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Bean and cheese burrito
Flour tortillas rolled around home-made refried beans and melted cheese
In Sonora and the rest of northern Mexico, where wheat tortillas are an everyday bread, a burrito of refried beans and cheese is one of the simplest things to wrap in foil for a child's school lunch or an after-school snack. The beans are fried with a little onion and cumin until thick and creamy, then rolled up with cheese and toasted so it melts. It contains milk and gluten (wheat tortillas). Chef's tip: warm the tortillas before filling them; cold ones crack when you roll them.
- Total time
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the refried beans
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- ½ onionfinely chopped
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- 1 ¾ lb tinned pinto beans2 tins, drained, liquid kept
- ¼ tsp salt
For the burritos
- 4 oz mild cheddar or Monterey Jackgrated
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Heat 1 tbsp sunflower oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and cook ½ onion for 4 minutes, until soft and golden at the edges. Stir in ½ tsp ground cumin for 30 seconds.
5 minStep 2: Add 1 ¾ lb tinned pinto beans and 4 tbsp of their liquid. Cook for 5 minutes, mashing with a potato masher, until thick enough to hold a line when you drag a spoon through. Season with ¼ tsp salt. Too runny is the common mistake: wet beans soak through the tortilla.
5 minStep 3: Warm 4 large flour tortillas one at a time in a dry pan for 15 seconds a side, until soft and floppy.
Step 4: Spread a quarter of the beans down the centre of each tortilla and scatter with 4 oz mild cheddar or Monterey Jack. Fold in the sides, then roll up tightly from the bottom.
Step 5: Put the burritos seam side down in the dry pan over a medium heat for 2 minutes a side, until golden and the cheese has melted.
4 minStep 6: Serve warm, or pack hot in a pre-warmed insulated food flask. For a cold lunchbox, cool completely, wrap in foil and pack with an ice pack; keep leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 470 kcal
- Protein
- 21 g
- Carbs
- 60 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fibre
- 11 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does bean and cheese burrito take?
- About 20 minutes in total: 5 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of ground cumin?
- Cumin seeds, toasted and ground.
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