I had some left over filling from the potstickers as I sat down to figure out what I was gonna do for dinner last night. I also had some leftover pork and some other goodies, as I had the inspired idea to make some kicked up burritos! I started off by setting up my workspace. A coolio trick I learned (by watching the food network of course) is to put a wet paper towel down underneath my cutting board…thus keeping it steady as a rock through cutting.

I then proceeded to chop up some crunch and yummy bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. I've always loved water chestnuts and thought they would be a good substitute for lettuce.

VERY exciting colors, eh? hehe I added some chili/garlic sauce and stirred them together to combine with the existing filling.

After sauteing the meat and assorted veggies together….I started to construct my Burritos…adding some preshredded italian cheeses and whole wheat tortillas making sure to use tin foil on a cookie sheet for easy clean up later on.

All in all, I think they came out fairly well. The ginger, pork and hot sauce gave the burritos a yummy flavor while the water chestnuts added a nice crunchy dimension to my east meets southwest burrito.

Lessons Learned: Basically it was a nice throw together leftover dinner. I managed not to mangle my fingers in any sorta way…so I would judge this dinner a success. Not a bad presentation if I do say so myself for a burrito!

FINISHED!!