Easy Black Bean Burritos
By Chatelaine
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Photo: Erik Putz
Want to get an A+ on school lunch? Roll last night's dinner up in a tortilla and you're done.
Ingredients
-
2 tbsp
vegetable oil
-
1/2 cup
onion
, chopped
-
1 tbsp
garlic
, chopped
-
1 tbsp
chili powder
-
3 cups
cooked
black beans
-
1 cup
water
, or reserved bean cooking liqiud
-
1/2 tsp
salt
-
8
small
tortillas
-
8
lettuce leaves
-
1/2 cup
chopped
tomato
, or fresh salsa
-
1/2 cup
grated
cheddar cheese
-
cilantro leaves
, (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and sauté for 4 min or until soft and lightly golden. Add garlic and chili powder, and sauté for 1 min longer. Add beans and water, and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 2 min or until flavours have come together.
- Use a potato masher to mash beans into a coarse paste and thin with extra water, as needed. Season with salt. Lay a lettuce leaf on a tortilla and spoon heaping ¼ cup beans on top. Add 1 tbsp tomato, some grated cheese and cilantro, and roll up.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 574,
- Protein
- 25 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 73 g,
- Fat
- 21 g,
- Fibre
- 18 g,
- Sodium
- 864 mg.
- Excellent source of
- iron
Originally published in the Today’s Parent September/October 2018 issue. Photo by Erik Putz.
