Beef and Bean Burritos

By Keith Prickett on January 13th, 2012 (Add Comment »)

Looking for a little spice in your life? Look no further than a delicious home-made burrito. Sometimes we make these with just beans but since we have our own beef now it’s a no-brainer to throw some ground beef in too. I always start making burritos by putting dry pinto beans we buy from Matt and Cyndee over at Matt-Cyn farms into the crock pot in the morning before work. When I come home they are ready to be re-fried — and they smell wonderful! Saute some onion, garlic, cumin, salt, pepper, mash the beans and wham! — You’ve got yourself re-fried beans!

All that said, you can just used canned re-fried beans — but why would you? Here’s what I did:

Beef and Bean Burrito – Makes 6 Large Burritos

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of lean pasture-raised ground beef
• 1 onion, diced
• 5 cloves of garlic, diced
• 2 cups dried beans, cooked, re-fried or 32-ounces of canned re-fried beans
• 1 tomato, diced or small can of salsa (depending on if tomatoes are in season or not!)
• 1 avocado, diced
• 1/2 cup grated cheese
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• sour cream
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder (or to taste)
• kosher salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 large burrito tortillas

Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a heavy bottom pan
2. Add the onions, saute until translucent
3. Add the garlic, saute for another minute
4. Add the ground beef and cook until brown
5. Add the cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper and mix — add more to taste
6. Heat or cook your beans
7. Warm a tortilla shell in a cast iron pan for a few seconds or in the oven on warm for a few minutes
8. Add the beans, meat, cheese, salsa/tomato, avocado, cilantro and sour cream
9. Top it off with some of your favorite hot sauce and roll it up!

I hope you enjoy it!

P.S. Order your beef from us now, we have it for sale by the quarter, half and whole for only $3.75 per pound by the hanging weight.  It’ll come with plenty of ground beef so you can make this recipe anytime. A quarter is perfect for a couple, half for a family of four and a whole for a larger family for a year.

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