Baked Burritos

Winter dinner coming at ya! (really an anytime dinner, but we’re feeling cozy, okay?)

Sometimes these are called Wet Burritos which intensely grossed me out. We’re calling them baked. Baked burritos. With ground turkey and refried beans and aromatics and sauces and cilantro and a bit of our blistered soul. I feel like you’ll really be into this.

Let us peepeth.

Get a load of the cheese: WHITE AMERICAN. Before you kick me out of the blogdom, did you know you can go to the counter and ask for the block white American and have them them cut off a chunk with a knife? Not sliced. But a good chunk like block cheese. Do that. This cheese has a gorgeous melt factor and the flavor is mellow and a bit nostalgic. Had no idea, did ya?!

Oh you did?

Oh.

We’ll brown our turkey with a mix of standard spices, onions and garlic, minced cilantro and a good glug of our salsa verde/green enchilada mix. We ain’t effin’ around here.

Then we build. Refried beans, the turkey mix, some cheese if you want! We’ll tuck the sides in and roll them up into burritos. Standard situation.

Into a casserole dish they go seam side down with all the sauce over the top (pour some in the bottom of the pan as well). Then on goes the cheese. And we’re so happy right now.

I meaaaaaan.

That cheese is giving us everything we need. The burritos are baked and tender and stuffed and ready for a complete devouring.

Some good sliced avocado on top and chopped scallions never hurt anyone.

You will cry. The sauce adds not only flavor, but something to dredge the burritos in for the full party.

Get in these. This week! Tonight?

Now?

Yes yep and yeah.

Baked Beef Burritos

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Ingredients

• 1 pound ground turkey
• 16 oz salsa verde
• 10 oz green enchilada sauce
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp coarse salt
• 14 oz can black refried beans
• 5-6 large tortillas
• 2 cups grated white American cheese
• Chopped scallions and sliced avocado, for garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350.
2. Combine the salsa verde and enchilada sauce in a medium bowl.
3. In a large skillet over medium high heat, add a Tbs. extra virgin olive oil. Add the diced onion and a pinch of salt. Sauté this for three minutes to soften. Add the ground turkey and break up with a spatula or wooden spoon. Brown all over. Add the garlic and spices and sauté another minute so the flavors meld. Add the minced cilantro and half a cup of the salsa verde sauce. Stir to combine.
4. Pour about a cup of the salsa verde mix along the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish.
5. Down the center of each tortilla, spread 1/4 cup of the refried beans. Top with a big spoonful of turkey mixture. At this point you can add some cheese if you want. Tuck the sides of the tortilla inward and fold the burrito up. Place each burrito seam side down in the pan. You should get five or six burritos out of the mix. Pour the rest of the sauce over the top, covering the tortillas. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the top and bake anywhere from 20-30 minutes, until the cheese is starting to brown in places and is completely melted.
6. Garnish with sliced avocado and diced scallions. A hit of lime juice? Absolutely.
7. Let this rest a few minutes, then serve!
8. Makes 5 or 6 burritos.

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