This Chicken and Refried Bean Burrito are made with a delicious homemade Refried Beans mixture, juicy seasoned white tender chicken breast meat, long-grain white rice, Colby Jack cheese, Hass avocados, fresh Homemade Salsa with Poblano Chilies, and chopped fresh cilantro.
If you aren’t careful, you can seriously become addicted to these wonderful homemade Chicken and Refried Bean Burritos pretty quickly. I love all the fresh ingredients joined in one tortilla wrap, and man, is it ever filling. I normally have one burrito, and I am stuffed to the gills.
Mexican food at home doesn’t have to boring and bland looking. Fresh ingredients and ripe produce add beautiful color and tremendous flavor. So ladies, If you have a fresh produce market or vegetable stand that supplies local vegetables run immediately, do not walk and get your fresh produce on
You can feel free to throw those jars of canned salsa right in the trash because I have included a favorite salsa recipe you’re going to fall in love with from the get-go. That’s right, be ready to kick the store salsa to the curb and never look back.
Most of all, enjoy this simple, easy, Homemade Chicken and Refried Bean recipe that will have you loving the idea of Mexican at home from here on out. The happy, full faces at the dinner table are just going to be a bonus.
Equipment Needed
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Sharp kitchen knife
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Cutting board
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Box Grater
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Large pot
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Large skillet
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Tortilla warmer
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Serving platter
Homemade Refried Beans
- Two cups dried pinto beans
- 1/4 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
- One tablespoon of bacon grease or butter
- One small onion diced
- One jalapeño pepper diced
Chicken and Refried Bean Burrito
- Three – 6-ounce pieces of seasoned and cooked chicken breasts chopped
- One recipe for refried beans, above
- One cup of cooked long-grain rice
- One cup of freshly shredded Colby Jack cheese
- Two Hass avocados diced
- One recipe for Homemade Salsa with roasted poblano chile
- 1/2 of a cup chopped cilantro
- Two limes sliced
- Large tortillas
Chicken and Refried Bean Burrito
Equipment
- Sharp kitchen knife
- Cutting Board
- Box grater
- Large pot
- Large skillet
- Tortilla warmer
- Serving platter
Ingredients
Homemade Re-fried Beans
- 2 cups dried pinto beans
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon bacon grease or butter
- 1 onion diced
- 1 Jalapeno pepper diced
Chicken and Refried Bean Burrito
- 3- 6-ounce- chicken breasts seasoned and cooked (chopped)
- 1 recipe refried beans see above
- 1 cup long-grain rice cooked
- 1 cup Colby Jack cheese freshly shredded
- 2 Hass Avocados chopped or sliced
- 1 cup homemade Salsa or jar salsa
- ½ cup Cilantro chopped
- 2 limes sliced
- 1 package flour tortillas
Instructions
Refried Beans
- Rinse the beans thoroughly, then place them in a large pot. Pour water over the top. Use enough water to cover the beans by about 2 inches.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat to low and cover. Simmer for 2 hours or until tender. Add the chili powder, kosher salt, and black pepper.
- Heat the bacon grease in a large skillet, add onions and diced jalapeño peppers and cook until softened. Add the pinto beans to the skillet, cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Place ingredients in a food processor and pulse until they are they’re the consistency you want.
Chicken and Refried Bean Burrito
- Heat tortillas in a tortilla warmer slightly before using them, following the package directions.
- Place the burrito wrap on a flat surface, spoon a small amount of chicken onto the wrap, spoon refried beans on the burrito wrap, add a bit of white rice, add some freshly shredded Colby Jack Cheese to layers. Fold the sides of the burrito in so it nearly touches in the middle. With the sides folded in, use your thumbs to bring up the bottom of the tortilla.
- Bring up the bottom of the tortilla and pull it tightly. Roll the bottom of the tortilla tightly. Press and crease the end of the tortilla as you finish rolling it up.
- Cut the burrito in half, place on the plate, and garnish with the Homemade Salsa with roasted poblano chile, diced avocados, chopped cilantro, and sliced lime.
Notes
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Nutrition
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Reblogged this on Sarah's Attic Of Treasures and Our Neck Of The Woods and commented:
Chicken and Refried Beans , especially if they are homemade , always sound good to me.
Starving now.
Thank you so kindly for the reblog, these are to die for!!!
Oh, what a tasty looking burrito! I was just thinking that I wanted to make some pinto beans. Your refried beans sounds even better!
Thanks it was really good!
This burrito looks amazing Heidy. So pretty and flavorful!
Thanks, Diane. It’s fairly easy to make as well…BONUS!