Friday, June 20, 2008

Chili Burritos

Ingredients
200g Mince Beef
2 Beef Stock Cubes
1 Sachet Chilli Sauce Mix
1 400g Can Chopped Tomatoes
1 400g Can Kidney Beans
1 Small Onion
1 Pack Tortillas (these usually come in 8's)
150g Grated Cheddar Cheese
A Dash of Olive Oil
Salad Leaves and Chips to serve

Equipment
A Wok or Large Frying Pan
A Large Oven Proof Dish
1 Wooden or Plastic Spatula
1 Wooden or Plastic Serving Spoon
1 SHARP Knife
A Chopping Board (Acrylic or Wood, Glass blunts your blades very quickly!!)

The Good Bit
  1. Start by warming your dash of oil in the wok/frying pan and preheat your oven to 180C 350F or gas mark 4
  2. Whilst your oil is warming peel and cut your onion into small chunks. Open your cans and drain the kidney beans
  3. Now your oil is warm cook your onions in until they feel soft and look to have gone clearer, about 5 minutes
  4. Add your mince and keep stirring until all the pink has gone, you should now add the 2 stock cubes and stir in well.
  5. Add your chilli sauce mix and stir in well then add the tomatoes, kidney beans and leave to simmer.
  6. Cook your chips and lightly grease your oven proof dish, the next bit gets a bit messy!
  7. Fill each tortilla with a generous portion of the chilli mix and roll into a sausage shape, place in the greased oven proof dish, once they are all done (I only use 4 here as my dish isn't big enough for all 8, i use the other 4 tortillas in one of my other Mexican dishes)
  8. Sprinkle the cheese on top and place in your pre heated oven for 10 minutes until the cheese has melted and has begun to bubble, serve a burrito to each person with salad leaves and chips.
Serves 4