
- The recipe for flour tortillas can be found here.
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