Burrito or burritos are delicious food in Latin America, which is sold on the streets, prepared in houses, served in restaurants and fast food cafe. How to cook burrito? Under this word lies a cake with stuffing, so that if you have all the ingredients at hand, the burrito is prepared very quickly. The cake can be wheat, corn, cooked from a mixture of corn and wheat flour, fried in a dry frying pan. While the cake is hot, it is easy to wrap the filling. It can be a mixture of raw or stewed vegetables, boiled, fried or stewed meat or fish, salads, seafood, a wide variety of food combinations. Every Latin American housewife has her own burrito recipe.
Cooking
Burrito rolls - tortillas - are prepared quite simply.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups without flour;
- 250 ml of water;
- a pinch of salt;
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder;
- butter.
Preparation:
Flour can be used wheat, can be corn, you can mix them in any proportions. It needs to be sieved a couple of times, mixed previously with salt and baking powder. Warm water is poured into the flour, gradually kneading a stiff elastic dough. Water can be replaced with milk or kefir, the dough will be softer. When the dough is almost ready, add 3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable or butter. Divide the dough into 10-12 slices, roll the cakes and fry them in a dry frying pan.
Burrito with chicken
The most hearty, of course, meat burritos. The recipe for this dish is simple, especially tasty burrito with chicken.
Preparation:
- Sauce (you can use ketchup);
- sour cream;
- 300 g of chicken fillet;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- handful of rice;
- 1 cucumber;
- 100 g of cabbage.
Preparation:
Chicken fillet slice thin short strips, fry in a hot frying pan until ruddy, add rice and mix. After a minute, pour a glass of water or broth and leave on low heat for 15 minutes. Cut the cucumbers into strips, pepper into small cubes, chop the cabbage thinly, mix. Warm the warm cake with sauce, lay the meat with rice, then lettuce, pour sour cream and roll the edges of the cake. As you can see, the recipe for burrito with chicken is simple.
Burrito with meat
Ingredients:
- 300 g of meat;
- 1 onion;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- 30 ml of white table wine;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- 1 vegetable marrow;
- a little parsley or coriander.
Preparation:
Wash the meat, remove the tapes, cut across the fibers so that small pieces of "one bite" are obtained. Cut the onions finely. On vegetable oil, salve the onion, add the meat and cook until ready. 5 minutes before the end of the process, pour in the wine. Zucchini cut into small cubes and fry separately on high heat until light browning. Zucchini should crunch slightly, but not be raw. Sweet peppers cut into small pieces. Wash greens and chop. Slightly cooled meat combine with zucchini and pepper, herbs, add salt and a pinch of ground chili pepper. Wrap the stuffing in a warm tortilla and serve.
Burrito for vegetarians
There are a huge number of recipes for burritos. Vegetarian food is very popular today, and you can enjoy delicious food and without meat. As a filling for vegetarian burritos, you can use any vegetables, for example, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, eggplants, as well as corn, beans, rice, mushrooms and any greens. One of the most popular options - 1 cucumber, 1 sweet pepper, a can of red beans, a few twigs of parsley. Vegetables cut into small pieces of straw, mix with beans and chopped greens. Warm the warm tortilla with ketchup and wrap the filling. Combinations are possible almost any, just turn on the fantasy and enjoy.