Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Steak Burrito




 I start with Mexican or Taco flavor rice.  It cooks in the microwave for about 10 minutes with 2 cups of water.  

  1. If you like veggies in your burrito, you can also steam some frozen veggies like peppers and onions in the microwave for about 5-6 minutes. 
  2. Then, heat the beans for about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes in the microwave. 
  3. Next, heat up the frozen precooked steak for about 2 minutes. 
  4. Lastly, heat up the large size tortillas for 1 minute.  
  5. Then, pull out cheese and salsa from the fridge and slice an avocado (or pull out guacamole from the fridge) while all that is cooking.  
  6. To make them ahead lay out 5 sheets of foil and put a tortilla on each one.  Then, just start layering ingredients til they are ready to be rolled up. 
  7. There is no wrong way to layer a burrito.  I find starting with rice or beans gives it more stability, but you can do whatever you want. 
  8. First heat your tortillas and then lay 5 of them out on 5 pieces of foil.
  9. Cook the rice for 10 minutes and then use it all up as the first layer in all 5 burritos. 
  10. Clean the bowl and pour in the canned beans and heat for 2 minutes. 
  11. Layer the beans on all the burritos. 
  12. Lastly, clean the bowl a last time and heat up the frozen fajita steak for 2 minutes and layer it. 
  13. Everything else is straight from the fridge – cheese, avocado, salsa, etc.  Layer those assembly line style and wrap up all the burritos.
  14. This method will get you about 5 burritos, which  you can wrap in wax paper or foil and refrigerate or freeze for later. Frozen burritos can last 1-2 months in the freezer.  When  you’re ready to eat a frozen one, just heat it for about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes (depending on microwave wattage) and you’ve got lunch or dinner!


Once you pile all your ingredients, you’ll wonder if you can fit it all in the tortilla. Surprisingly, you can fit a lot more than you think.  I grab the two sides and bring them together and roll the tortilla back and forth to pile all the ingredients together even more, then fold those sides together and they create the top and bottom.  Next, fold the front and back sides together.  Then, lay it with the closed seam down and roll into a piece of foil.   

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