The Ultimate Carnitas Burrito Recipe

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The Ultimate Carnitas Burrito Recipe

This easy carnitas burrito is stuffed with everything you could possibly want: crispy pork carnitas, cilantro rice, cheese, beans, pico, guacamole, and lettuce.

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American, Mexican

Keyword Carnitas Burrito

Cook Time 20

Total Time 20

Servings Burritos

Calories 590kcal

Author Megan

Ingredients

8 burrito-sized flour tortillas
2 cups shredded cheese like Mexican, Monterey jack, or pepper jack
2 cups cilantro rice you can also use white rice or Spanish rice
2 ⅔ cups shredded carnitas* you can make carnitas in a slow cooker or dutch oven
1 cup beans pinto or black beans
2 cups pico de gallo you can also use diced tomatoes or salsa
1 cups guacamole
2 cups lettuce

Instructions

Warm one tortilla on a large skillet.
Place the tortilla on a plate. Down the middle, spread ¼ cup of cheese, ¼ cup of rice, ⅓ cup of carnitas, 2 tablespoons of beans, ¼ cup of pico de gallo, 2 tablespoons of guacamole, and ¼ cup of lettuce.
Roll the burrito. If you want, you can toast each side of the burrito in a skillet over medium heat.

Notes

*2 ½ pound pork butt typically gives me 3 cups of shredded carnitas

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