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Jul172019

Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer Burritos

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These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer Burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

How many of you meal prep or as it was called in the olden days “make too much and have a boatload of leftovers”? I’ve always done this to be honest; partially by how I was taught how to cook and also because I work A TON so I needed to have delicious foods on hand at all times. With 8 mouths to feed in one house plus at least 4-5 additional friends/family members/neighbors nightly Mom made foods in quantity. Enough to feed a crowd AND enough for at least one more full meal. Mom was literally the freezer/canning queen of the neighborhood!

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

The way I create recipes is I like to give you an amazing base recipe. And from that, I give you ways to transform that into new, delicious and exciting meals. I call those “Follow on” recipes. Think of this as an inspirational recipe.

For example, I’ve given you recipes on how to make both Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa and Beef Barbacoa. I’ve even given you recipes on how to make these into tacos, nachos and so forth. But you guys have asked about ‘freezer meals’ or how to freeze stuff like this. Honestly, I do this all the time personally. As a Chef/food blogger I’m constantly making TONS of food that there is no way we can humanly possible eat in one setting. I’d need a family the size of a football team to handle that so I freeze… A LOT. “Future meals” are things that I tend to nosh on while I’m working on new recipes.

Easy Peasy Freezer Burritos

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Okay seriously, this takes MAYBE 30 seconds to a minute each to make. This whole recipe is based on the assumption you’ve already made your 10 minute chicken barbacoa. Once that’s all done and cooled, I added in some black beans and charred fresh corn. You can easily substitute in canned (drained) Mexican corn.

Next just set up the assembly line. This is a great recipe to get the kids involved! Show them how if they cook once, they can eat for a week with recipes like this!
These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

This recipe doesn’t involve a lot of ingredients. I HATE when a burrito is jam-packed with 37 different items and it’s the size of a fireplace log! Seriously, that’s just crazy stuff right there. So no, this recipe won’t be like that (though if you really wanted bigger ones you could totally go with the 12-14″ round burrito shells). for me I went with the 10″ ones as those are a the perfect size for us and a better portion-control item.

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

So above, you have the dish of already made up chicken barbacoa. Now you could totally go with just that but I love beans and corn in my burritos. You could put your own spin on it by adding chick peas, tofu or more heat. Jalapenos would be a great addition.. Below is just some freshly grated sharp cheddar and picante sauce.

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Like I mentioned above, I went with 10″ round flour tortillas as I find those freeze better than corn tortillas.

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Now the assembly is pretty straight forward – cheese goes down first. However please remember your goal is to NOT over stuff these. Just a tablespoon or two is enough in a tortilla this size. I’m the Queen of Cheese but trust me, you want to be able to roll these up AND close them without stuff spilling out all over the place.

*Note – what will help with rolling is that the tortillas are fresh from the bag and pliable. These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Just a few teaspoons of picante. You can totally do salsa or something else but I like picante more than salsa – it’s the whole chunk thing.

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Since the chicken barbacoa is the star of the dish you can add a few tablespoons of that but again, you need to be able that you can roll it shut without breaking apart or spilling.

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Also, see how I placed the stuff in the lower third of the tortilla, that’s the key to rolling these.

A simple fold up on each side and then a roll up and over the filling and you’re good to go!

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Repeat until all of the filling is used up.

Pretty simple, huh?These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Since these are going into the freezer, you need to wrap each one individually. I double wrap mine in plastic wrap and then put them all in a freezer bag. On the outside of the bag I write what they are, how long to reheat them at and the temperature. That way if Mr. Fantabulous is starving and I’m not home to cook for him, he can fend for himself and easily heat up one of these.

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

If I plan ahead I’ll take a few out and let them thaw in the fridge before baking. However if I forgot, not a big deal. I just have to reheat them longer. And for that you have two options; you can totally just reheat in the microwave OR bake them until hot on the inside and the tortilla is slightly crisp. It’s totally your choice.

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

Other recipes that you can use in freezer burritos

  • Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa
  • Instant Pot Pulled Pork
  • Pulled Beer & BBQ Chicken
  • Spicy Three Meat Banana Pepper Meatballs with Sauce and Cheese


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Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer Burritos

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These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer Burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!

These Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa Freezer burritos are perfect for weekly meal prep and something to easily grab, heat and go in minutes!
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Ingredients

  • 1 recipe for Instant Pot Chicken Barbacoa
  • 1 jar picante sauce or salsa
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1–2 ears of corn kernels (charred) *can you use 1 can drained Mexican corn
  • 1–15 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1–2 cups shredded cheddar or cheese of choice
  • 15–20 10″ soft flour tortillas

 

Instructions

  1. To the chicken barbacoa add the beans, corn and additional cilantro; stir to combine.
  2. To one soft flour tortilla, in the lower third of the tortilla add 2 teaspoon of cheese in a horizontal line leaving 1″ gap on each side of the tortilla. On top of that add 2 teaspoon of picante. Next, add 2-3 tablespoon of the chicken mixture.
  3. To roll grab each side and fold in, and over, the filling (the sides should not touch). Next, grab the bottom of the tortilla (side closest to you) and fold that up, and over top of the filling, tucking the sides in. Roll until the seam is on the bottom. No filling should be exposed. Set aside and finish with the rest of the tortillas.
  4. Double wrap each one in plastic wrap then place in a freezer-safe container.
  5. To reheat you can thaw each one (wrapped) in the fridge overnight and then place in a pre-heated 350F oven on a foiled and sprayed pan for 10-15 minutes or until heated through. If heating directly from the freezer, unwrap, place on foiled and sprayed pay and bake for 15-25 minutes or until heated through.
  6. For a crispier tortilla, lightly spray with olive oil and broil for about 30 seconds.

Notes

If you have extra chicken barbacoa left over after making your freezer burritos, you can freeze that for another meal.

6424.1 g1414.2 mg15.4 g17.2 g55.8 g144.3 mg

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  1. Nicoletta Sugarlovespices says

    July 28, 2019 at 11:18 am

    We don’t to much freezing, it’s just the two of us and we usualy cook from scratch. But I can see how a family can benefit from having these burritos in the freezer ready to go. They look delicious!

    ★★★★★

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  2. Veronika's Kitchen says

    July 28, 2019 at 9:18 am

    Oh, This is exactly what I need to do today as part of my meal prep! these burritos look so tasty and will be great for a lazy upcoming week!

    ★★★★★

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  3. Paula Montenegro says

    July 28, 2019 at 8:45 am

    Few ingredients and freezer-friendly, this is my type of recipe! It looks delicious! And prepping in advance is a game-changer.

    ★★★★★

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  4. Leslie says

    July 27, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    I love this! I have never thought to freeze my burritos, what a great idea! Thanks for sharing!!

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  5. Tammy says

    July 25, 2019 at 1:22 pm

    OMG I have the same lemongrass sriracha and it is sooo good! I love Fix! What a delicious burrito to go along side it…yum!

    ★★★★★

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    • TKWAdmin says

      July 28, 2019 at 4:17 pm

      Isn’t it?! I love it so much!

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      Reply
  6. Carrie says

    July 25, 2019 at 9:11 am

    Such a great recipe! They are so yummy and it’s great to be able to batch cook them so you can have burritos whenever you fancy!

    ★★★★★

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  7. Elaine Benoit says

    July 23, 2019 at 10:19 am

    Wow! This looks so good!! I love meal prep. My best friend used to do make ahead burritos. But I haven’t in forever. Yours looks fabulous and I agree, I don’t like when burritos are stuffed with tons of different ingredients!

    ★★★★★

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  8. Kelly Anthony says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:21 am

    These chicken barbacoa burritos will be perfect to have in the freezer. I love to keep options like this in the freezer for days that I don’t feel like cooking.

    Reply
  9. Gloria | Homemade & Yummy says

    July 22, 2019 at 9:57 pm

    I have not seen that brand of sriracha sauce. I always have a bottle on the go. These burritos look delicious. Now, I just need to hunt down that very interesting sauce.

    ★★★★★

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  10. Tara Teaspoon says

    July 22, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    Meal Prep is a lifesaver! This recipe is so yummy looking and EASY, and I love that I can have tortillas that are a little bit crispy!

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