California Burrito
A California-style burrito filled with marinated grilled steak, cheese, french fries and pico de gallo. Adapted from Tyler Florence.
🍽️ Makes 6
Ingredients
| 1½–2 pounds | 680–905 g | flank, skirt or sirloin steak, trimmed of fat |
| ½ cup | 120 ml | olive oil |
| 2 | limes, juiced | |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | white vinegar |
| 4 | garlic cloves, minced | |
| 1 | jalapeno, minced and seeds removed | |
| 1 handful | fresh cilantro leaves or parsley | |
| ½ teaspoon | 2.5 ml | salt |
| ¼ teaspoon | 1.3 ml | black pepper |
| 4 | chopped tomatoes (pico de gallo) | |
| 1 | small red onion, diced | |
| 1 | jalapeno, diced, seeds removed | |
| 1 | lime, juiced | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | fresh chopped cilantro or parsley |
| — | salt and pepper | |
| 6 | flour tortillas (10 or 12-inch) | |
| 3 cups | 720 ml | shredded sharp cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack |
| — | cooked french fries | |
| — | shredded lettuce | |
| — | sour cream and/or guacamole |
Instructions
Marinade the Steak:
- Six to eight hours ahead of time place the flank steak in a large baking pan. Poke with a fork an inch apart all over.
- Add all the marinade ingredients to a blender or food processor and pulse until combined. Pour over the meat. Cover in plastic and refrigerate.
Make the Pico de Gallo:
- In a medium bowl toss all the ingredients together and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Cook the Steak:
- Heat a grill or large cast iron frying pan over medium high heat. Remove the steak from the marinade and generously season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Grill or pan fry the steak anywhere from 5 - 10 minutes on each side, depending on it's size and how well done you like it.
- Remove to a cutting board and let it sit 5 - 10 minutes. Thinly slice it against the grain.
Make the burritos:
- Working one at time sprinkle cheese on a tortilla in a line off center, top with meat, more cheese, a handful of fries, more cheese and then fold over the sides and roll it up.
- Heat a tab of butter in a frying pan over medium heat and cook the burritos on all sides until browned.
- Serve on a bed of lettuce with pico de gallo and your favorite toppings.
Notes: Adapted from Tyler Florence.