Black Bean Burritos with Spinach and Quinoa

By Marley Spoon on October 28, 2015 in Food

Flat out this week? These flavour-packed burritos will take the stress out of dinnertime. All you need to do is mix some black beans with quinoa, smoky chipotle chilli, garlic and spinach, mash up a quick and easy homemade guacamole, toast your tortillas, and it’s a wrap (excuse the pun)!

Cooking time: 20-30

Ingredients

70g (⅓ cup) quinoa
150g English spinach
30g coriander
2 garlic cloves
40g chipotle chillies in adobo sauce
400g can black beans
1 avocado
1 lime
50g grape tomatoes
2 x 25cm tortillas
olive oil
salt

1. Cook quinoa – Rinse your quinoa, drain, then place in a saucepan with 160ml (⅔ cup) water and 2 teaspoons of oil. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer over low heat for 12 minutes or until water has absorbed. Turn off heat and stand, covered, for 2 minutes.

2. Prepare ingredients – Meanwhile, trim your spinach stems and wash the spinach and coriander well, including the coriander roots and stems. Coarsely chop spinach and coriander leaves. Finely chop coriander roots and stems, garlic and chipotle chillies. Rinse and drain the beans.

3. Prepare guacamole – Using the back of a fork, mash the avocado in a bowl. Juice the lime and coarsely chop the tomatoes, then add to the avocado, along with the coriander leaves. Season with salt and mix to combine. Set guacamole aside.

4. Toast tortillas – Heat the frypan over medium-high heat. Toast the tortillas for 10 seconds each side, then wrap in a clean tea towel and set aside until ready to serve.

5. Finish cooking – Add 2 teaspoons of oil to the same pan. Cook the spinach and garlic for 1-2 minutes, until the spinach wilts. Add the beans, chipotle, coriander roots and stems, and the cooked quinoa. Cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes until warmed through, then season.

6. Assemble burritos – Spread half the guacamole down the centre of each tortilla, leaving the bottom third bare. Top with the black bean mixture, then fold the bottom third of the tortilla up over the filling and fold in both sides to enclose. Wrap burritos in paper or foil if desired.

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