Sunken Meat Burrito

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 flour tortillas, at least 9-inch diameter
• dried onion flakes
• shredded colby cheese or shredded monterey jack cheese
• hot sauce (optional)
• crumbled tostados (optional)
• sour cream (optional) or guacamole (optional)
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 1/2 ounces all-purpose flour
• 1 red bell pepper, roughly chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon chili powder (or more, to taste)
• 1 -2 tablespoon recaito (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt or 1 teaspoon salt substitute
• 2 ounces onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried onion flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 dash garlic powder
• 3 ounces beef stock
• 1 ounce vinegar
• 3 tablespoons bacon fat (or cooking oil of choice)
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 3 -4 ounces mushrooms, roughly chopped
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 cups beef stock
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 1 1/2 tablespoons kitchen bouquet (or marmite, or other prepared seasoning/browning sauce)
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can crushed tomatoes or 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can crushed diced tomatoes, , drained
• 2 teaspoons chili powder (or more, to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 dash pepper
• 3 tablespoons prepared jalapeno relish (, or other hot pickle or pepper relish)
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped (or more, to taste)
• 6 ounces cider vinegar
• 3 ounces molasses

Recipe

• 1 ------thefilling--------------.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine the ground beef with the flour, red pepper, chili powder, salt, minced onion, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder.
• 3 do not include the cocoa powder.
• 4 use your hands to thoroughly mix the ingredients into the ground beef.
• 5 add the seasoned beef mixture and all the liquid to a crock pot.
• 6 sprinkle a little cocoa powder on the mixture.
• 7 cook on low for about 2 hours.
• 8 every 20 to 30 minutes, sprinkle a tiny amount of cocoa powder on the mixture, and mash with a potato masher.
• 9 remove meat and water to saucepan.
• 10 add refried beans, if desired.
• 11 simmer gently until water evaporates.
• 12 ----------thesinking gravy---------------.
• 13 melt bacon fat or oil.
• 14 gently sauté chopped onion and mushrooms until tender.
• 15 set this mixture aside.
• 16 combine â¼ cup of the beef stock with the flour in a jar with a tight-fitting lid- shake mixture vigorously until smooth.
• 17 combine stock/flour mixture with remaining stock in a heavy saucepan.
• 18 add tomato paste and whisk until tomato paste is thoroughly mixed in.
• 19 bring the stock mixture to a boil, and then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes or so, whisking frequently, until mixture begins to thicken.
• 20 add all remaining ingredients as well as onion/mushroom/fat mixture.
• 21 simmer until heated throughout.
• 22 add salt, pepper and other spices to taste.
• 23 ----puttingit all together----.
• 24 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 25 place 3 to 4 ounces of beef or beef/bean mixture in the center of each tortilla.
• 26 sprinkle minced onion and then cheese, generously, on top of beef.
• 27 fold the filled tortillas into oblong burritos.
• 28 place each burrito, folded side down, into an 8" x 4" baking pan or place all the burritos into a baking pan large enough to accommodate them without letting them touch one another.
• 29 pour gravy into baking pan until burrito is barely covered.
• 30 sprinkle more cheese, generously, on top of each burrito.
• 31 bake for 15 to 20 minutes or bake 10 to 15 minutes and then broil until cheese is bubbling.
• 32 add hot sauce, crumbled tostados, sour cream and/or guacamole, if desired.
• 33 serve with a taco salad (or other salad of your choice) on the side.