Crescent Roll Burritos
This quick and easy recipe for crescent roll burritos wraps spicy beef in a crescent roll dough with a salsa topping for a fun Tex-Mex supper!
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- ❤️ Why we love this recipe
- 🤔 What is a burrito?
- 🧀 Ingredients you need
- 📝 Ingredient notes and substitutions
- 👩🏻🍳 How to make this recipe
- 🤔 Recipe FAQs
- 🥣 Equipment we used for this recipe
- 🍽️ What to serve with this recipe
- 😍 Other Tex-Mex recipes we love!
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- Crescent Roll Burritos
❤️ Why we love this recipe
All you lovers of completely authentic Mexican food, I apologize and please close your eyes and cover your ears. Because this recipe, which is quick and easy and tasty, involves one of my favorite cooking ingredients, and that is a tube of crescent roll dough.
Crescent roll dough in a tube, you ROCK. And this case, you rock your way into being an easy, cheesy beef crescent burrito!
Spiced ground beef is tucked into some crescent roll dough, baked into golden deliciousness, and then it is all about the toppings…salsa, guacamole, sour cream and anything else your burrito-loving heart desires.
🤔 What is a burrito?
A burrito is a Mexican dish that usually involves a soft flour tortilla rolled around different fillings such as different types of cooked and season meat, beans, cheese, and rice.
Fun fact: “Burrito” means “little donkey” in Spanish! 🫏
🧀 Ingredients you need
📝 Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Crescent Roll Dough: Look for this pre-made dough in the refrigerated section of your grocery store. Any brand will work.
- Salsa: Here is where you can manage the spiciness level of your burritos! Salsa comes in mixtures from mild 🙋🏼♀️ to extra spicy, so choose your favorite.
- Taco Seasoning: You can absolutely use the kind that comes in the packet (look for it in the international aisle of your grocery store) OR you can make your own homemade taco seasoning with this easy recipe.
- Garnishes: We like everything from sour cream to extra salsa to guacamole to more shredded cheese…use any and all of your faves!
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.
👩🏻🍳 How to make this recipe
STEP 1: Preheat your oven to 350°. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray or line it with a silicone mat.
STEP 2: Cook some ground beef and chopped sweet onion in a skillet until thoroughly cooked and then drain it. Stir in some taco seasoning and water and cook over medium heat for about five minutes.
STEP 3: Open up your cans of crescent roll dough and separate the dough into eight rectangles (two rolls per rectangle). Smoosh the little perforations together so you have a nice neat rectangle of dough.
STEP 4: Divide the beef mixture between your rectangles and top it with a tablespoon of salsa and a tablespoon or so of cheese.
STEP 5: Starting with the short end of the dough, roll up each rectangle and pinch the edges to seal them. Place them seam side down on that cookie sheet. Don’t worry if there are a few holes here and there.
STEP 6: Bake your burritos for about 30 minutes or until they are golden brown. Serve them up with more salsa, guacamole, sour cream, or whatever other garnish catches your fancy!
🤔 Recipe FAQs
Crescent roll dough is a yeast-based, slightly sweet dough known for its soft texture and buttery flavor. The pre-made kind is sold in refrigerated, pop-open cans that hold triangular pieces of dough that are designed to be rolled into crescent shapes. (Remember when you needed to whack that can on the counter to open it? I vote for bringing that back!)
Taco seasoning is a combination of spices such as chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic powder and other sassy spices that give your taco meat that delicious flavor. You can find packets of pre-made taco seasoning in the international aisle of your supermarket, or you can use this recipe to make your own homemade taco seasoning – it is super easy!
Nope, this is one that you need to make right before you serve it up so that things don’t get soggy.
Pop your question in the Comments section under the recipe card and I will answer pronto!
🥣 Equipment we used for this recipe
These are some of my favorite kitchen tools! These are Amazon affiliate links, which means I get a little something if you buy through my links at no extra cost to you. (Which helps pay for all that bacon I keep buying! 😄) And I only share things I use and love. I’m so grateful for your support!
- Measuring Cup: We love these angled cups that show the measurements on both the inside and outside of the cup.
- Measuring Spoons: These handy magnetic spoons are not on a ring, so you can just pick the one you need.
- Cutting Board: These sturdy, dishwasher-safe cutting boards come in all different sizes.
- Cookie Sheet: We have a whole lotta cookie sheets but this is the one we love best!
- Medium Skillet: We have a drawer full of these, but this one is our fave.
- Silpat: Nothing, and I mean NOTHING sticks to these handy silicone mats.
🍽️ What to serve with this recipe
We like to kick off this supper with some Jalapeno Poppers and maybe some Orange Raspberry Sangria?
A scoop of Bacon Guacamole goes perfectly on top of these burritos, and for dessert? Let’s cool things off with a scoop of Strawberry Sherbet!
😍 Other Tex-Mex recipes we love!
⭐️ We want to know what you think!
If you try this recipe, we would love to hear how it came out for you! I’d be super grateful if you could leave a star rating (you pick how many stars! 🌟 ) and your thoughts in the Comments section below the recipe card.
Crescent Roll Burritos
This quick and easy recipe for crescent roll burritos wraps spicy beef in a crescent roll dough with a salsa topping for a fun Tex-Mex supper!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 burritos 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop and Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cans crescent dinner rolls
- 1/2 cup salsa plus more for garnish
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar or jack cheese
- Sour cream, guacamole or any other garnish you like!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray or line with a silicone mat.
- Cook ground beef and onion in skillet until thoroughly cooked, drain. Stir in taco seasoning and water and cook over medium for about 5 minutes.
- Separate dough into eight rectangles (two rolls per rectangle) and press perforations to seal. Divide beef mixture over rectangles and top with a tablespoon of salsa and a tablespoon or so of cheese. Starting with the short end of the dough, roll up each rectangle and pinch the edges to seal. Place seam side down on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with more salsa, guacamole, sour cream or whatever catches your fancy.
Notes
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- Crescent Roll Dough: Look for this pre-made dough in the refrigerated section of your grocery store. Any brand will work.
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- Salsa: Here is where you can manage the spiciness level of your burritos! Salsa comes in mixtures from mild 🙋🏼♀️ to extra spicy, so choose your favorite.
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- Taco Seasoning: You can absolutely use the kind that comes in the packet (look for it in the international aisle of your grocery store) OR you can make your own homemade taco seasoning with this easy recipe.
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- Garnishes: We like everything from sour cream to extra salsa to guacamole to more shredded cheese…use any and all of your faves!