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I live in a place with a LOT of Mexican folks, and they happen to operate a lot of taco trucks around the area. Muy authentico. They put beans and rice, a massive pile of your meat of choice, onions cilantro and cheese. It’s a burrito the size of a small child, wrapped in a tortilla the size of a small blanket.

If the people whose culture the noble burrito hails from decide to put rice in it, the answer is yes. Rice belongs in burritos. We gringos just need to say gracias when we pick up our order and deal with it.

Absolutely yes.

Its food man. It belongs if you like it, it doesn't if you don't. I don't understand some of these arguments where "the originating culture did it this way so it belongs!" Who cares how people half way across the world make their burritos, fuck culture and tradition. Cooking is art, do what you want and make it how you like. Personally I put rice in because its an easy nutritious filler that doesnt impact taste or texture too bad and which extends the good meats and seasoning and stuff out a couple meals.

I think some burritos have entirely too much rice content, but I think a minor rice component is acceptable.

If rice can get wrapped in seaweed (Sushi), it can go in anything.

YOLO!

I like adding some rice, it’s very absorbent when there’s too much sauce. Then again, I’m European and have never come in contact with actual good Mexican food.
So maybe my opinion is a pretty bad one :)

Honestly, rice makes everything better, so that's a yes from me!

Not that it "should" per se, but it certainly can.

Yes -- at least for some kinds of burritos. My go to lately for quick meals is a burrito with pepper jack, rice, black beans, a slice of bacon, and a mix of two salsas.

Burrito is burrito friend. Fill it with as many ingredients as possible.

Yes UNLESS in a breakfast type burrito.

San Diego burritos are phenomenal and often don’t contain rice

I thought it couldn't be a burrito if it didn't have rice in?

Yes it keeps the lower half happy.

Yes and no.

No because most burritos are just meat and cheese, with sauce on top and beans and rice on the side.

Yes, because rice is awesome. It will absorb the sauce, so if you have your tortilla laid out, a bed of rice laid down before you put your meat down will absorb a lot of those juices that would otherwise just drip onto your plate (maybe your shirt). Also, it makes the burrito more filling.

Also no, because I can't have too many carbs at once. The tortilla is enough. I don't even do burritos anymore, I do street tacos. I do corn tortillas with cheese, meat, and pico. Rice doesn't belong anywhere near that. But that's not burritos, that's tacos.

Yes, but the burritos I eat aren't even close to authentic. Black rice is really good in them :)

No for me, the tortilla is already loaded with carbs, adding rice and i will feel so bloated but not full either.

Only if it's the correct amount. It's a tricky balance, so the safe option is to leave it out completely.

Yes. Use red rice.

Oh yeah. Makes the burrito so much better.

I'd put you in there, just gimme the damn burrito.

Hell. No.

I'm fine with it, as the rice completes the protein of the beans. It doesn't need to be in there, and I think it's more of a filler overall, but it's fine to have a small amount.

I understand why it would feel weird having rice with a tortilla. I guess it's like rice and macaroni. Too many carbs.

HOWEVER, the rice is mixed with a bunch of other stuff so it's not like you're just eating rice in a burrito. It's more like the rice in soup.

Yeah, and in a taco. Rice and beans baby