Minced beef burritos
I decided to perfect this because I was fed up with buying a famous brand packet of spices every time I wanted to make tacos or burritos.
I think that this is a pretty close match. It works with chicken as well as beef.
Ingredients
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- 1 packet of corn flour tortillas or wheat flour tortillas
- 225 g (1/2 lb) lean minced beef
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- Four spring onions, chopped on the diagonal
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped finely
- Juice from half an orange
to garnish
- 150 ml Sour cream
- A few tablespoons of grated Cheddar
For the spices, use either:
burrito spice mix
- 1 teaspoon dried smoked chillies such as chipotle: the smoked jalapeno pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 5 cm (1/2") cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon white cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon black cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon dried minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- Good pinch of salt or 1 tablespoon of juice from preserved lemons
or
- 3 tablespoons of Home made taco mix
or
- The cheat, a packet of El Paso taco / burrito spice mix
Method
- Grind all of the dry spices in a coffee grinder
- Tip the mince and the chopped red peppers into a bowl
- Add the dry spices and mix them together by kneading the mince
- Leave for 1 hour or more in a cool place for the flavours to mingle
- Heat the ghee in a frying pan or wok
- Add the mince and fry until done to your liking
- Pour off any excess fat
- Add the juice from half an orange, the tomato purée and the chopped spring onions
- Stir fry for a few more minutes and pour away any excess liquid
- Warm the tortillas (microwave for 15 secs, grill or barbecue or dry fry in a large frying pan )
- Fill the tortillas with the minced beef and either roll them or fold them into an envelope
- Optionally, sprinkle with grated cheese and grill until it bubbles
Serving suggestions
Serve with any or all of the following: sour cream, guacamole, pickled jalapeños, a green salad, grapefruit salsa, chopped tomatoes.
Variations
Try chicken fillets or shredded beef steak
Slice up a handful of mixed mushrooms, fry them first, discarding any liquid, then add them to the mince.
See also
- Tortillas: - Encyclopaedic page describing all variants of tortillas
- South American tortilla recipes - :
- Corn tortilla recipe - make them from scratch with masa harina
- Corn tortillas - a Thermomix recipe
- Wheat flour tortilla recipe
- Gorditas - Thick Mexican tortillas
- Quick tortillas - a recipe idea for using left over tortillas
- Burrito (or taco de harina) explained
- Minced beef burritos - A burrito recipe
- Enchiladas - a recipe and an explanation
- Chicken enchiladas
- Cheatin' chicken enchiladas a quick version of the above
- Quick beef enchiladas
- Honduran Enchiladas, This is a typical dish from Honduras
- enfrijoladas, a similar dish to enchiladas
- Pulled pork enchiladas - a nice pork recipe made using meat from Jamie Oliver's Overnight Slow Roast Pork Joint
- Homemade tortilla chips - Make superb tortilla chips from soft corn tortillas - better than anything you could buy!
- Cheese nachos - A cheese nacho recipe
- Frito pie - If you like Tex-Mex, you'll love this
- Easy frito pie - Make Frito pie-on the hoof!
- Minced beef for tacos - A Mexican spicy beef taco filling recipe
- Memphis BBQ pulled duck tacos - A duck variation on the same theme
- Sincronizada recipe - A Mexican speciality that can alos be found all over South America
- Quesadillas - A selection of quesadilla recipes
- Dobladas - Stuffed tortillas from Guatemala
- Enfrijoladas recipe - tortillas stuffed with re-fried beans and spices
- Chilaquiles - a fabulous recipe from two Mexican visitors
- Tostadas de guacamole y crema - A famous Diana Kennedy recipe
- Cheese pupusas - a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador
- Pupusa de Chicharron - similar to pupusas, again from El Salvador
- Spicy lamb tortillas - A recipe idea taken from crispy duck pancakes
- Duck fajitas - and a similar version, with crispy duck
- Gressingham Memphis Barbecue Pulled Duck - Commercially available pre-prepared pulled duck
- Spanish tortilla recipes:
- Capricorn, pea and mint tortilla - A Spanish-style tortilla with goats' cheese
- Potato and goats' cheese tortilla - Another Spanish-type with goats' cheese
- Tortilla Española - A Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla capuchina - another Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla 'batatas harras' - A spicy Spanish tortilla
- Beef Skirt Steak Fajitas - Fajitas, using Taste Sensation spice mix
- Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette - Spicy, with squash & Greek cheese
- Omelettes - Many omelette recipes
- Misc. tortilla recipes:
- Potatoes as a garnish or for tortillas (TM) - A Thermomix recipe
- Baked squash filled with melted Camembert cheese - Where taco shells are used to dish up the melted cheese
- Ingredients:
- Taco shells
- Tex-Mex seasoning - Home-made Old India Taco Seasoning recipe
- Old India Taco Seasoning - The commercial variety is very good too
- Tortilla chips - Snacks/crisps.
- Taste Sensation Cajun Seasoning
- Taste Sensation fajita seasoning
- Taste Sensation harissa seasoning
- Taste Sensation Italian seasoning
- Taste Sensation Jalapeno and Lime Seasoning
- Taste Sensation Mexican seasoning
- Taste Sensation piri piri seasoning
- Tools:
- Tortilla press - The device and also a great tip for making them without a press!
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