Mexican bean burritos

Serves: 8
Prep: 15
Cook: 30

A delicious and refreshing way to incorporate more legumes into your diet.

Ingredients

Bean mix
  • 1 tbs oil
  • 1 brown onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 red capsicum, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 ½ cups corn kernels, drained
  • 420g can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 420g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 420g can diced tomatoes
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves, chopped
  • ½ cup mint leaves, chopped
Guacamole
  • 1 avocado
  • ½ lemon, juice only
Salad
  • 1 small butter lettuce, leaves washed and separated
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 1 lebanese cucumber, halved and sliced
  • 1 cup fat reduced cheese, grated
  • ¼ cup salsa
  • ¼ cup light sour cream
  • 8 burrito tortillas

Method

Bean mix
  1. Heat oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, chilli and capsicum and cook, stirring occasionally 3-4 minutes or until heated through.
  2. Add corn, kidney beans, cannellini beans and canned tomatoes, cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring until texture is soft and heated through. Fold through coriander and mint.
Guacamole
  1. To prepare guacamole, scrape out the avocado using a spoon (remove the stone first), mash in a plastic bowl with a fork and add a squeeze of lemon juice, this will stop avocado going brown.
Salad
  1. Prepare vegetables and cheese and place on a plate ready to serve.
Burritos can be prepared 2 ways:
Make it all up
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Spoon bean mix, carrot and cucumber into tortillas. Roll up to enclose filling. Place seam side down, in a prepared dish. Sprinkle with cheese.
  2. Bake burritos for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is golden, serve with guacamole, salsa, sour cream and salad leaves. 
Make your own
  1. Wrap tortillas in foil and place in the oven for 5-8 minutes or until heated through.
  2. Place all ingredients on the table and make your wrap the way you like it.