Gobblerito!
GOBBLERITO! GOBBLERITO! GOBBLERITO!
For a month now, I swear that one word has taken over my social media feeds. Here, there, EVERYWHERE, people were talking about going to Mad Mex for a Gobblerito.
You guys, I was starting to feel left out. So I made my own vegetarian version. TAKE THAT, OMNIVORES.
If you aren't from Pittsburgh, you're probably totally lost at this point. Let me back up and explain. Mad Mex is a (not really) Mexican restaurant chain around these parts. Every year they celebrate Thanksgiving by bastardizing a burrito with all of the stuff you usually find stuffed into bowls the day after Thanksgiving. It's the most genius use for leftovers ever.
I didn't wait for leftovers.
You don't have to make it vegetarian. This is me not caring about whether you partake in the animal eating or not, but rather just saying GO MAKE A GOBBLERITO.
They're totally worth the hype.
Gobblerito
Flour tortillas
Turkey or Tofurkey
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
This is not much of a recipe, but much more of a concoction. A GENIUS concoction, that is.
1. Start by heating up your tortilla.
2. Throw a handful of turkey or tofurkey pieces on top.
3. Stuffing time.
4. Mashed potatoes and gravy, please. (Mad Mex throws some corn in there, too. Personally, I don't think the corn adds anything. GIVE ME MORE MASHED POTATOES, PLEASE.)
5. If you're brave, throw the cranberries in the burrito. If you're not, start folding that burrito and leave the cranberries for the side. Fold up the bottom.
6. Fold over one side and tuck it in all snug next to the good stuff.
7. Fold the other side over.
8. Throw some other food on your plate to make it look like you are fancy and stuff.
9. Wonder why the pilgrims didn't do it that way in the first place. The Gobblerito is a mighty efficient invention that makes Thanksgiving a hands on event.
As it should be.
Recipe
Reader Comments (9)
Will you please share your vegetarian gravy recipe.
AHHHHHHH suddenly I can't wait for leftovers! (I am way too lazy to make all these things so I can eat this now so)
also do you know when Mad Mex showed up in Pittsburgh? I feel like it's been since I left and I've always been a little confused about its existence.
@tee--That gravy came with the tofurkey (Trader Joe's brand), but I do have a vegetarian gravy recipe. I'll try making it and make sure I still like it then post.
Sigh. I miss Mad Mex. We don't have any decent (not really) Mexican food around here. Although I am still mad at them (6 years later) for taking the mushroom tacos away.
Now I want some Mad Mex.
And a Gobblerito.
I know what we're eating on Friday!
Brilliant! I happen to have tortillas just waiting for some Thanksgiving magic to happen! Woohoo!
I'm lucky to have wide variety of TexMex options where I live, but I still miss the Mad Mex menu. I would probably categorize it as "California Mex". Their chickpea chili is my absolute favorite and their potato taquitos are awesome as well. Another reason I miss the 'burgh.
Love Gobbleritos. Love this. Can't wait to get some leftovers going.
Oh, man. This looks yummmmy! Thanks for sharing! :)