Ramen Burrito

Do you ever get tired of your boring old ramen? What about that super lame burrito? Well, I’ve got the solution for you! Introducing.. The Ramen Burrito! It takes everything amazing about ramen, and throws it into a warm tortilla for easy eating. Great for any meal. Breakfast? Add tofu scramble! Lunch? Have a side salad! Dinner? All day baby!

Here is what you will need…

 

Ramen Burrito

Ingredients (The Burrito)

1-2 tbs oil (we used grapeseed)

About a cup of shitake mushrooms or whatever your heart desires, chopped

1/4 of a white or red onion, chopped

1 or 2 garlic cloves, minced

1 carrot and 1 stalk of celery cut in to matchsticks

1/2 a head of napa cabbage, chopped into long thin pieces

1 tbs water

1 tbs soy sauce

Some pepper

Your favorite package of ramen (we used teriyaki flavor for this one, found in the produce section)

Tofu sticks (We added these for crunch.. I recommend you do the same)

About 5 of your favorite vegan tortillas, we used wheat (Throw them in the microwave wrapped in a paper towel for 30 seconds.. makes them easier to roll)

The sauce

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tbs warm water

1 tbs rice vinegar

1 tsp toasted sesame oil

1 tsp of agave

1 tsp (or more) of Sriracha

1 garlic clove, chopped

To start, warm up your oil in a large skillet or wok on medium-high. Add you onions and mushrooms and cook those down until the mushrooms start to release their juices and the onions become translucent, about 3 minutes. Then add your carrots, celery, and garlic and cook those down for another 3-4 minutes until the carrots and celery start to soften. Next, add your napa cabbage. This will look like way too much napa cabbage at first, but let that shit cook down a bit and everything will be fine. Once your cabbage starts to cook down just a little (about 2 minutes), add your water, soy sauce, and pepper. Make sure all those juices cover the cabbage to cook them down even more. This will take another 3-ish minutes.

While that is finishing up, prepare your ramen noodles according to the package directions. Once they are ready to be broken apart, add them to the veggie mixture using some tongs. Or put your hand up in there and burn your hand, who am I to judge? Tongs work a lot better though, trust me. Anyways, you have your ramen mixed in with all your other goodies, mix it up good! Feel free to add the flavor packet, as much or as little as you would like. Stir that shit up.

Now that your filling is chillen all warm on your stove, you can throw together your sauce. Hold tight because this sauce is going to be a B to make! Just kidding. Throw all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk it up. Boom. Sauce.

Here comes the fun part. Grab your warm tortilla and use your tongs to place about 1/2 cup of the filling in there. Also add one of the tofu sticks and begin to wrap. Do this by folding in each side of the tortilla over the filling and fold the tortilla side closest to you over those and try to wrap it as tight as you can. If you don’t know how to fold a tortilla, give me a call. I’m a pro. But don’t really.. google it or something. Here I did it for you… How to wrap a burrito. Continue to do this with the rest of the filling, tofu, and tortillas.

Now that your tortilla’s are all wrapped up, heat up another skillet with some oil on medium. gently place the tortillas fold-side down on the skillet and let the tortilla crisp up for just about 2 minutes. Flip over and crisp the other side for a few more minutes. Go ahead and add some extra sriracha to your plate or on top of your burrito if you like it spicy, like me (see below)! I also recommend cutting the burrito in half (makes it easier for dipping in your bomb sauce). Hope you are salivating and ready to try this amazing meal!