Tex Mex

Bean and Cheese Burrito

Name: Bean and Cheese Burrito
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tex Mex
Ingredients: 4 large flour tortillas; 16 oz canned refried beans; 1.5 cups shredded cheddar; 2 cups cooked rice; 1/2 cup salsa; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1 tbsp neutral oil; 1/2 tsp salt

Yesenia @yesenia_tejana

Bean and Cheese Burrito is Tex Mex home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy High fiber Vegetarian Halal Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 large flour tortillas
16 oz canned refried beans
1.5 cups shredded cheddar
2 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup salsa
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tbsp neutral oil
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Warm the refried beans in a pot with the cumin and salt until spreadable.
Warm the flour tortillas so they fold without cracking.
Spread beans down the center of each tortilla and top with rice, cheddar, and salsa.
Fold in the sides and roll each into a tight burrito.
Sear the burritos seam-side down in the oiled skillet until golden and the cheese melts, about 2 minutes per side.
Serve warm with sour cream.

Watch how to cook Bean and Cheese Burrito

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Tex Mex dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bean and Cheese Burrito, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The protein alongside
- Black Beans with Cumin and Lime
  
  15 min
What it is eaten with
- Refried Beans
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Guacamole Casero
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Bean and Cheese Burrito carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Bean and Cheese Burrito
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Carne Guisada
Gluten	Yes	Beef and Bean Tostadas
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 570 kcal
Protein: 25 g
Carbs: 81 g
Fat: 16 g
Fiber: 8 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 780 mg
Saturated fat: 10 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Bean and Cheese Burrito takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.