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Beef and bean burrito

Name: Beef and bean burrito
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb 90% lean ground beef; 1/2 yellow onions, diced; 1 tbsp chili powder; 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp salt; 1 can black beans, drained; 1 1/2 cups white rice; 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded; 4 large flour tortillas; 1/3 cup whole-milk Greek yogurt; 2 Roma tomatoes, diced, drained; a handful fresh cilantro, chopped

The full-sized burrito, wrapped properly: seasoned beef, beans, rice and cheese in a griddled flour tortilla. Portable dinner with the numbers finally attached.

Time: 35 min (15 prep + 20 cook)
Servings: 4
Per serving: 748 kcal
Protein: 44 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

1 lb 90% lean ground beef450 g
1/2 yellow onions, diced100 g
1 tbsp chili powder8 g
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin3 g
1 tsp salt5 g
1 can black beans, drained240 g
1 1/2 cups white rice300 g
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded120 g
4 large flour tortillas280 g
1/3 cup whole-milk Greek yogurt80 g
2 Roma tomatoes, diced, drained150 g
a handful fresh cilantro, chopped8 g

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Steps

Brown the beef with the onion, spices and salt; stir in the beans and warm through.
Warm the tortillas until pliable — cold tortillas crack at the fold, every time.
Layer along the middle third: rice, beef and beans, cheese, yogurt, tomato, cilantro. Don't overfill; a burrito that won't close isn't a burrito.
Fold the sides in, roll tight, and griddle the seam-side down 2 minutes to seal.

Why this score

easy to overeat

Dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

24% of kcal

57% water

11 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 2990 kcal goes into the pot, 1744 g of ingredients comes out as ~1400 g of food → 214 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 214
Protein: (24%); 13 g
Fat: (36%); 8 g
Carbohydrates: (40%); 21 g
of which sugar: 1 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sodium: 472 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.