When you have tortillas in your fridge, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the choices of recipes you can make with them. Whether you're making rolls, tacos, enchiladas, or anything else, there are so many possibilities you can try with tortillas that will all be delicious.
Tortilla recipes, let alone nighttime cravings, go well with any time of the day. They're perfect for any type of craving—sweet, savoury, crispy, and fulfilling. If you want a sweet dish, fill the tortillas with fruits and chocolate, and if you're craving something fulfilling, make a stir-fry wrap with your favourite veggies, meat, and seasonings. You can also try making tortilla chips when you want a binge-movie snack for the night. The choices are endless.
More than just a delicious treat, tortilla recipes are also surprisingly healthy and carefree to eat. Try these amazing tortilla snacks, which you can prepare easily for late-night cravings, and enjoy the nighttime munchies without guilt.
7 Tortilla Snacks For Late-Night Cravings
1) Burrito
Burrito or tortilla rolls can be basically made with any type of vegetable stir fry filling or you can also go for chicken, and egg. Assemble burritos by filling in cheddar, mozzarella, chilli paneer or vegetable stir fry, chilli rice, ranch and mayonnaise. As this dish combines different proteins, vegetables and fulfilling rice, it's an ultimate hunger buster and makes you feel fulfilled.
2) Enchiladas
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Enchiladas can be your pre-made breakfast as well and it can also serve as a lunchtime meal for the whole family. The traditional recipe uses marinated shredded chicken filled in the rolls, stacked in a casserole and topped with sauce and cheeses, then baked until well cooked. But you can opt for vegetable fillings and bean curries.
3) Tortilla Wraps
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This recipe combines convenience, efficiency, and taste. Just slit up tortilla wrap from one end and fill every quarter of the circle with different fillings like lettuce, vegetables, cheese, or poultry. After that, fold the quarters one above another, starting from the slitted part, and then cook in a skillet, sandwich maker, or grill.
4) Tortilla Chips
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When you're not in the mood for doing anything fancy and want a quick snack without much preparation, tortilla chips can be your ally. Just scissor up the tortilla wraps into triangles, big or small. Then add your favourite sauces, seasonings, and flavours. Spread these pieces on a baking tray and bake until every chip turns crispy.
5) Taco
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When talking about recipes with tortillas, tacos can never be left out. In addition to being a fancy meal, tacos are extremely easy to make, and you can put them together with any type of filling you like. Falafel, salads, chicken stir fry, vegetables, and scrambled eggs are popular choices, but you can invent your own recipe too.
6) Frankie
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Bringing the hype of Mumbai street foods to the kitchen, this Frankie recipe is anything but ordinary. This recipe can be made with almost everything you have in your fridge, including salads, paneer, cheese, potato, chicken, egg, dressings, and anything else. You can even use the leftovers and give them a glow-up with this dish.
7) Taquito
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Taquitos combine the crispy and filling profiles of every recipe mentioned above. This dish, too, can be made with any type of filling, but the offence is its crispy wrap. Traditionally, taquitos are deep fried after filling them with everything, but you can opt for air frying or baking methods to keep the health profile in check.
All these recipes demonstrate how one unassuming wrap can be your ultimate solution for hunger pangs. Whenever your cravings call, look for these wraps in your fridge and even if you do have it, just use up the leftover roti as it will work too.