Burritos are a filling Mexican entree, consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a hearty filling, and topped with condiments such as salsa, guacamole, or sour cream. This page will help you learn how to make burritos, step by step.
How to Make Burritos
This video recipes uses specific seasonings from Discovery Foods. The techniques in the video, however, can be used to make any meat or chicken burrito, using any prepackaged or homemade taco seasoning. The video demonstrates how to assemble the tortilla, and includes suggestions on how to garnish the finished burritos.
Introduction
- To make a traditional dry burrito, you select a filling, place it on the tortilla, roll the burrito up, and bake it. After baking it, you place it on a plate, add condiments and serve. Some people add sauce before baking, similar to the preparation of an enchilada. If sauce is added, it's referred to as a wet burrito.
Step 1: Select Your Burrito Filling
- Burritos can be filled with taco meat, beans, rice, vegetables, scrambled eggs, or whatever you have on hand. Be creative, mixing and matching complementary filling ingredients.
- Food Network: Make Your Own Burrito Bar
- All Recipes: Burrito Recipes
- Diana's Kitchen: Beef and Bean Burritos
- Recipezaar: Pass-It-Along Black Bean Burritos
- Epicurious: Chipotle-Black Bean Burritos
Step 2: Roll up the Burritos
Warm the tortillas briefly, according to the package directions. This will make them easier to roll without breaking.
Place the tortilla on a flat surface.
Place filling on the bottom third of the tortilla, leaving a flap at the bottom.
Fold the bottom edge up over the filling.
Fold the sides of the tortilla in about an inch.
Beginning at the bottom, roll the tortilla up
Place the tortilla on an oven safe plate or platter, seam side down.
Step 3: Bake the Burritos
- The burritos can be baked as is, or topped with grated cheese You can also add a sauce, such as suisa or molé, if desired. As the filling is already cooked, baking serves only to meld the ingredients, melt the cheese, and warm the burritos. 20-30 minutes at 375 degrees is usually sufficient, unless you are making very thick burritos, or had refrigerated the filling ahead of time.
Step 4: Serve the Burritos
Remove the burritos from the oven, and garnish with shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, chopped green onion, guacamole, sour cream, and/or salsa as desired.
