Recipe: Perfect Potato and Ground Beef Burritos

Potato and Ground Beef Burritos. These are our favorite home made burritos. I don't peel the potatoes to give them more flavor and authenticity. The peels taste wonderful when toasted and give a complex taste to the burrito.

At this point, you can cool and freeze this mixture to put the burritos together another day, or use for tacos or enchiladas, or whatever. Spread half of the potatoes in baking dish. Top with beef; spread remaining potatoes over beef. You can cook Potato and Ground Beef Burritos using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Potato and Ground Beef Burritos

1. It's of Filling.
2. You need 1 small of onion.
3. It's 1 1/2 lb of ground beef.
4. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
5. It's 2 tsp of Montreal seasoning, or teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
6. You need 1 1/2 tsp of cumin powder.
7. You need 1 large of or two small potatoes.
8. It's 3 of jalapeño slices per burrito, optional.
9. It's 1 packages of of 10-12 flour tortillas.

Beef burrito ingredients all cooked in the Instant Pot®, making a tasty dinner in no time! Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function; if available, select "more" option. Add ground beef, salt, and pepper. Then add the ground beef and cook until the beef is cooked through.

Potato and Ground Beef Burritos step by step

1. Peel and cut potato into half-inch cubes and set aside..
2. Dice onion..
3. Heat a medium lidded pan on high heat for a few minutes then add in the olive oil to just below smoking point..
4. Add onion and saute a few minutes until it begins to brown..
5. Add ground beef and break up as it browns, meanwhile the Montreal seasoning or salt/pepper should be added at this point..
6. Continue to allow the ground beef to brown without lowering the temperature until the beef is well browned and has just begun to *slightly* caramelize and the liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat and quickly take out all but three tablespoons of the fat..
7. Replace pan to high heat, pushing meat to sides so fat is heating in the middle..
8. In quick succession, stir in first the cumin powder agitating briefly, followed by the diced potatoes stirring first to coat with oil, then mixing with the meat..
9. Reduce heat to very low and cover tightly. Allow to cook, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes, checking and stirring once or twice to prevent burning and to see that the potatoes have finished..
10. Remove from heat when potatoes are tender then taste for salt and pepper, adding some if needed..
11. Heat tortillas in a very hot dry pan. Roll 3-4 tablespoons of filling into each one adding jalapeños as desired..

Add the cumin, chili powder, oregano and salt and stir to combine. When ready to serve, drizzle the remaining can of tomato sauce over all of the burritos and sprinkle with more grated Cheddar. Ground Beef Taco Burritos are a family favorite and a easy weeknight meal to throw together that is full of flavor and texture! Ground Beef, peppers and onions are quickly sautéed and wrapped up with scrambled eggs. Serve with lime-cilantro cream and salsa.