🇲🇽 Mexican Vegetarian

Nopales Burritos

Name: Nopales Burritos
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 tbsp Yogurt; to taste Salt; 2, sliced Tomato; 2 cloves, minced Garlic; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 200 g, cooked Rice; 4 large Flour Tortillas; 4 Flatbread or Tortillas; 1/2, shredded Lettuce; 200 g Black Beans; 400 g, diced Nopales

🇲🇽 Mexican

Warm bread wrapped around savoury nopales, crunchy salad and a cool sauce — handheld happiness. 23 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 18 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Yogurt4 tbsp
Saltto taste
Tomato2, sliced
Garlic2 cloves, minced
Vegetable Oil1 tbsp
Rice200 g, cooked
Flour Tortillas4 large
Flatbread or Tortillas4
Lettuce1/2, shredded
Black Beans200 g
Nopales400 g, diced

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Season the nopales with the garlic, salt and half the spices, then cook in the Vegetable Oil until browned and juicy.
2
Warm the flatbreads in a dry pan until soft and pliable, about 30 seconds a side.
3
Stir the yogurt with a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lime for a quick sauce.
4
Pile the nopales onto each bread with lettuce, tomato and the yogurt sauce.
5
Roll tightly, wrap the bottom half in paper, and eat while the filling is still warm.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — mexican cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Burritos de huevo con nopal | Delicioso · on YouTube