In effort to create the unparalleled Chipotle burrito experience without driving 3-4 hours round trip, we tried to make our own last night. Surprisingly, we came pretty close--closer than Chipotle knockoffs like Qdoba Mexican Grill.
Now, when I cook--which I do occasionally--I rarely follow a recipe. It's all by sight or experimentation. That's what we did last night. Darla cooked safron rice with cilantro while I grilled porkchops.
When the pork was done, we cut it into strips. We took the tortillas, added sour cream, shoepeg corn, salsa, monterrey jack and cheddar cheeses, Texas Pete and Tabasco Chipotle hot sauces to the rice and pork and had nice burritos. I added fried onion topping to mine for a little onion flavor.
We didn't make them as big as the 1 1/2-pound Chipotle burritos, nor did we have the fancy tortillas they had, but the taste was really close. We're still looking for good South American beans like Chipotle has--not the Taco Bell frijoles.
Obviously we didn't satisfy our year-long addiction to Chipotle, 'cause we're gonna hit one Saturday when I go to cover the Virginia high school state cross country meet.
Posted by JRC at November 10, 2004 08:37 PM | TrackBack