Cheesy Burritos
Burritos, Soft Tacos or Taco de harina is a type of Mexican food that consists of a wheat flour tortilla wrapped around a mixture of refried beans, rice and minced meat. Another Mexican dish with a long history and was existing ever since the Spanish colonized Mexico. Aztecs were known to sell and consume hand held food items such as corn, popcorn, tamales and tortillas in local marketplaces. Those tortillas consist of beans and meat sauce fillings that is prepared similar to the modern burrito we know today. Burrito if translated means “little donkey” in Spanish. It was named such as appearance of a rolled tortilla resembles the ear of a donkey or from the packs that donkeys carries during its travel.
Although burritos is a very popular Mexican cuisine, in Mexico they are only popular in the northern part of the country. Also in Mexico burritos are smaller in size and usually consist of fewer ingredients compared to the American style which is larger and stuffed with a number of ingredients such as meats, beans, rice, cheese and different sauces.
For this post we will be making a cheesy burrito, our favourite burrito flavour. It’s a simple mixture of beans, lettuce, minced beef and a layer of melted cheese. How about you what’s your favourite burrito filling?
Ingredients
500g ground beef
1 large can, kidney beans
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tbsp tomato paste
salt
freshly ground black pepper
flour tortillas
lettuce, shredded
quick melt smoked cheddar cheese
oil
Method
1. In a pan add oil then sauté garlic and onion. Add beef and cook until meat is browned.
2. Add cayenne pepper, cumin, kidney beans and tomato paste. Cook while continuously mixing for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from pan then set aside.
3. In a separate pan, heat flour tortillas individually.
4. Place tortilla in a flat surface, add a layer of lettuce in the middle, minced meat mixture then top it with slices of smoked cheddar cheese while hot. Wrap then serve.
These always make for a tasty lunch.
Mandy
The melted cheese on top is so tempting. Like you mentioned at my blog, the chapati will a good replacement for tortilla.
wow this looks delicious, It’s easy to make, the black beans serves as extender, it is nutrtirious.
Hola ; me gustan muchos sus recetas pero se me dificultan algunos por estar en INGLES,no pude traducirlas al español.Me pueden recomendar algo?
lo siento, no soy bueno en español, quiere decir que usted quiere algunas recomendaciones receta
These look great, love the fillings. I have one suggestion, and I hope it makes sense. Before rolling them up, fold the ends down. This way none of the cheese comes out and you can throw more cheese and sauce on top and melt it in the oven. If you get these at a restaurant here, you can pick them up and eat them unwrapping the foil. So good.
Hahaha, that was one of the suggestions of my friend here. Will do it next time
thats an interesting fact on the little donkey. lol. What great looking burritos! the cheese loookss divine!
Oh I love some cheesy burriots. So you can imagine I loved reading this recipe. All that cheesy goodness just makes me smile
Oh wow, I need one of these burritos for lunch. Wanna ship one over??
Looks fantastic!
how many people usually eat your cooking? hehe.. you make a lot of things everyday!
Most of the serving size here are for 6 unless stated.
By the way, just added your blog to my blogroll
I love Mexican/Southwestern inspired food when it gets hot out! Paired with a margarita=perfect!
Nice! My kids are into Mexican food lately and this looks delicious to make at home! Thanks for sharing.
stunning photo raymund!!! I miss cooking already…
Looks great, generous with cheese and mince.
You always kick your food up a notch…smoky cheddar…oh yeah!
Nice! Looks good and sounds easy…will try this out soon. Thks for sharing
Being from San Francisco, home of the Original Mission Burrito. We like ours big, probably why I usually get a taco lol! I usually love pork in my burritos… well, I just like pork in general!!
Amazing burritos! It’s enticing and inviting.