Last Friday night I made KD's School Night Chicken Burritos. As I was prepping everything to make them, I realized I was out of brown rice (actually, all rice). I REALLY wanted these burritos, so I decided to substitute bulghur. I cooked one cup of bulghur just the way the instructions say to cook the rice. It was great!
Now, the other thing that I found is that this recipe makes a lot more than 10 burritos. I cooked 10 burritos that night (using the 8 inch tortillas, and they were pretty full), had 3 more that I put into the freezer (13 total), and still had 2 cups of the filling mixture left. I froze the filling mixture for another meal. The other thing that I found was that with 1 teaspoon each of chili powder and cumin, it wasn't seasoned enough. I kept adding and tasting, and ended up using 1 Tablespoon of each seasoning.
I know I have made these before, but they had gotten out of the rotation....they are now back in!
Blessings,
Lori
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My dd loves these. I've found that the filling will make two pans of burritos. So I just freeze one for a whole different dinner later. I have also frozen them individually to use for lunches.
Lori, This has become one of my favorites too. I agree, it makes a lot more than 10 burritos. I always have a lot of filling mixture left that I freeze. I also agree, I add more seasoning too. Since it is just me and dd I have a lot of frozen burritos which is great for nights I don't want to cook-just pop one in the oven and bake for a bit, done!
Jill
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