Recipes

Chilli Tortillas

Original Mexican tortillas are excellent wrapper for just about any ingredient. In this recipe minced veal is used accompanied by multicoloured vegetables, beans and corn. Prior to serving, dress with sour cream, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake in the oven. Bon appetite!

Preparation time 1 h
Demanding Medium complexity
Energetic value 659 kcal / 2755 kJ

Ingredients

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3 tablespoons oil
100 g onion, chopped
400 g minced veal
3 teaspoons Vegeta Beef Stock Powder
500 ml water
2 teaspoons corn flour
200 g canned kidney beans, drained
100 g canned corn
200 g red capsicum – fresh
100 g green capsicum – fresh
400 ml pureed tomato
8 tortillas
100 g Edam cheese, grated
1 chilli, chopped
100 ml cooking cream

Preparation

  1. In hot oil fry the onion.
  2. Add veal, 2 teaspoons of Vegeta Beef Stock Powder and 500 ml of water – to be added gradually. Cook for 20 minutes.
  3. A minute or so prior to finishing the stewing process, mix the corn flour with 50 ml of water and add in to the mix. Also add drained beans, corn, capsicum, chilli and 200 ml of pureed tomato. Cook for another minute or so and let cool.
  4. Arrange 2 tablespoons of prepared mix on each tortilla, roll them and place on the oiled, oven proof dish.
  5. Mix the remainder of the tomato puree with 1 teaspoon of Vegeta Beef Stock Powder and pour over the tortillas.
  6. Spread with cooking cream and sprinkle with cheese.
  7. Place in the preheated oven at 220 C and cook for 15 minutes.
  8. Once tortillas are ready, let them cool prior to serving.

Serving

Serve with salad.

Tip

To keep tortillas from unrolling during baking, turn tortilla roll-ends toward the bottom when placing them in the oven proof dish.

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