Bean and Rice Burrito Filling
Make the rice first and let it cool completely before moving onto the next steps. (Yields about 25 Quart Freezer bags)
Ingredients (Rice)
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3 Cups uncooked Log grain Brown Rice
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2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder
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Water (per package instructions)
Steps (Rice)
- Cook rice with garlic powder then let cool completely. The rice can be made a day or two in advance then refrigerated. (If you use hot rice with the beans, everything becomes super mushy).
Ingredients (Filling)
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2 Cans Kidney Beans undrained
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2 Cans Pinto Beans undrained
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3 Cans Refried Beans undrained
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2 Bottles of Taco Bell Mild Taco Sauce
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Cool brown rice from earlier step
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Bunch of Quart Ziploc FREEZER bags (make sure to use Freezer bags, otherwise bag will tear/melt when microwaved)
Steps (Filling)
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In a large pot cook just the kidney beans with the can juices for 10 minutes
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Add the pinto beans with can juices to the pot and cook for an additional 10 minutes
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Drain the beans and rinse well and add them back to the pot
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Add the refried beans to the pot and mix all the beans together well
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Add 1/3 of the brown rice, mix well
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Add another 1/3 of brown rice, mix well
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Add final 1/3 of brown rice, mix well
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After rice is mixed in well, add one bottle of taco sauce. Tase mixture and add 1/2 to 3/4 of the second bottle of taco sauce. go by taste
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Add 1/3 Cup of mixture into separate Quart-sized Freezer Ziplock bags until no mixture remains (try to flatten out mixture inside of bag)
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Freeze all bag (try to flatten out mixture inside of bag)