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Carnitas Burritos | Lunch Prep Recipe

September 4, 2020 By Amy Leave a Comment

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When Chipotle is too far a drive, make an even better carnitas burrito at home! Such an amazingly simple recipe, and perfect for weekday lunch meal prep! Chock full of homemade carnitas, jalapeño pinto beans, cilantro lime rice, Monterey jack queso and plenty of fresh, healthy toppings! Also, side note: I’m terrible at wrapping burritos. It took me at least 3 tries to get it to stay together! Seems so simple, but apparently takes practice!

Carnitas burrito with queso, jalapeño pinto beans, and all the fixings! So delicious and easy to make ahead and freeze for another lunch or dinner.

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Carnitas Burrito full of homemade queso, cilantro lime rice, jalapeño pinto beans and carnitas. Perfect for meal prep or tailgating! #carnitas #burrito #queso #lunchprep

Carnitas Burrito Ingredients…

Carnitas – Grab a pork shoulder/butt and throw it in the crockpot using our popular Best Carnitas Recipe. This recipe will go really far. You can make burritos, nachos, tacos, enchiladas, Mexican casserole…and the list goes on. I like to use half and freeze half for later.

Rice – Our Cilantro Lime Rice recipe is hard to beat. Creamy, tangy and full of Cilantro flavor. It’s not just boring, bland rice—this is a flavor you want in your burrito.

Beans – Here we go again. These Jalapeño Garlic Pinto Beans have revolutionized taco night at our house. These are now a must side dish. Perfectly spiced and super healthy.

Queso – Monterey Jack Queso might be the second star of this burrito. It pays a perfect supporting role to the carnitas. Super creamy to make every bite full of moisture and flavor.

Toppings – Once you’ve got the above flavors in place, add on your favorite toppings. Ours are avocado, tomato, more cilantro and cheese. I also like some pickled jalapeño slices and tapatio if I want to keep things caliente.

Carnitas burrito with queso, jalapeño pinto beans, and all the fixings! So delicious and easy to make ahead and freeze for another lunch or dinner.

Make it easy…

Lunch is hard enough, that’s why I like to have a recipe like this on hand. The carnitas, beans and queso can all be made ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. The rice will taste best kept in the fridge for 3 days (the sticky/dry ratio changes and it gets a little hard in some places and soggy in others).

But my favorite way to eat this burrito is to assemble the 4 main ingredients and then freeze them, wrapped in a layer of parchment paper and then foil. Remove the foil and microwave until hot all the way through (about 3 minutes). You can keep fresh ingredients on hand if you want to add those in after warming. Goodbye boring lunch time!

Carnitas burrito with queso, jalapeño pinto beans, and all the fixings! So delicious and easy to make ahead and freeze for another lunch or dinner.

Loving this Carnitas Burrito Recipe? See below for links to all our favorite burrito fillings!

  • Carnitas made so full of flavor and so simple to make in a slow cooker or crock pot. Coca cola, orange juice, onion and spices flavor our pork shoulder or butt. YUM!
    The BEST Carnitas Recipe
  • Cilantro Lime Coconut Rice in a Blue Fish Bowl
    Cilantro Lime Rice
  • Jalapeno Garlic Pinto Beans - Amazing side dish for any Mexican meal
    Jalapeño Garlic Pinto Beans
  • The BEST queso dip with jalapeño, red onion, monterey jack cheese. Topped with bread crumbs, jalapeños and cilantro. Seriously the most amazing queso ever.
    Monterey Jack Queso

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Carnitas burrito with queso, jalapeño pinto beans, and all the fixings! So delicious and easy to make ahead and freeze for another lunch or dinner.
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Ultimate Carnitas Burritos

A combination of flavors that far surpasses expectations. Perfect for lunch prep!
Prep Time10 mins
Course: Lunch, Main Course

Ingredients

  • 1 carnitas recipe see notes for link
  • 1 jalapeño pinto beans recipe see notes for link
  • 1 queso recipe see notes for link
  • 1 cilantro lime rice recipe see notes for link
  • 1 avocado
  • 1/2 C shredded cheese
  • 1 large tomato diced
  • large flour tortillas

Instructions

  • Look above in the post for the links to each individual recipe that goes into these burritos.
  • Add toppings.
  • Roll the burrito halfway, fold over the bottom and then finish rolling. Wrap in foil if you want to save it for later, or wrap in parchment if you want to eat it now. Or if you're Rachel, just use your hands and go for it!
Carnitas Burrito full of homemade queso, cilantro lime rice, jalapeño pinto beans and carnitas. Perfect for meal prep or tailgating! #carnitas #burrito #queso #lunchprep

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