Is a burrito just like a wrap??

[olien]

After posting another Q here last week I decided to figure out how to make burritos & enchiladas.

From what I have read it seems to me like a burrito is like a hot sandwich wrap except with ingredients that are mexican inspired. Am I missing something??

(Same for enchiladas except they have a sauce on top)

[texaspeach]

a burrito has more filling than a wrap

[JessicaS]

Yeah a burrito is like a wrap.

We usually have taco meat, lettuce, tomatoes, beans, salsa, cheese, avocado

We sometimes use sour cream and sometimes rice.

I don't think quantity really matters...just stuff in a tortilla.

Burritoes are usually a flour tortilla and enchiladas are usually corn.

Either can have sauce but enchiladas the tortillas are cooked in the sauce, on burritoes the sauce is just poured on

[cristeen]

A burrito is a type of wrap, the term "wrap" is more all encompassing and usually is referring to something with more fresh ingredients (as opposed to cooked). An enchilada is a bit different... you could compare an enchilada more closely to a crepe - it's stuffed then smothered and then baked.

[KatWrangler]

Wraps/Burritos are flour tortillas. Enchiladas are corn.

Both are

[Chicky2]

I just posted an enchilada method http://http://www.mothering.com/disc...45&postcount=2here.

[cristeen]

Originally Posted by KatWrangler

Wraps/Burritos are flour tortillas. Enchiladas are corn.

Actually, I've had them all ways (corn vs flour). And wraps don't have to be a tortilla at all... lavash, rice paper wrappers, there are a dozen different things you can use as the wrap.

[425lisamarie]

Well my kids won't eat burrits/enchiladas/wraps, but they LOVE "(fill in the blank with whatever is in it) ROLL UPS

I make banana roll ups, with nut butter, bittersweet chocolate gratings, and a banana.

Savory things like chicken, steak, etc with usually roasted veggies. We are not big bean fans

And I make fresh cheeses like farmer's cheese/yogurt cheese and mix with honey, spread over tortilla/wrap whatever, and either drizzle with honey, raisins, pecans, or sauted apples.

[calebsmommy25]

Mmm...burritos. I think they are whatever you want them to be. When I envision a wrap, I think anything that can be on a sandwich (mostly cold) all wrapped up with extra veggies in a flour tortilla, rice wrapper, etc. Burritos, I normally make with any type of protein, veggies, beans, maybe rice, cheese, etc. The sky is the limit. Enchiladas I make with smaller tortillas, sometimes protein, but usually just salsa, cheese and beans and bake them with a tasty salsa verde, or other sauce with a bit of cheese sprinkled on top.

Seriously, anything wrapped up in a tortilla gets eaten very easily around here. My dp just loves any type of burrito, wrap, etc. I actually got him to eat a breakfast burrito this morning (he never eats breakfast...). I stuffed a spinach basil tortilla with eggs, spinach, tomato, feta and cheddar cheese...

[JessicaS]

My kid loves anything wrapped in other things.

She loves lettuce wraps, spring rolls, sandwich wraps, burritos, enchiladas...

[olien]

Originally Posted by 425lisamarie

Well my kids won't eat burrits/enchiladas/wraps, but they LOVE "(fill in the blank with whatever is in it) ROLL UPS

I make banana roll ups, with nut butter, bittersweet chocolate gratings, and a banana.

Savory things like chicken, steak, etc with usually roasted veggies. We are not big bean fans

And I make fresh cheeses like farmer's cheese/yogurt cheese and mix with honey, spread over tortilla/wrap whatever, and either drizzle with honey, raisins, pecans, or sauted apples.

I'll have to keep these ideas handy for when DS gets older. Wait a minute, I'm going to try the one with chocolate now!!

Thanks for the great responses. I am looking for easy things to make & freeze for when baby #2 arrives. I'm def going to have to do some experimenting.

[olien]

Originally Posted by Chicky2

I just posted an enchilada method http://http://www.mothering.com/disc...45&postcount=2here.

Chicky2: can you try posting this link again. I can seem to open it & when I do a search on mothering for enchilada I see nothing recent. Thanks.

[cristeen]

The enchilada conversation was from yesterday... http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1199551

[almadianna]

wraps by definition I think are anything that you can wrap and stuff, like cabagge and lettuce leaves. burritos (which are not mexican food I dont care what anyone says ) are just torrillas.

enchiladas are only supposed to be corn but people make things that they call enchiladas out of flour. in the last 15 or so years i have found them even in mexico so I guess they are made out of both now.

[Jaesun's Dad]

Just about anything that you toss in a tortilla can be called a "burrito". To learn how to roll one just watch someone at a good restaurant sometime. I recently improvised breakfast burritos out of egg beaters, monterey jack cheese, a can of black beans and some onion and bell pepper I had leftover from another meal. As for normal burritos you think of at a restaurant I don't make my own at home since I live in the SF Bay Area and I'm never more than a few blocks from a restaurant that can probably do it cheaper than it would cost me to buy all the stuff myself.

[KatWrangler]

Originally Posted by cristeen

Actually, I've had them all ways (corn vs flour). And wraps don't have to be a tortilla at all... lavash, rice paper wrappers, there are a dozen different things you can use as the wrap.

True.

Now, we think of rice paper wrappers I think of summer rolls.

Oh hell I don't care. Let's all

[reezley]

Originally Posted by olien

After posting another Q here last week I decided to figure out how to make burritos & enchiladas.

From what I have read it seems to me like a burrito is like a hot sandwich wrap except with ingredients that are mexican inspired. Am I missing something??

(Same for enchiladas except they have a sauce on top)

Burritos are one of the few things I make for my kids. I don't know how to make a lot of things! But I would say "yes" to your question. And, this may be off topic and not helpful but I recently figured out I could also make quesedillas with tortillas (duh?) - and I'm very proud of myself, because the kids LIKE them more than burritos and usually tend to EAT more of them. Melt a little butter in a pan, prepare a tortilla by spreading beans (or refried) and cheese, and whatever else, over one half of it, put it in pan, then fold over to close it. Brown it a bit on each side, and slice!

[mommathea]

for me, a wrap is something that is made with cold, fresh ingredients, like raw veggies, cooked but cold meat like shredded chickens, steak.
A burrito is someting that is filled with warm, cooked foods, and then served warm.