Smothered Burritos

Name: Smothered Burritos
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Ingredients: 1 can (10 ounces) green enchilada sauce; 3/4 cup salsa verde; 1 pound ground beef; 4 flour tortillas (10 inches); 1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided

My brother-in-law teased that I only knew how to make five things using ground beef. I proved him wrong with my inventive spicy burritos. —Kim Kenyon, Greenwood, Missouri

Ingredients

1 can (10 ounces) green enchilada sauce
3/4 cup salsa verde
1 pound ground beef
4 flour tortillas (10 inches)
1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°. In a small bowl, mix enchilada sauce and salsa verde.
In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in 1/2 cup sauce mixture.
Spoon 2/3 cup beef mixture across center of each tortilla; top each with 3 tablespoons cheese. Fold bottom and sides of tortilla over filling and roll up.
Place in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Pour remaining sauce mixture over top; sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup cheese. Bake, uncovered, 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Nutrition Facts

1 burrito: 624 calories, 33g fat (15g saturated fat), 115mg cholesterol, 1470mg sodium, 44g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 2g fiber), 36g protein.

Originally published as Smothered Burritos in Simple & Delicious October/November 2012

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ja1059

Dec 15, 2018

This is SO simple, and excellent! I cook lots of texmex food, and this has an excellent flavor. A lot depends on your choice of sauces. Thank you for a great new, and very easy, recipe!
4Marsha

Oct 26, 2018

Thought it was a serious waste of ingredients would not give it any stars.
rebelwithoutaclue

Apr 23, 2018

There is enough sauce to add a couple more tortilla's. I did add chopped onions and topped with a little sour cream with refried beans on the side. Will make again.
slocook805

Oct 26, 2017

2 stars as written, way too bland for us. I added minced onion, garlic and serrano peppers along with my homemade version of what you would call taco seasoning. Also since I use90/10 grnd beef no draining is necessary and why would you drain ground beef if you had browned it with spices and other ingredients anyway? Too much flavor goes into the trash. That always gets me when I see a recipe that calls for that step. Since it's beef you can do a switchy swatchy with either red or green when it comes to the sauce.
slocook805

Oct 26, 2017

2 stars as written, way too bland for us. I added minced onion, garlic and serrano peppers along with my homemade version of what you would call taco seasoning. Also since I use90/10 grnd beef no draining is necessary and why would you drain ground beef if you had browned it with spices and other ingredients anyway? Too much flavor goes into the trash. That always gets me when I see a recipe that calls for that step. Since it's beef you can you can do a switchy swatchy with either red or green when it comes to the sauce.
ChrisD1717

Oct 5, 2017

I made these for two of my brothers. They raved about them. I was in total agreement. used smaller tortillas cause that is what I had on hand and since I had twice the tortillas I doubled everything else and it came out great. Flavors were terrific. Will definitely make again. Even great heated up. Topped with salsa, sour cream, green onions, lettuce and tomato. YUM!
middjett

Sep 19, 2017

This is a good recipe to use as an idea maker. A few changes I made are as fallows 1) needs onions. 2) Corn tortillas instead of flour. Corn tortillas don't get soggy like flour ones do. 3) Homemade red enchilada sauce and cancel the Verde and add fresh chopped jalapenos instead. And I also like to add sliced black olives to mine. I could tell by just reading the list of ingredients there would be no heat and very little flavor, but with the added onion and my homemade sauce, my creation turned out pretty good. Only reason this got 2 stars is for the ideas it gave me, otherwise it would have been 1 star.
Sue

Sep 18, 2017

So, where is the spice???? This is very benign. Any number of additions would add real spice to make these "spicy",
wunsagin

Apr 18, 2017

I was sure with so few ingredients these would really lack flavor....Not a problem! Perfect as written, no changes needed.
modestcook

Mar 23, 2017

We liked this recipe, it's a keeper. I couldn't find green enchilada sauce in our store, they were out of it so I used red. Turned out very good.