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Friday, January 30, 2015

#Dairyfree Chicken Burritos {#recipe}

A couple of posts ago I talked about our new found affinity with roast chicken.  Roast chicken, the easy no fuzz dinner that's economical as  - at least in this house - it yields at least two different meals, chicken pot pie, chicken enchiladas, chicken soup…and burritos.

I know that umpteend different ways to make burritos can easily be found on the web however most use lots of cheese.  The shredded cheese surely can easily be swapped out with vegan shreds but not everyone in this house - that would be Ron - is a fan so something different was needed.  So yes, here is yet another Chicken Burrito one that is dairyfree and as all burritos should be fuzz free, plus delicious as in no leftovers ;).  These have a jerk flavor as some delicious jerk hot sauce by Pirate Johnny's which  I recently received was added. Let me tell you so that the jerk hot sauce along with the cilantro give these burritos their fantastic flavor.  Yes, I know the pictures do not really show just how good they are..better pictures were just not in the cards.  


Dairyfree Chicken Burriots
  • 1 TB Canola Oil
  • 1 onion diced
  • Salt
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1/2 tsp dried coriander
  • 1 Tbs  lightly dried Cilantro, or fresh minced
  • 2 C cooked chicken,  diced
  • 1 TB Pirate Johnny's Syrena Seduction jerk hot sauce
  • 1 can black beans, drained
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • 1-1/2 C dried brown rice cooked {I use Alton Brown's baked recipe}
  • 1 TB lightly dried Cilantro, or fresh minced
  • 4 -5 large flour tortillas, or about 10 small flour tortillas
  • 4 TB vegan sour "cream" 
  • 4 TB mild salsa - I used Salsa de Casa by Mekenita
  • 1 large avocado sliced {optional inside of burrito}
  1. Make brown rice according to directions
  2. Heat canola oil in a pan, when hot add onion together with salt and sauté until soft.
  3. Add garlic together with coriander, cilantro and sauté for another minute until fragrant.
  4. Add chicken mix it under all the onion then stir the hot sauce - to taste - under the mixture.  
  5. Cover and keep on very low heat on the stove until you are ready to assemble the burritos
  6. Preheat oven to 375F and prepare a baking sheet
  7. Gently warm up the black beans; season with a pinch of salt and pepper
  8. Mix 1 TB of cilantro under the cooked brown rice
  9. Assemble burritos - lay tortilla flat on your work surface and layer the ingredients into it by first placing a scoop of rice, followed by a scoop of chicken, a smaller scoop of beans, then add salsa. Top with sour cream, and  optional avocado.
  10. Fold bottom of tortilla over the filling, then fold the sides over.  Place seam down on the prepared baking sheet.
  11. Once all burritos have been assembled place in oven for about 5 minutes or a bit longer as needed.

Serve with rice additional hot sauce, salsa and avocado.


Disclaimer:  I have received products free of charge for recipe development - all opinions are my own.