Beef and Bean Smothered Burritos – make Mexican night special by smothering beef and bean burritos with a delicious green chile sauce.
We love a good Mexican inspired dinner at our house! If you are the same, you’ll also want to try these Black Bean Tacos or Green Chicken Enchiladas.
In high school, we had an open campus. Which pretty much meant that no one stayed at school for lunch. At least anyone that I know. In fact, in my whole 3 years of high school, I never once ate in the cafeteria.
The town I grew up in wasn’t huge at all, but there wasn’t a local hangout like you see depicted on many tv shows. But we did have fast food.
And since we were all poor high school students, more often than not we ended up at Taco Bell. Sad, but true – that’s what I remember about high school lunches.
Today, I prefer to get my Mexican fix at home. In fact, in the last 4+ years, I’ve been to Taco Bell twice. Both pregnancy cravings. And both times I got sick. But tacos and burritos at home? I could seriously go for that every day.
These Beef and Bean Smothered Burritos are definitely a step (or two) above those fast food burritos. And guess what? I’m guessing you could have these made in less time than it would take to drive to the local fast food drive thru. A simple beef and bean mixture is wrapped up inside a tortilla and then the whole thing is covered in a delicious green chile sauce. Top it with cheese, lettuce and tomatoes and you are in Mexican food heaven. And a food coma when you are finished, but it’s totally worth it!
More Burrito Recipes
Smothered Chicken Burritos
Bean, Sausage, and Beef Burritos
Frito Pie Burritos
Pork Carnitas Burrito Bowl
Camping Breakfast Burritos
Beef and Bean Smothered Burritos
Ingredients
Burritos
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 16 oz can Traditional refried beans
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 8-inch flour tortillas
Green Chile Sauce
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 4 oz can (4.5 oz) chopped green chiles, undrained
- shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes for serving
Instructions
- Cook the ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat until no longer pink, breaking up as it cooks. When it is almost done, add the cumin, chili powder, coriander, salt and pepper. When completely cooked, stir in the refried beans and water. Stir to combine and remove from heat.
- Meanwhile, in another skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the flour and whisk together. Cook for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the chicken broth. Let it come to a bubble and cook, stirring often, until it starts to thicken. Remove from the heat and stir in the sour cream and green chiles.
- Assemble the burritos: Working with one tortilla at a time, spread 1/6 of the beef mixture down the center of the tortilla. Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of the cheese over the beef. Fold in two ends of the tortilla, then roll into a burrito. Place the burrito on a plate and spoon some of the Green Chile Sauce over the burrito. Add 2 more tablespoons of the cheese over the top. Top with shredded lettuce and diced tomato.
Velda says
This is really good the green chile sauce is delicious will be making again. Thanks for the RECIPE
Lynda says
This recipe is delicious,,,the cold lettuce and tomato topped it I will definitely make again
Melissa @ Bless this Mess says
That sauce to “smoother” is EASY! I love the idea of just makin’ it and not just using an enchilada sauce. I’m addicted to all things Mexican and these are on the list for this week!
Carrie @ Bakeaholic Mama says
I could eat Mexican food every day of the week. These burritos look perfect!
Bree {Skinny Mommy} says
Looks like a Mexican restaurants-yum!
Deborah says
@Bree {Skinny Mommy}, I definitely love Mexican night at home!
teresa says
i remember LOVING taco bell, but something happened to that store, i can’t eat there anymore! i must be getting older 😉
this looks awesome, i love the green chile sauce, so yummy!