Chorizo Bean Burritos

Zach here.

I love Mexican food. A lot. In fact, growing up my parents would always take us out to the restaurant of our choosing on our birthday and nearly every single year I would pick a Mexican joint. Anyway, for those of you who live under a rock, Cinco De Mayo is coming up. Unfortunately for me, my job is making me work on said beautiful Mexican holiday. Now, most of you are probably saying, “So. What’s the big deal? Just eat your treasured Mexican food when you get home.” Well, smart-alec, my job doesn’t allow me to just come home whenever I want. In fact, this go around I will be gone for several days.

Why am I boring you with all this? Because I’m gonna stick it to the man and celebrate Cinco De Mayo while at work *Zach puffs out his chest in defiance.* Luckily, I have an awesome recipe that is delicious and SUPER easy to save and take to work in a tiny cooler.

These things take about 15 minutes to make, the filling is freezable, and they can be toted around wherever you work.

Makes about 10 tacos/burritos/enchiladas/whatever you want to turn them into.
Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp olive oil, or veggie oil, or whatever the heck oil you want (except motor oil)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/3 cup chopped onion
• (Optional) 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper or chipotle pepper
• 1 tube (10 oz bag) beef or pork chorizo
• 1 can (16 oz) refried beans
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (or Mexican blend… I mean, it is Cinco De Mayo)
• 10 small tortillas (I used corn tortillas)

Directions:

1. Heat up your oil on medium heat in a good size pan/pot. Add your onion and garlic. Let that sizzle for about a minute. Add cayenne/chipotle pepper if desired and mix.
2. Add your chorizo and cook for about 4 minutes; breaking up the meat with a spatula as you go.
3. (OPTIONAL STEP) I don’t know about you, but I like my food with as little grease as possible. I mean, I have a hard time enough as it is keeping my saddle-bags away. Sooo, right here I strained my chorizo to get a good bit of the grease out and returned to the pan.
4. Add the whole can of refried beans and your lime juice to the chorizo. Mix well.
5. Finally, you can add the cheese. Mix well. Once you have a good-melted-cheese consistency, the mixture is doneplete!
6. Butter your tortillas and heat them up any way you like (grilled, fried, toasted, etc. etc.). I like to use an oven rack and put it directly on the gas stove top. Turn on the flame and place your tortillas right over the heat. Flip just as you see some crispy parts and repeat for the other side.
7. Place about 2 tablespoons of the chorizo/bean mix on each tortilla. Add any other garnishes or condiments you want and enjoy!

See? It was easy, and it tastes great! Now you don’t have uno (see what I did there?) excuse to not celebrate Cinco de Mayo via food. Adios!

-Zach

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