Meal Prep Burritos for the Freezer (Low Calorie High Protein)

burritos are probably one of my all-time favorite foods but since i know how to meat prep them for the freezer i absolutely love them first let's talk about the tortillas i will be using six wheat tortillas for this recipe that have a diameter of 28 centimeters or 11 inches and 200 calories each i would highly suggest you to buy a new package and don't open it until the very end of the meal prep process if you open them right away they will become stiff relatively quickly and you have to reheat the tortillas to make them elastic again next is 900 gram of excellent ground beef i'm using the 5 fat one which has around 130 calories per 100 gram you can use the regular ground beef that has 20 fat but that has around double the calories i will add in 150 gram of ground meat in every burrito then i will dice 2 big yellow onion they weigh 125 grams each so 250 in total this might seem quite a lot but when spreading to 6 tortillas it won't be as much anymore and also i'm not using any vegetable beside the onion for this recipe now let's talk about this sauce i will add in 300 grams of sieved canned tomatoes and we'll add in a tablespoon of salt 20 to 25 grams of black pepper and also a couple of teaspoons of oregano mix everything and you're good to go you can also add in a pre-med sauce which will work fine as well just check out the calorie label pre-cooked sauces usually have double the amount of calories because of heavy added oil the next ingredient is called luffing cow cheese watch it's a kind of cream cheese and they are packaged in small wedges that have around 40 calories each and taste absolutely amazing they are awesome to make sauce creamier without adding too many calories i will be adding four of them in total the last ingredient is 120 gram of fret reduced shredded mozzarella you can add another low moisture cheese like gouda if you want that's up to you now that everything is prepared let's get cooking i will fry everything in the biggest pan that i have this has 28 centimeter diameter i will spray in around 5 grams of olive oil and switch up the heat to medium high now the first step is to add in the beef and fried for around four to five minutes it will slowly develop browning which will add a ton of flavor i will add salt 10 cranks of black pepper and also a teaspoon of 4 gram of garlic powder mix it occasionally until you see some brown spots and almost no red color that is the time to add in the onions fry this again for another five to six minutes the onions will also change slowly their color and become translucent and dark remember this is still a medium high heat after 11 to 12 minutes in total i will add in the tomato sauce mix everything until the entire beef mixture is covered with sauce and let this cook for another minute i will try to check for salt mine needed another touch of salt and pepper and give everything a stir and then i will add in the four cheese wedges you will need a spatula now and start to slowly mix this with the beef it will take around two to three minutes until the cream cheese is broken down and is fully incorporated eventually you will end up with this amazing looking beef sauce that is super glossy and creamy now it's time to add in the mozzarella and again mix everything until it's fully melted and transform this to another level this is exactly what we want look at this now before you add this into the tortillas i would suggest you doing this additional step transfer this into a plate and then into the fridge for around 20 minutes if you roll them into the burritos right away the steam will soften the tortillas and they become super soggy when you defrost them to lower these sorghums a little bit i will let them cool down it will be cooled even faster if you have a very big plate where you can spread the meat and press it flat like this the cooling process will be a bit quicker so in the meantime i will prepare 6 pieces of aluminium foil to wrap the burritos in you will also need a scale for this so prepare that as well put the plate with the meat in the scale and press the reset button now we'll open up the clear package and lay it on top of one piece of aluminum foil if we do this recipe exactly like me you will add in 225 gram of meat into every tortilla to make them even if you make more or less you have to weigh the entire meat mixture and divide it by the number of burritos try to put the meat in the mid lower third of the burrito and spread it evenly out with a bit of space around the edges like this now this is my personal burrito technique first i will flip both sides into the middle of the burrito so it looks like this and now i will pull the lower side of the burrito and roll it slowly to the other side it really isn't that difficult after one to two tries and there you have a decent looking burrito now wrap it tight into aluminium foil and there you go your first burrito is ready repeat the exact same process until you end up with six rolls wrapped in aluminium foil put them into a freezer ziplock bag and freeze them up to three months the best and quickest way to defrost them in my opinion is to put them onto a plate and microwave them i always set the microwave to defrost or 260 watts for seven to eight minutes and then after to 620 watts for another three to four minutes to be safe i check them with my thermometer until the interior is hot one burrito comes in with 513 calories 42 grams of carbs 15 grams of fat and 46 grams of protein i'm loving these burritos right now and i hope you do as well check this video out to see how you can make a high protein banana bread and see you there

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Id: 88WR2pkSwko

Length: 5min 6sec (306 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 11 2022