Monday, November 17, 2008

burritos


This recipe makes four burritos

I N G R E D I E N T S
1/2 cup long grain rice
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon dried Mexican Oregano
7 - ounce can chopped tomatoes in juice
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 1/4 cups grated cheese
Sour Cream

I N S T R U C T I O N S
Bring a saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the rice and cook for 8 minutes. Drain, rinse, then drain again.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion with ground cloves and oregano and fry for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the rice and tomatoes and cook over low heat until all the tomato juice has been absorbed. Set the pan aside.

Put the chicken breasts in a large saucepan and pour in enough water to cover and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and poach the chicken until it is cooked through, about 10 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Shred the chicken by pulling it apart with two forks then add the chicken to the rice mixture with the grated cheese. Stir in the sour cream if using.
Wrap the tortillas in aluminum foil and place them on a plate over point water for about 5 minutes. Alternately you can wrap in microwave-safe plastic wrap and heat in microwave about 1 minute.

Spoon 1/8 the filling into the center of a tortilla and fold in both sides. Fold the bottom up and the top down to form a parcel. Secure with a toothpick.
Place burritos in a shallow dish or casserole, cover with foil and keep warm in oven while you make 7 more bundles. Remove the toothpicks before serving.

This recipe is important to our culture because we eat it all the time. It's weird how what we eat is so much a part of who we are, but it's true. Also it is important because it is how we express ourselves. We express ourselves by cooking a lot of food. We always make this because it's really good. We also love baking flans. Flans is the best desert every. Also we make those things all the time. So, that's why we love making this dish.......

3 comments:

$$~maggi3~$$ said...

How about if you want to put other vegetables.Or if you don't want does vegetables that it already has in there.Because maybe some people don't like union,cheese,or other things.That burrito looks very good.I want to be eating it.

spueml said...

the food looks so good now I am getting hungry .mmmmmmmm I think I can smell it from here I think curcer is important because it shows were your form that is good looking food I bet it tastes better

Period 4 - Student 10 said...

I think that the BURRITOS you make looks good and by looking at it I'm starting to want one.