Thursday, February 18, 2010

Black Bean Burritos

I whipped this up real fast last night after we came in from the gym and we loved it!

Ingredients
2 (10 inch) flour tortillas
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 teaspoon minced jalapeno peppers
3 ounces cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Directions
1.Wrap tortillas in foil and place in oven heated to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 15 minutes or until heated through.
2.Heat oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Place onion, bell pepper, garlic and jalapenos in skillet, cook for 2 minutes stirring occasionally. Pour beans into skillet, cook 3 minutes stirring.
3.Cut cream cheese into cubes and add to skillet with salt. Cook for 2 minutes stirring occasionally. Stir cilantro into mixture.
4.Spoon mixture evenly down center of warmed tortilla and roll tortillas up. Serve immediately.

I would recommend mashing the beans up a bit before putting them in the burrito. I used burrito-sized tortillas. There might be enough to make 4 regular sized tortillas. Added about 1/2 tsp of chili powder too. Also, I was out of onion, so I added a couple spoonfuls of homemade Super Salsa to the mix instead. Didn't add the cilantro and used reduced-fat cream cheese. Turned out great, even though I had to cook beans from a bag and they weren't quite done! ;) Jeremy worked for a taco place when he was in high school so he rolled the burritos perfectly for me!

2 comments:

  1. Can't wait to try these! My kids would probably even eat them, maybe minus the jalapenos!

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  2. Those sound delicious! Can you please post a video of Jeremy rolling a perfect burrito in step by step fashion? :-)

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