Pinto Beans and Chard
Quick and healthy pinto beans and chard filling that I will use to make burritos. So delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Onion-diced
- 6 cloves Garlic-minced
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Brown rice-long grain
- 2 1/2 cups Vegetable or chicken broth
- 1/4 cup Cilantro-fresh and chopped
- 3 Tbsp Tomato paste
- 1 tsp Chipotles in adobo-minced
- 1 Tbsp Cumin-ground
- 1 tsp Oregano dried or 1 Tbsp fresh
- 1 lb Swiss chard-stems removed. leaves cut into strips
- 28 oz Can pinto beans-rinsed with half smashed and half left whole
- 1 lime-juiced
- 6 10" flour tortillas
- 8 oz Monterey Jack cheese-shredded
Instructions
- Stem chard and cut leaves into strips
- Rinse beans then smash half and leave the half whole. Set aside.
- Add olive oil to Instant Pot/pressure cooker and use the sauté function to sauté onion and garlic until softened-I do about 4 minutes for onion and then add the garlic so the garlic doesn't burn.
- Add salt, rice, broth, cilantro, tomato paste, chipotles, cumin, oregano, and chard to the pot.
- Stir, lock the lid and set to high pressure for 22 minutes.
- When time is up let the pressure naturally release for 10 minutes then quick release the remaining pressure.
- Stir in the pinto beans and lime juice.
- Preheat oven to 400' or I use my airfryer.
- Scoop 1/2 cup of filling into the middle of the tortilla add the cheese.
- Roll up your burrito and place seam side down on greased tray.
- Repeat with the balance of your burritos and bake for minutes in oven or about 5 minutes per side in the airfryer (just watch so they don't burn).
Notes
I usually serve this with a garnish of tomato, cilantro, jalapenos, lettuce, salsa, sour cream and lime wedges.
If you have leftovers or make a double batch this freezes really well. I just freeze the filling minus the cheese. Then when I want a quick meal just defrost and start at step 8.
I use the Instant Pot 6qt. This is my youngest daughter Hannah's favorite recipes. If she was on death row this would be her last meal but I would have to add extra cheese. You don't miss the meat!