Burrito in a Jar
A pressure-canned meal in a jar layered with pinto beans, rice, peppers, onions, ground beef and tomatoes. Heat it on the stove and serve in warm tortillas.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pinto beans per quart jar
- 1/4 cup rice per quart jar
- 1/4 cup peppers per quart jar
- 1/4 cup onions per quart jar
- 1 cup ground beef per quart jar; cooked just enough to stay in chunks
- 1/4 cup diced tomatoes per quart jar
- 1 tsp taco seasoning per quart jar
- 1/2 tsp salt per quart jar
- 1-2 cups beef broth per quart jar; enough to leave 1-2 inch headspace
- tortillas warm, for serving
Instructions
- Cook the ground beef only enough that it stays in chunks. It will keep cooking in the canner.
- Layer in each quart jar: 1/2 cup pinto beans, 1/4 cup rice, 1/4 cup peppers, 1/4 cup onions, 1 cup ground beef and 1/4 cup diced tomatoes.
- Add 1 tsp taco seasoning and 1/2 tsp salt to each jar.
- Pour in 1-2 cups beef broth, until there is 1-2 inches of headspace.
- Pressure can for 90 minutes for quart jars (75 minutes for pint jars, using half the recipe).
- To serve, heat the contents on the stove and spoon into warm tortillas with any fixings you like.
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Notes
The recipe can be adjusted to taste: remove or add ingredients, or use more of one and less of another. Amounts are for quart jars. For pints, halve the recipe and process for 75 minutes. Posted by Janel Tisinger-Ledkins.