Lentil Burritos
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup dried lentils (green or brown)
- 1 1/2 cups cooked white rice or 1 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix (I use Hot 'n Spicy)
- 5 -8 large tortillas
- 6 ounces cheddar cheese (use whatever you have on hand) or 6 ounces monterey jack cheese, sliced thinly (use whatever you have on hand)
- cheddar cheese, grated, optional topping
- sour cream, for serving
- Put the water in a large pot. Bring to a boil.
- Stir in the lentils and cover. Lower the heat and simmer for 40 minutes.
- Dump the lentils (and any remaining water) into a large bowl. Add the cooked rice, tomato paste, taco seasoning mix. Stir well.
- Lightly grease a large casserole dish. (I use a 9" x 13" cake pan.).
- Preheat your oven to 350u0b0.
- On the counter (or other work space) lay out a tortilla. Put a line of the filling just below the horizontal center. I probably add about 1/2 a cup of filling to each burrito.
- Make sure that there is about an inch or so at either end of the line that doesn't have filling on it.
- Place a couple of slices of cheese on top of the line of filling.
- I have also placed some sliced and pan fried chicken breast on top at this point as well. Makes my Fiance happy when he can see meat in a meal.
- Fold up the bottom of the tortilla to cover the filling (or partially cover). Then fold over both sides. Then continue rolling to the top.
- The burrito should be about 1 1/2" wide and about 4" long.
- Place seam side down in the prepared pan.
- Continue with the rest of the wraps.
- At this point, you can either put them in the oven as is, or you can top them with some grated cheese. I think about 1/2 a cup of grated cheese would be more than sufficient. I don't usually top mine with the cheese.
- Place in the oven. Cook for about 20-30 minutes. It depends on whether or not you used cheese.
- The tops don't usually get too brown for me. They just get a lovely crustiness to them. You could rub some butter on top before cooking if you wanted them to brown a bit more.
- Let stand for a few minutes before serving.
- First time I made this, I only made 5 and I had about a cup of leftover filling. We ate the leftover filling as Sloppy Joe's on a nice crusty roll. I enjoyed it heated up on it's own.
water, rice, tomato paste, taco seasoning mix, tortillas, cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese, sour cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lentil-burritos-217952 (may not work)