Loaded Vegetarian Black Bean and Rice Burritos – HEALTHY Mexican comfort food that’s loaded with black beans, rice, and more before being topped with salsa and CHEESE!! You’ll never miss the meat in these EASY burritos that you can make-ahead and are freezer-friendly!!
If you’re looking for easy but healthy, vegetarian comfort food that the whole family will love, look no further than these easy burritos. They’re like a Mexican fiesta in your mouth and you’ll never miss the meat.
There is something so comforting about a warm burrito that’s loaded to the max with black beans, rice, red bell peppers, diced tomatoes and green chiles, cheese, and topped with chunky salsa.
Simply sauté onions and red peppers with garlic, cumin, and chili powder before adding black beans, cooked rice, salsa, and diced tomatoes with green chilis (Rotel).
Add the mixture to flour tortillas, roll up the burritos, place them in a baking dish, top with salsa, cheese, and bake until the cheese melts and the salsa is bubbly, about 15 minutes. So easy.
You can make the filling mixture, assemble and roll the burritos, top with the salsa and cheese, and cover and refrigerate them at this point. Bake them off the next day when you’re ready.
If you know you have a busy day coming up or it’s going to be hard to get dinner on the table in a timely fashion, this is a great way to know that dinner for the upcoming night is waiting in the fridge and all you need to do is bake it for 15 minutes and it’s ready.
You may not need 10 fairly large burritos all at once. No problem. Individually place them in freezer-safe containers and pull them out when you need a fast lunch or dinner on the fly.
You won’t need to buy store bought frozen burritos or even go out to a restaurant when you can make your own. They have so much flavor, are far healthier, and are much more cost efficient.
To save time, use a package of precooked rice. I’m fond of this Spanish Rice in the burritos.
I used medium heat salsa and original flavor Rotel. Dial the heat up or down in the burritos overall based on your choice of mild, medium, or hot versions of salsa and Rotel. The burritos have plenty of flavor and a teeny tiny bit of a kick but were not spicy at all for us based on the products I used.
I made 10 fairly large burritos but it will vary on how full you fill your tortillas. Not sure how to wrap a burrito? Check this out.
Don’t want to make burritos or trying to cut carbs? We thought the filling was so good and could eat it by itself without the tortillas.
Want to keep these vegan? Skip the cheese or use vegan cheese.
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