Pork Burrito Salad
Enjoy this first as a salad, then pick it up as a burrito!
Calories per serving:
Ingredients
For the Pork
- ½ pound ground pork
- ½ small onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
For the Salad
- 2 flour tortillas
- 2 cups Refried Beans, heated
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- ½ cup white cheddar or jack
- 1 cup grape tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons good salsa
- 1 avocado, peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
Instructions
For the Pork
- Heat a medium saute pan on high and add a little oil to the pan. Saute the onion then add the pork and spices. Cook the pork until it is thoroughly cooked and there is no pink. Set aside.
For the Salad
- Heat each tortilla til warm either on the stove on a comal or in the microwave for a few seconds.
- Put the hot tortilla in a large serving bowl and flatten it as much as possible.
- Put some of the refried beans on each tortilla.
- Put some of the pork mixture on top of the beans.
- Mix the lettuce and grape tomatoes and distribute them between the two bowls.
- Finally, top with cheese, salsa, sour cream and avocado slices.
Notes
You don't have to use pork. You can saute ground chicken or turkey for this. You could use left over chicken, turkey, steak, whatever you have. Fry up some fish, or grill some shrimp. The choices are endless. Enjoy!
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