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How is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together. Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. How’s Content Management Team carefully monitors the work from our editorial staff to ensure that each article is backed by trusted research and meets our high quality standards. This article has been viewed 535,911 times. The perfectly-rolled burrito is art worth aspiring to. Rolling is crucial to making a burrito. There’s not much more frustrating than beginning to eat a burrito, only to have the contents fall out in a miserable show of rebellion.
For this reason, man invented a technique that would honor the contents of the burrito without letting them escape the clutches of the tortilla. Make sure your tortilla is large enough for its contents. A good rule of thumb is to have your burrito at least twice as big as the contents you’ll put in it. That means that you have fold the burrito in half, with the contents inside, and easily reach both ends together with room to spare. Put some moisture into your tortilla.
Place the tortilla on a plate in the microwave for 30 seconds, using the high setting. Steam the burrito, using a commercial steamer. Carefully add the contents of the burrito to the center of the tortilla. Join the front and bottom flap and quickly lift the tortilla into the air.
Make sure to keep the contents of the burrito in the tortilla. Set it back down again, open faced. Pull the left flap of the tortilla over the burrito contents, toward the center. It likely won’t reach the center, but it should create a pocket that holds one side of your fillings in place. Pull the right flap of the tortilla over the burrito contents, toward the center.
Your tortilla flaps probably won’t overlap at this point. Don’t pull too hard on the ends of the flaps as you fold them over to the center. This could rip the tortilla, causing the contents to spill out before they spill into your mouth. Tuck the top flap of the tortilla underneath the burrito contents using one or two hands. In this step, you should be pulling all of the burrito contents toward your body, into the center of the burrito. Starting from your body and moving outward, roll the burrito forward. This will bring the burrito together into a cylindrical shape.
You can microwave your tortilla, steam it, or put it through a panini press to get the desired heat and moisture. Carefully add the contents of the burrito to the center of the tortilla, being careful not to overload. Place a smaller amount of burrito filling directly into the center of the tortilla. Fold the left and right sides of the tortilla toward the center. Either the tortilla sides will meet, or the contents of the burrito will tell you when you should stop.
Grab the bottom flap of the tortilla and tuck it over and then under the contents of the burrito. This is much like the tuck motion you performed rolling a larger burrito. Continue rolling the tortilla until it assumes its traditional cylinder. Your smaller burrito has been successfully rolled. What if you are putting chicken breast in the tortilla? Shred the chicken and wrap the burrito normally. Does this work with a hard shell?
You could make a hard-shell taco, but it would crack if you tried to wrap a burrito out of a hard shell. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. This is where most people have the biggest problems with rolling their burrito. There is a finite amount of space inside your tortilla. Once you can wrap your brain around that, you will have a successful burrito rolling experience. Thanks for submitting a tip for review! Wear oven mitts while handling hot items.
Fold a Tortilla Step 24 Version 4. Make Nachos in the Oven Step 7. Roll an Enchilada Step 8 Version 2. Make Enchiladas Step 36 Version 2. To roll a burrito, start by folding the left and right edges of the tortilla toward the center, but not all the way. At this point, the edges shouldn’t be overlapping. Next, bring the top edge of the burrito down over the fillings and wrap it underneath them so it stays in place.
Finally, roll the burrito toward yourself until it reaches the bottom edge of the tortilla. Sorry that the video wasn’t helpful. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 535,911 times. Try putting in different ingredients for mor e deliciousness. I tried pumpkin and feta, and also cheese and bacon.