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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Burrrrito


My mom had cooked some ground pork mixture several days ago. Now I wasn't sure at the time of what to make with them and since I tried my hand at making tortillas, I couldn't leave it with just making small taco-sized. No. I went ahead and made almost burrito-sized ones, too. Mwhahaha... Burrrrrito time!!!! So I decided to make a sort of "breakfast burrito" out of them.  I had some lettuce that I had shredded the night before. Oh, I had every intention from the previous night of making burritos the next day. Slightly planned ahead so that I didn't have to buy any ingredients, but soon I find out that I didn't have any beans.  I wish I did. As much as I love going to the market and buying necessary ingredients, my laziness to drive out conquers.

So I heat up the pork mixture, add in the shredded lettuce for that added crunch. Top with some shredded cheddar and voila! Add a couple dashes of hot sauce on mine and I'm good to go. Though, I need to practice my burrito wrapping practice skills. Looks like it want to bust out at the seams.

Makes 4 burritos.



Burrrrito

2  torillas - burrito sized
1-2 c shredded lettuce
shredded cheddar cheese

meat filling
1/2 lb ground pork
1 small bell pepper - chopped
1 small tomato - deseeded/chopped
1 garlic clove - chopped
1/2 small onion - chopped
1small potato - small chopped - optional
salt  and pepper to taste

Saute the garlic in a tiny drizzle of olive oil. then add in the onion and cook until limp. Then the  ground pork. Cook until the meat is browned.

Next add the tomato and the optional potato. Cook all together until the potato is tender.

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Lightly heat the tortilla on an ungreased skillet or wrapped in foil in a 350˚F preheat oven for 5 minutes.

Place the filling like a log in the center of the tortilla. then the lettuce. Top with the cheese.

Roll up the burrito. With the filling facing you horizontally, wrap the bottom part over the filling, then fold in the sides and fold in the top. Wrap it in a piece of foil or serve as is with a side of hot sauce.

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

That looks delicious (apart from the fact that I can't eat pork!). I might try it with chicken.

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Andrea@WellnessNotes said...

Looks & sounds delicious! I've been craving a burrito for a while; I think seeing one on your blog is a sign! :)

chow and chatter said...

wow you can do so much with your tortilla's did your mum like it

Teanna said...

Hey, I actually think the best kinds of burritos are the ones that look like they are about to bust out of the seams! That looks SO SO SO good!

Parita said...

Yummy burrrritos

vanillasugarblog said...

I am so grateful for the invention of the burrito. you know? I mean it's perfect and always filling.

Bob said...

Ha! I did burritos today too. Looks awesome. :)

Debbie said...

I love burritos...so versatile like tacos. They look good!

Kelly @ EvilShenanigans said...

Burritos, like wraps, are great travel food! Your filling sounds great!!!

Cookin' Canuck said...

That sounds so good to me right now! I like the addition of potato into the filling.

teresa said...

mmmm, the fact that those are homemade tortillas just make this dish even more perfect, delicious!

Diana said...

Bravo! Astounding performance! :)

Laziness has been conquering my desire to go out for necessary foodstuffs too lately. Sometimes a girl's just gotta make do with what's she's already got!

Unknown said...

These really look excellent. I love a good burrito :)

sophia said...

wow, look at that. It looks like a big fat pillow. Encasing some pretty awesome goodies!

theUngourmet said...

We make burritos and tacos a lot at our house but I've never tried them with pork. It looks awesome, I'll have to try it next time for sure!

Reeni said...

A burrito for breakfast sounds perfect! Especially with your home-made tortillas.

Pam said...

I could go for one of those right now - it looks tasty.

Bianca @ South bay Rants n Raves said...

Love the Mexican theme going on! Yum!

Tangled Noodle said...

It's hard to contain deliciousness! This is the kind of breakfast that will start the day just right. 8-)

tavolini said...

ohhh! I love all these burrito and taco posts :) My second favorite food group is tacos :) (favorite is pizza!)

Nutmeg Nanny said...

I love homemade burritos! You have me craving them now....haha.

Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...

These look great! I haven't made burritos in a while... I think I will have to make some again very soon!

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