Enchilada Style Burritos
Great for a delicious weeknight meal. It's quick and easy enough to make after a long day at work.
Ingredients
Burrito Ingredients:
Quick Option:
- 5-6 Frozen bean and cheese burritos
Homemade Option:
- 5-6 Flour Tortillas (homemade or store bought)
- Choice of Meat (½-1 lb ground beef or shredded beef, or 1-2 chicken breasts) Optional
- Cooked rice
- 15 ounce Can beans, drained (black, pinto, or refried)
- 2 cups shredded cheese
- Any vegetable you would like to add in (i.e. green or red pepper, corn, onions, etc), sautéed Optional
Sauce Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp butter (or Earth Balance)
- 3 Tbsp flour
- 1 ½ tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp beef or vegetable bouillon granules
- ¾ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ¾ cup water
- 8 ounce Can tomato sauce
Toppings:
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- black olives- sliced
Instructions
Assemble Burritos:
- Place frozen burritos in a greased 9X13 casserole OR place beef, pork, or shredded chicken, rice, beans, vegetables, and shredded cheese to center of 5-6 tortillas, tuck in the ends of the tortilla & roll up burrito style and place in a greased 9X13 casserole; set aside.
Make Sauce:
- In a saucepan, melt butter.
- Stir in flour until smooth; gradually stir in water.
- Bring to a boil; cook and stir 3-5 minutes or until thickened.
- Add the tomato sauce, chili powder, bouillon, cumin and salt. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until thickened.
- Pour sauce over burritos. Sprinkle with cheese and sliced black olives.
Bake:
- Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until heated through.