California Burritos loaded with Cheese, French Fries, and Guacamole

I will always be a California gal in my heart. I was raised in California, which means, I grew up eating some of the best food in the world.

Next to the south, California has some of the best food you will ever taste!

The fact that California is so diverse, affords residents and visitors the opportunity to taste foods from around the world.

Now, I will be honest, the California Burrito is not gourmet eating, unless you're from California where we take burrito eating very seriously.

All these years I really didn't know there was a special name for one of my favorite burritos. The term California Burrito must have been a modern day name invention.

When I was a kid we called it a burrito stuffed with french fries, no fancy "California Burrito."

We would go to the local taco truck, and yes, this was in the 1980's people.

And YES, all these people who claim to have invented food trucks copied from the Mexican cooks who I grew up with.

Since I am on the subject, I noticed that I have yet to see one food truck owner give credit to the Mexican cooks who were creating some of the best food via food truck way before some of these food truck owners were even born.

Yes, I am off topic, but I needed to give a shout out to all my Mexican food truck owners who've been creating tasty eats since way back when.

Back to my burrito, I browned up some ground turkey, beef would work well, but make sure if using beef, drain the grease before assembling.

Next, fry up some crispy french fries and make a quick guacamole.

Place everything into a warm burrito shell and serve with loads of salsa and cheese.

Enjoy!

California Burritos loaded with Cheese, French Fries, and Guacamole

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients:

1 lb ground turkey or beef
1 bag frozen french fries
2 avocados, mashed
1 lime, juiced
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon creole seasoning
1/2 tablespoon chili
1/2 tablespoon black pepper
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon onion powder
2 teaspoon oregano, crushed, dried
2 cups cheese, grated
extra virgin olive oil
large flour tortilla shells
salsa

Directions:

Mix seasoning blend, reserve 1 teaspoon and set aside.

In a skillet over medium heat add about 1 tablespoon of olive oil, add onion and cook about 5 minutes, add garlic and 1 tablespoon of seasoning and cook 1 minute more.

Add turkey to pan, break up into small chunks season with remaining seasoning blend and cook until browned about 15 minutes.

Take avocados, add lime juice and 1 teaspoon of seasoning blend, mash well and set aside.

Fry french fries according to package directions.

To assemble burrito, heat shell in microwave until pliable. Place a about 1 cup of meat in the middle of shell, top with french fries, cheese, mashed avocado.

Wrap burrito up and serve with salsas.

Enjoy!