Lentil Rice Burritos Recipes

LENTIL BURRITOS

Steps:

• Place first six ingredients in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until lentils are tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain if necessary., Stir zucchini, taco sauce and cheese into lentils. To serve, place about 1/2 cup lentil mixture on each tortilla and roll up.

SMOTHERED LENTIL BURRITOS

Steps:

• First, prepare your burrito fillings. Set your rice to cook according to package instructions, and then move on to the lentil filling while that cooks.
• In a frying pan or skillet, saute your shallot and mushrooms until soft. Add the spices, and then the lentils, beans, tomato paste and lime juice. Saute until everything is nicely combined. Remove from the heat.
• Prepare your avocado sauce. Puree all ingredients in a blender, hand blender or food processor.
• Once the rice has finished cooking, you can assemble your burritos. Spoon 1/4 of the rice, 1/4 of the lentil filling and 1/4 of the cheese into each burrito and roll them up.
• Oil a casserole dish and place all of the rolled burritos in it. Pour the avocado sauce on top, and use a spatula if needed to smother the sauce all over the top and sides of each burrito.
• Scatter some extra cheese on top if you wish - this is optional.
• Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 180C / 360F.
• Serve with toppings of your choice!

LENTIL-RICE BURRITOS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in oven-proof casserole dish.
• Cover and bake in 300 degree oven for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
• Add more broth if it starts getting dry.
• Serve with flour tortillas, grated cheese, chopped onions, sour cream, etc.

LENTIL BURRITOS

Steps:

• Wash& drain lentils.
• Bring to a boil with stock; cover, simmer until just tender, about 20 min.
• Drain if necessary.
• Heat oil on medium heat.
• Cook onion, garlic, zucchini, pepper to tender crisp.
• Stir in lentils, hot sauce,& taco sauce.
• Adjust seasonings.
• Stir in cheese.
• Spoon 1/2 C of mixture down center of each tortilla.
• Roll up (Can assemble ahead& reheat rolled in dampened paper towels in microwave).
• Can be eaten hot or cold.

LENTIL BURRITOS

Steps:

• 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 350°.
• 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.

CURRIED LENTIL, RICE AND CARROT BURGERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat in a heavy ovenproof skillet and add the onion and carrot. Cook, stirring often, until just about tender, about 3 minutes, and add the mushrooms, ginger, turmeric, cumin, curry powder, mustard seeds and cayenne and a pinch of salt. Cook for another 3 minutes or so, until the vegetables are tender and fragrant and the spices aromatic. Remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl. Add the rice.
• Purée the lentils with the egg and add to the vegetable and rice mixture. Stir together, season with salt and pepper, and shape into 6 patties.
• Heat the ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the pan and, working in batches if necessary, cook the patties for 2 minutes on one side, or until nicely browned. Carefully turn the patties over and place in the oven. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the patties are lightly browned and don't fall apart. Remove from the heat and serve, with or without buns, chutney or ketchup and the works.