Quinoa Veggie Bean Burritos Enchilada Style
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large green or red bell pepper, chopped
1 small zucchini, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon taco seasoning or chili powder
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained and juice reserved
2 cups baby spinach, roughly chopped
1 (14 ounce) can black, kidney, or pinto beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups water
3/4 cup quinoa
1 cup frozen corn, thawed (optional)
salt and pepper, to taste
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
1/4 cup vegan mayo
1 squirt ketchup
1 squirt lime juice
6 soft taco size flour tortillas
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat olive oil in a medium sized pot and saute onion, bell pepper, zucchini and garlic until they are soft. Stir in the cumin, taco seasoning, and oregano and then add the drained tomatoes (reserve juice) and spinach.
2. Add the black beans, water and quinoa. Bring to a boil and then lower heat to medium low and cover. Simmer for 20 minutes or until quinoa is tender. Stir in thawed corn (if using). Season with salt and pepper.
3. To make the sauce, mix the tomato sauce and the reserved tomato juice in a bowl. Season with cumin and chipotle chili powder. Stir until combined. Prepare drizzle by combining vegan mayo, ketchup and lime juice in another small bowl.
4. To prepare burritos, spread a little bit of sauce in the bottom of a baking dish. Fill a tortilla generously with the quinoa mixture. There will be a lot of filling so don't be afraid to fill them to bursting. Roll the tortilla closed and place seam side down in the baking dish. Proceed with the rest of the tortillas.
5. Pour remaining sauce on top of all the burritos. Drizzle with vegan mayo/lime juice mixture. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
Source of recipe: Adapted from a recipe I found in Vegetarian Times.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
This recipe was ace! ;)b Tasty good, and used simple ingredients i usually have in stock! My omni flatmate liked it too! You were a bit vague with the sauce though...what exactly is a can 8oz of tomato sauce? As in tomato puree? Passata?
Sorry should have said tomato sauce/puree. :)
I had some black quinoa that I wanted to try and saw this recipe. Great overall recipe, but I did make a few minor changes and I will modify it slightly next time I make it. I will definitely saute the onion by itself first next time and then add the garlic and then the seasonings before adding the pepper and zucchini. The pepper and zucchini were definitely overcooked although I don't think anyone noticed but me. Just a personal preference thing. Instead of taco seasoning I used some chipotle chili powder. Since this was my first time cooking quinoa, I was surprised that it was a little on the watery side. I guess I imagined it would soak up the liquid like rice or couscous, but it didn't. When I assembled the enchiladas, I used a slotted spoon to avoid too much liquid and a mess when rolling them up. I had 10 flour tortillas in the package and ended up with one large tray of 6 and a smaller tray of 4. I think I might try corn tortillas next time as well. The leftover liquid from the quinoa I mixed into the tomato sauce liquid and poured that over the top. I then put the drizzle over both trays before baking them. They were a big hit! Thank you for a great recipe and I would have taken a pic if they didn't disappear so quickly. :)
These are delicious! And really filling. I love quinoa with black beans, and the sauce made with chipotle powder is so good! Thanks for an amazing recipe! I will be making this again and again!
Very Delicious! -- but I have to admit I didn't have any ketchup - and only a dab of veganaise, so I didn't make the drizzle part - but the rest of it was great! I liked quinoa in a burrito - very tasty with everything else! Thanks for sharing!
This recipe was ace! ;)b Tasty good, and used simple ingredients i usually have in stock! My omni flatmate liked it too! You were a bit vague with the sauce though...what exactly is a can 8oz of tomato sauce? As in tomato puree? Passata?
These were amazing!!! I did put some Vegan shredded cheese on top because my family loves vegan cheese and used store bought enchilada sauce but... other than that I stuck to the recipe and my whole family loved them! ;D
oh man this rocks! love the zucchini!! i agree the filling could use some more spike to it. maybe extra chili powder and some cayenne. I kinda got lazy on the sauce/drizzle and just made one thing... mostly salsa with a little mayo, cilantro, and lime juice. That had a lot of flavor and gave the whole thing an amazing spicy touch. Thanks for sharing!
i am esting it now.Its delicious!
I didnt change a thing except boosted up the cumin & chilli powder..
Oh, i soaked my own beans..
I really like it! It did take me awhile to make as i was really tired and had to focus!
This was a big hit, and even the meat lover loved this. (Hi praise indeed)
Made it with no changes, and it rocked.
Yum! I was inspired to try this out by, of all things, the jar of Veganaise I bought...
I subbed garlic powder for the garlic, red onion for the onion not-otherwise-specified, and did my sauteeing in a little bit of water so I didn't have to use oil on top of the veganaise. I used regular chili powder since I didn't have the chipotle powder. I added some cayenne to spice everything up in the filling, and layered the filling casserole-style with Ezekiel tortillas (which gave a nice nutty flavor to the dish). Finally, I didn't have one of those little tomato sauce cans, so I used 8 ounces of a can of tomato puree, and I subbed lemon for lime (and used the juice of about 1/2 lemon... thought it was too much at first but it did make it "drizzle" nicely and by the time everything was cooked it was perfect).
Only slight qualm was that I thought the zucchini was really overdone due to it boiling in with the quinoa. Ideally, I would sautee it and then put it aside, mixing it in at the last minute. (Then again I don't know if it would be worth the extra step of preparation). Also, I REALLY wish I had chipotle chili powder... I thought it would have added a nice other dimension to the flavor.
Finally, I'm impressed that my version came out looking very much like kmouse's. Sometimes the recipes end up less pretty than the pictures... not this time :)
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