{Slater’s} Turkey & Black Bean Burritos

If you’re a child of the 80’s, you’ll no doubt recall the drool-worthy A.C. Slater from Saved by the Bell.

Well, I sort of had a crush on him when I was an awkward, pubescent adolescent.  So, naturally, when I see a little blurb in my Good Housekeeping magazine entitled, “Mario Lopez’s Turkey & Black Bean Burritos”, I just had to give them a whirl.

It helped that I had just purchased ground turkey on sale, and stocked up on beans {so maybe it wasn’t just the reminiscent starry-eyes that caused that recipe to pop off the page}.

Regardless, they’re wicked good…and we ate them 3 times in 1 week.  Yes, they’re that good!

Give these puppies a try!

Turkey & Black Bean Burritos

       Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon on olive/canola oil
• 1 pound of ground turkey breast
• 1 can of black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup of finely chopped red, orange or yellow pepper
• 1/2 cup of finely chopped red onion
• 1/4 cup of barbeque sauce
• 4 teaspoons of fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon of chili powder
• 1 teaspoon of ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 8 (12 inch) flour tortillas
• 1 cup of mixed greens
• 1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese

       Directions:

• In a large skillet, heat oil on medium until hot.  Add turkey and cook for roughly 5 minutes, or until browned, stirring occasionally and breaking up meat.
• Add onion and cumin and cook for a couple more minutes.
• Add beans, pepper, barbeque sauce, lime juice, chili powder and 1/4 teaspoon of salt; cook mixture 5 to 7 minutes or until turkey is cooked through.
• To serve, lay open tortillas on plates, top with greens, turkey mixture and cheese.  Work your burrito folding magic and attempt to eat with restraint.
• Serves 4 pretty hungry folk.

{yum yum!}