Lentil Burritos

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup dried lentils (green or brown)
• 1 1/2 cups cooked rice or 1 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix (i use hot 'n spicy)
• 5 -8 large tortillas
• 6 ounces cheddar cheese (use whatever you have on hand) or 6 ounces monterey jack cheese, sliced thinly (use whatever you have on hand)
• cheddar cheese, grated, optional topping
• sour cream, for serving

Recipe

• 1 put the water in a large pot. bring to a boil.
• 2 stir in the lentils and cover. lower the heat and simmer for 40 minutes.
• 3 dump the lentils (and any remaining water) into a large bowl. add the cooked rice, tomato paste, taco seasoning mix. stir well.
• 4 lightly grease a large casserole dish. (i use a 9" x 13" cake pan.).
• 5 preheat your oven to 350°.
• 6 on the counter (or other work space) lay out a tortilla. put a line of the filling just below the horizontal center. i probably add about 1/2 a cup of filling to each burrito.
• 7 make sure that there is about an inch or so at either end of the line that doesn't have filling on it.
• 8 place a couple of slices of cheese on top of the line of filling.
• 9 i have also placed some sliced and pan fried chicken breast on top at this point as well. makes my fiance happy when he can see meat in a meal.
• 10 fold up the bottom of the tortilla to cover the filling (or partially cover). then fold over both sides. then continue rolling to the top.
• 11 the burrito should be about 1 1/2" wide and about 4" long.
• 12 place seam side down in the prepared pan.
• 13 continue with the rest of the wraps.
• 14 at this point, you can either put them in the oven as is, or you can top them with some grated cheese. i think about 1/2 a cup of grated cheese would be more than sufficient. i don't usually top mine with the cheese.
• 15 place in the oven. cook for about 20-30 minutes. it depends on whether or not you used cheese.
• 16 the tops don't usually get too brown for me. they just get a lovely crustiness to them. you could rub some butter on top before cooking if you wanted them to brown a bit more.
• 17 let stand for a few minutes before serving.
• 18 first time i made this, i only made 5 and i had about a cup of leftover filling. we ate the leftover filling as sloppy joe's on a nice crusty roll. i enjoyed it heated up on it's own.