Spoon UIUC teamed up with Food & Wine magazine to increase awareness about the problem of food waste on our campus. With a microgrant of just under $100, we created 10 original recipes to show you how you can transform leftover late-night eats into something equally amazing the next day.
Attempting to heat a leftover burrito is quite possibly more challenging than the stats homework I’ve been avoiding all week. Seriously, I can barely get the thing unstuck from its container – not exactly appetizing.
So we came up with this Mexican fried rice recipe to transform lifeless leftover burritos into fiesta-worthy fried rice dishes. Extra cheesy. Extra easy. Extra good.
Carne Asada Burrito Mexican Fried Rice
- Prep Time:10 minutes
- Cook Time:7 minutes
- Total Time:17 minutes
- Servings:4-6 servings
- Easy
- 2 cups of rice, cooked
- 1 jar of salsa
- 1 cup Mexican cheese blend, shredded
- 1 leftover burrito supreme
- 1/2 avocado, for garnish
- 3 eggs
Ingredients
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Step 1
Cook instant white or brown rice in microwave. Scramble eggs, and remove tortilla from burrito filling and set both aside separately.
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Step 2
Heat sauté pan and add rice and burrito filling. Mix and let cook for two minutes.
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Step 3
Add salsa, cheese and scrambled eggs to the pan and mix well. Let cook for five minutes or until cheese melts completely.
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Step 4
Slice avocado and serve over fried rice with extra cheese.