Burrito alternatives/secret ingredients?

Veal and lamb are good in a Burrito.

How about curry burritos? Or use tvp-cutlets (sear them beforehand) and cranberry sauce burritos?

how about a multi-layer burrito?
Here’s a tasty vegetarian mix for burritos:
black beans
rice
spinach
corn
fresh salsa
cubed avocados
your fave shredded cheese mix
garnish with plain yogurt (same flavor as sour cream, low fat and no cholesterol)

I just use, beans cheese, lettuce, tomato, green onions, sour cream (and or/cream cheese) and salsa. Nuke it about one minute per burrito.

Other ideas…just beans, cheese, green onions, fried (in just a bit or oil) or, put butter on a piece of foil, and wrap the burrito’s up and bake for 20 – 30 minutes.

Regardless, I always smother them with cheese before I eat them!

What about seafood burritos?

What about using chipotle chiles in adobo sauce to give them that smoky flavor?

Personally, I like Chinese Burritos. Just buy a packet of Chinese seasoning and stir fry veggies seasoned and then wrap in a whole wheat tortilla and do what you normally do.

I like @Marina‘s seafood burrito idea. I like that fish tacos usually have more creative ingredients, like that orange horseradish (?) sauce, cole slaw, and mango salsa. Maybe you could adapt that to burrito- form somehow. You could also try shopping at a latin market for interesting ingredients and see what you come up with. American burritos are kind of boring. Or try making a bunch of different salsas, from mild to really hot. Fresh pico de gallo is really easy, and you could go all the way up to habanero salsa.

Or, why don’t you expand on burrito night? You could make it a latin food night, and try different recipes. This is a really big category. You could go all the way from Spanish Paella to steaks Argentinian style.

Or go the other way, and have a wrap night. Nearly every culture has some dish where food is eaten this way, from Peking duck to French crepes. <3

Thanks for the GAs! We do want to keep it a Mexican night, because we have other food nights too:)

Might try @Sueanne_Tremendous idea of Chinese burritos.

We don’t have time to shop or get too adventurous, so this week it won’t be too crazy.

Ive made taco salad wraps before they are good and you dont have to use meat you can use things like corn and rice instead and ive always used black beans instead of the refried you can buy them canned and precooked and in a salad they dont have to be hot

Not sure if you are asking for ideas for burritos or completely different Mexican dishes?

Burritos:
chicken
Shredded beef
Bean
You can add rice, whole beans, lettuce inside along with any of these

You can use burrito tortillas, which are flour, for quesadillas, and do:
Peppers and cheese
Mushrooms and cheese
Eggplant, zuchini, peppers and cheese
add chicken or beef to any of the above.

What about a tortilla soup for the cold weather? Fry fresh triangles of burrito/flour tortillas (so good when they are made fresh, and rarely do you see fried flour tortillas served, typically it is corn) for a starter with queso dip, and then a simple chicken or steak filet with rice and beans, or salad?

@Haleth mentioned paella, which is really Spanish, but certainly Mexicans do prepare it. You can make a “quick” Paella using chicken broth and saffron to prepare the rice and throw in sausage cooked chicken legs and precooked shrimp at the last 5 minutes of cooking. I also add peas and roasted red peppers, both add good color to the dish and taste good.

Pipian is a classic chicken Mexican dish with tomato, sesame and a little peanut butter to thicken the sauce. If you are interested I can try to estimate the quanities of each ingredient, but this would not work for the vegetarian in the group.

If I had a make-your-own vegetarian burrito night, I would have some or all of these:
Nopales (cactus)
Avocado
Red beans, black beans, refritos
Rice
Cilantro
Cheese
Shredded cabbage (more nutritious than lettuce)
Corn
Diced tomatos, canned are fine
Diced chilis
Onion
Diced carrots
Salsa
Yogurt instead of sour cream

I’m hongry…

Making fresh pico de gallo really elevates a burrito in my book.

Curry burritos are great, there’s a place here called Black Bear who has a “Thai One On” burrito that has chicken/shrimp/or tofu, rice, steamed spinach inside, then they put sunflower seeds, bean sprouts, and curry sauce on top. It’s my favorite there and I can’t ever bring myself to order anything else.

I’m really really hongry

Haha. Just to let you know what we’re working with, our regular burrito:
Flour tortilla
Black beans
Corn
Rice
Lettuce
Cheese
Salsa
Yogurt/Sour cream

Also, the vegetarian is lactose intolerant:)

Mmm tortilla soup sounds great, @JLeslie. Expecting Wintry Mix all day tomorrow so it might be the perfect night for it!

@sliceswiththings Do you have a recipe for the tortilla soup?

Also Frijoles Charros, basically a bean soup is thick and hearty for cold nights, but it is only really good if you use bacon fat, so that would not work for the vegetarian, but you could seperate out some beans? The recipe is dried black beans or dried pinto beans. bacon, tomato, onion, jalepenos, and cilantro. If you want the recipe I can estimate it for you, or maybe there is one online.

Have you considered New Mexico-style enchiladas, where the tortillas are stacked instead of rolled, and the filling is layered between the tortillas (sort of a Mexican lasagna)?

And here are some vegetarian taco recipes that you could use as filling for your burritos, or also in the stacked enchiladas.

This one, this one, this one, and this one sound particularly good to me.

And this site offers vegan Mexican recipes.

Your lactose-intolerant friend cannot drink milk, but yogurt and cheese should be okay as the lactose is typically all consumed by the process of making them.

@Darwin I’ve never heard of that, maybe we’ll try it out! It’s a cool idea. Unfortunately a lot of cheese still upsets her stomach:(

Soyrizo (soy chorizo sausage)
Scrambled eggs
Fried potatoes
Sauteed bell pepper medley
Sauteed onions
Sauteed corn niblets

offer both corn and flour tortillas

@sliceswiththings Whaaaaat? No guacamole? And homemade guacamole is the best! I like mine with lots of garlic, lime, salt, and cilantro.

Pickles (salty sour ones) are delicious with mexican food. They go good with pulled chicken and ground beef.

Also, as @gemiwing said, TVP makes a great ground beef analogue. Very similar to the taste and texture (if you make it with a packet mix), except not greasy or gristle-y! (Make sure to grease the pan before cooking, though…ask me how I know. :P)

Another variation on the “burrito” is to melt some cheese on top and then add the toppings…so tasty. (Especially good prepared on a griddle, so one side gets browned, and the other gets melty cheesy goodness.)

@Haleth Remember we’re broke college kids! When we save up for long enough we do guacamole.