Burritos – the most popular Mexican dish: a simple recipe

The burrito is one of the most popular dishes of Mexican cuisine. The cooking technique is very simple: the filling is wrapped in a tortilla. Completely different ingredients are suitable: meat, cheeses, vegetables, and even fruits. Therefore, autumn, with its variety of seasonal products, is the perfect time to make delicious burritos.

Today, FoodOboz editorial team shares the secrets of cooking a traditional Mexican dish – burrito

The peculiarity of Mexican cuisine

1. Traditional Mexican dishes always include a lot of spices, herbs, and seasonings. The most spicy ingredient is hot chili pepper, which Ukrainians are not used to eating in large quantities.
2. Meat should always be juicy. The key to this is sauces – salsa, salts, pepian, guacamole, and many others.
3. The most versatile is guacamole.

It contains:

• chili pepper
• cilantro
• green onions
• lime juice

⠀Analogues of burritos

• Quesadilla – a tortilla is filled with a filling, folded in half, and cut into three or four pieces. This dish looks like a closed pizza or toast.
• Enchiladas – a wrapped tortilla. Unlike burritos, rolled enchiladas are usually fried in a pan or baked in the oven.
• Nachos are corn tortilla chips. They are most often served with salsa or guacamole.

Real Mexican burritos

Ingredients:

• chicken or turkey meat
• salsa sauce
• canned red beans
• canned corn
• sour cream or thick yogurt without filler
• tortilla (pita bread or other flatbread, Mexican style)

Ingredients for the marinade

• lemon juice – 3 tbsp
• oil – 3 tbsp
• oregano, black pepper – to taste
• garlic – 2-3 cloves

Ingredients for the salsa

• red onion
• chili pepper
• herbs
• salt
• lemon juice

Method of preparation:

• Cut the meat into pieces and marinate for several hours, fry.
• Prepare the salsa. The secret of this sauce is that it is prepared by hand without using a blender.
• Form a burrito: spread the tortilla with yogurt, put meat, warmed beans, corn, salsa, and wrap it up.