Chicken Burrito
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- Total Time
- 30mins
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- Serves
- 5
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- Calories
- 882
This is a chicken burrito stuffed with a juicy seasoned chicken filling, refried beans, corn, cheese, and Mexican Red Rice. The refried beans make it juicy inside without being soggy, adds flavor, and holds it all together so the filling doesn't come tumbling out when you pick it up!
Inspired by: https://www.recipetineats.com/chicken-burrito/recipe updated Oct 14, 2020
Ingredients
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- Chicken breast
- 600 g
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- Refried beans
- 400 g
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- Canned corn
- 400 g
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- Cheese
- 355 g
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- Cilantro
- 7 g
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- Onion powder
- 1 teaspoon
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- Dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon
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- Salt
- 1 teaspoon
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- Ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons
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- Paprika
- 2 teaspoons
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- Black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon
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- Cayenne pepper
- ¾ teaspoon
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- Olive oil
- 2 tablespoons
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- Onion
- ½
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- Garlic clove
- 2
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- Red bell pepper
- 1
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- Water
- 60 ml
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- Flour tortilla
- 5
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- Mexican rice - cooked
- 290 g
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- Sour cream
- as needed
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- Tomato salsa
- as needed
Tools
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Oven
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Microwave
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Stove
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Frying pan
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Plate
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Large cast iron skillet
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Large mixing bowl
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Work surface
Step preview
- Mix seasoning ingredients in a mixing bowl
- Drizzle 1 tbsp oil over chicken
- Mix to coat
- Sprinkle with seasoning and toss to coat
- Add 1 tbsp of oil to a skillet
- Heat oil over high heat
- Add the chicken
- Cook for 2 minutes
- Turn and cook for 1.5 minutes
- Remove and let rest for 2 minutes then chop
- In the same skillet, add onion and garlic
- Cook for 1 minute
- Add the capsicum
- Cook for 2 minutes until onion is translucent
- Add refried beans, diced chicken and water
- Stir and cook for 2 minutes until reduced slightly
- Let cool 5 minutes - will thicken
- Gently warm tortillas in microwave
- Then lay the tortillas on a work surface
- Place rice on lower third, top with chicken filling, corn, cheese then sprinkle with coriander
- Fold up, burrito style
- To toast either pan fry over medium high heat (no oil) for 2 minutes each side to make tortilla crispy and melt cheese a bit
- Or wrap tightly in foil and bake in oven 10 minutes at 180°c/350°f
- Dunk in sauce(s) of choice or douse with hot sauce of choice, and devour
- To serve add avocado sauce, guacamole, sour cream, restaurant style salsa, queso, nacho cheese dip
- This is also freezer friendly