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[Anonymous No.20124394]

Did you guys know you could take these cheap-ass burritos and buy any decent mole or verde sauce and sour cream and maybe cheese and have basically restaurant quality wet burritos every day for almost no money? Because I didn't until now and I've been eating these fuckers dry since forever

[Anonymous No.20124423]

>>20124394
>wet
shit you might try pan frying a couple after you defrost them
then top them like you mention
I haven't done that in twenty years because they stopped carrying the spicy taco version. seems like they sell it in other markets with a different name, last I checked years ago

[Anonymous No.20124433]

>>20124394
What butcher can you get moles from?

[Anonymous No.20124453]

>>20124394
excellent way to get gout

especially if you drink beer

[Anonymous No.20124496]

>>20124394
For greater justice, just blend Taco Bell brand refried beans and meat of your choice and stuff it in a Mission Extra Soft. Meat can come from a can pre-cooked. It doesn't matter if even you can cook. Those microwave burritos are all lazy convenience food and vastly inferior to what you can accomplish with even a slight bit of effort.

Top with queso from a tub and shredded lettuce and whatever else.

[Anonymous No.20124706]

I've thought about using them to do something like an enchilada casserole with just some store bought enchilada sauce plus cheese and toppings. Seems like cooking them wet would result in a better dish than following the directions on the package, which always kind of sucks.

[Anonymous No.20124739]

>>20124706
Just do normal burritos baked in a cake pan 3 or 4 at a time filled with just meat and beans, cheese / sauce on top until melted, and garnish with cold toppings like lettuce and sour cream. Helps if you cook the meat in lard for authentic mexican flavor.

You'd be surprised the number of people who think the only burritos are the mission style that are eaten by hand when a burrito on a plate and covered in stuff is the more authentic way.

[Anonymous No.20124798]

>>20124739
>just do normal burritos baked in a cake pan 3 or 4 at a time filled with just meat and beans, cheese / sauce on top until melted, and garnish with cold toppings like lettuce and sour cream
That's exactly what I'm talking about. The only reason I'd use frozen burritos is because I can keep frozen burritos and canned enchilada sauce on hand and throw together a lazy meal with almost zero effort and barely anything extra from the store. I wasn't suggesting it like it was some brilliant idea to replicate restaurant Mexican food like OP was implying. More than anything, I'm just always disappointed with frozen burritos, and yet still end up buying them once a year or so because they always seem like such a good idea for a low cost, zero effort meal when you don't want to cook - and then they sit in my freezer for months because they're never good.

Also, the image you posted is literally a mission style burrito served "wet", which really isn't that much more authentic than Chipotle.

[Anonymous No.20125032]

I always thought the entire purpose of a burrito was being able to eat on the go.

[Anonymous No.20125044]

>>20125032
Everyone in this thread never have to go anywhere

[Anonymous No.20125048]

>>20124453
I had a roommate who didn’t eat or drink anything except Pizza Hut cheese pizzas and Sprite. He never got gout.

[Anonymous No.20125104]

>>20124394
>mole or verde sauce

What brands are good? Because I've always ate them dry also.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(sauce)

[Anonymous No.20125180]

>>20124798
>ackshully
If you're advocating for frozen fucking burritos, you're in no position to correct anyone. Be happy that someone *tried* to agree with you instead of your cheap gas station burrito eating ass getting dragged through this thread.

[Anonymous No.20125189]

>>20124798
If it goes into the oven to melt the cheese, it's not a "mission style served wet"

[Anonymous No.20125233]

>>20125104

Anybody? Because the Internet tells me these are common commercial mole sauce brands, with the Dona Maria getting the most hits so presumably it's the most widely used?

[Anonymous No.20125255]

>>20125233

This one also.

[Anonymous No.20125295]

>>20125233
Dona Maria, La Costeña, or Goya are probably the most popular in the states

[Anonymous No.20125540]

>>20125189
They most likely just threw the plate in the salamander for 30 seconds.

[Anonymous No.20126746]

>>20124394
those are a rip off, there is only 1.5 ozs of filling in each chimi.

[Anonymous No.20126766]

>>20125233
I think Frontera's mild taco simmer sauce is simply outstanding, a nice puree of anchos, chipotles and zesty tomato and spices, thick too. I will add to a 1.5lb package of ground sirloin (plus chopped onion or peppers). There is zero reason you can't freeze ahead this meat to thaw for burritos, tostadas, double decker tacos w/refried beans or cheese, or even stuffing enchiladas to bake in cheese.

I've only ever found frozen burritos hard and horrible and mostly beans. If I was buying the proverbial easymode snack to nuke, it would be Goya cuban style tamales. Hit those with some cholula or Louisiana hot sauce. Or bake up some frozen pretzels for your favorite mustard dips and an icy cold beer. A bag of steamed edamame, steam in bag brown rice, and quickly pan crisped frozen pot stickers is better too. Heck all of your toppings can make oven baked nachos better than a wet burrito.

[Anonymous No.20126869]

>>20124394
Fuck the term "wet burrito"
Eaten Texmex all my life, never heard anyone say this stupid shit til the past year or so. Call it a sauced burrito or something, I don't understand the need to make it sound unappetizing
Also, frozen buttiros are garbage, get some tazte

[Anonymous No.20127148]

>>20124453
>>20125048
Only ghouls get gout.

[Anonymous No.20127206]

>>20124394
I see you have yet to fall victims to these

cook them 90% in an oven/air fryer and then cover with literally any cheese and salsa
top with sour cream/guac and I swear you could serve them out of a food truck and charge 20 dollars a plate

[Anonymous No.20127215]

>>20126869
https://spiegato.com/es/que-es-un-burrito-mojado
go fuck yourself