Jennifer Vankeulen, an avid fan of Mucho Burrito, is longing for good news. To help answer that question — for Vankeulen and all the other Dish readers who adore chicken burritos — I sent three of the most-requested versions to the lab for nutritional analysis. Burrito Boyz has long been one of the most popular burrito places in Toronto. And on a recent Monday, the lunchtime lineup at the Adelaide St. At one point, more than 40 people were waiting for a freshly grilled burrito.
No one seemed bothered by the crowded space and long delay. Here, a tortilla is crammed with ingredients, including two kinds of beans, two kinds of peppers and two kinds of onion. Burrito Boyz proudly states that their regular-sized burrito weighs one pound; this is surely a large part of its appeal. The one I sent to the lab — a small chicken with the works — clocked in at grams, closer to a pound and a half of food.
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Meals like Cobb salads and burritos can pack more calories than you'd expect. Even snacks like granola and nutrition bars aren't always the healthiest choices. Breakfast sandwiches. Cobb salad. Fast-food pizza. Many restaurants and fast-food establishments fill their burritos with rice. If you like rice in your burrito, choose brown rice because it is a whole grain, so contains some fiber. To make your burrito less fattening, skip the rice altogether. Make a quick Mexican rice by cooking brown rice in chicken or vegetable stock seasoned with kosher salt, cracked black pepper, chili powder, cumin, oregano and thyme.
Saute the cooked rice quickly with finely-chopped pico de gallo. Cheese adds a lot of calories and saturated fat to a burrito. For example, each ounce of shredded cheddar cheese in a burrito adds calories and 9 grams of fat. Rather than using the Tex-Mex standard of Monterey Jack, try a light sprinkle of crumbled cotija cheese. This is similar in taste and texture to feta cheese. It has a stronger flavor than Monterey Jack, cheddar or colby, which means that you can use far less.
No Tex-Mex burrito worth its name is complete without a sumptuous scoop each of sour cream and guacamole. Get the same thing at Qdoba and it's 1, And at Chipotle: a staggering 1, Maybe that's why a lobbying group called the Center for Consumer Freedom recently launched a campaign called " Chubby Chipotle.
And even though the group is financially supported by the more traditional fast-food chains that Chipotle is currently stomping , it kinda has a point. So, we've got seven tips to help you chip away at the calorie count on your beloved burrito. How low can you go? Depends on which ingredients you're willing to give up.
Drop the tortilla. You've heard this before, but it bears repeating. Those giant carb blankets contribute at least calories to your burrito. Don't get lured in by the whole-wheat health halo, either: While they might have more fiber, whole-wheat tortillas have just as many calories as their white-bread counterparts.
We know: Is it even a burrito if you have to eat it with a fork? Probably not, but you can't argue with saving calories—a pound person has to walk 4 miles to burn that off.
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