Loaded Grillers

In honor of National Taco day last week, we made loaded grillers. I got the idea when we went out for a quick dinner before youth group one night, and hit up Taco Bell. They have a fantastic loaded griller selection, and I had to recreate them! 
I've recently invested in a Panini press and thought that it would work fantastic for them... I was right ;)

I have recently been introduced to the wonderful world of uncooked tortillas. They are FANTASTIC for this. I even made my own! They're so easy, and I'll record the recipe for them in the next post. 


What you'll need:
Ground meat of your choice- we chose turkey, and it was FANTASTIC
McCormic Mexican seasoning
Salsa
Frozen, or fresh corn
cheese-the shredded kind
Black beans and rice
cooked peppers and onions are also optional

First, I always make a huge batch of black beans and rice, and I keep it in the freezer.

1 pound rice, 2 to 3 cans of black beans (15.5 oz) cook rice to "al'dente" add your beans, and cook the rest of the way through. I drain and slightly rinse my beans, but that's all in the eye of the beholder. Personally the purple slime doesn't appeal to me. ;)

Brown your turkey in a small amount of oil/fat, be it butter, EVOO, or even some bacon grease. Just needs some fat, because turkey is extremely lean. Add in a teaspoon per pound of meat. It's pretty strong stuff. If you like your taco meat strong, by all means, add a little extra, it won't hurt the flavor at all! 

Now, here comes the fun part! ;D

To assemble these, I put a raw tortilla on a cutting board (flour it a little first, they may stick)  and put a spoon full each of the some what cooled meat, rice and beans, cool corn, a tablespoon or so of shredded cheese, and about a half tablespoon of salsa. Just pile it all together. It all combines and marries together in the press. 

Roll it up carefully, taking the sides, and crossing them together, then pulling the bottom up, and slowly, carefully rolling the tortilla and it's contents upward. 

Slightly butter your panini press, and put the almost ready to eat griller in. Shut the lid, and wait! About 2-3 minutes in the press and you're golden brown loaded griller is ready to eat! 

Now, don't worry if you don't have a press, what you can do, is take two skillets, the larger on the bottom, and the smaller on the top. Wash the bottom of your smaller/top skillet well, and dry. Put them together, stacked, to heat on the stove. Once you can feel the heat coming from the top one, lift it, butter lightly the bottom of the top skillet, and put your wrap in the bottom one, press down the top skillet on your griller and let it heat through! :D



I hope you find this as super delicious as we did! :D Enjoy!