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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped
- 1 red or green bell pepper, seeded, cored and chopped
- 1 1/2 lb thickly sliced lean deli roast beef, cut into matchsticks (or a 15-oz can black or pinto beans, drained, for machaca for a nonmeat protein)
- 3/4 cup lowfat, low-sodium chicken, beef or vegetable broth
- 2 cups bottled tomato salsa
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 large egg plus 1 large egg white, whisked lightly
- 6 thin flour tortillas, warmed
Method
- To make machaca, heat oil in a skillet on medium heat.
- Add onion and pepper and saute about 3 minutes.
- Stir in meat and continue sauteing until meat is brown and crispy but not burned.
- (Scrape meat from the bottom occasionally.)
- Stir in broth and 1/2 cup salsa and add cinnamon stick.
- Bring mixture to a boil.
- Reduce to medium and cook until most of the liquid evaporates but the meat remains moist.
- Salt to taste.
- Remove cinnamon stick.
- Mix eggs into machaca and continue cooking 1 or 2 minutes until eggs are just firm.
- Spoon 1/6 mixture onto each tortilla and roll up.
- Place on a plate and spoon remaining salsa over each burro.
