Chicken Chimichanga. Tortillas filled with a chicken, rice, beans and olive mixture - rolled, fried and topped with a piquant avocado mix, sour cream and cheese, all served on a bed of lettuce. Fold sides and ends over filling and roll up. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine the first seven ingredients.
How to make Chimichangas: Add cooked chicken, refried beans, salsa, cheese and spices to a large mixing bowl and combine until smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings, if needed. Divide the filling between the tortillas, placing a big spoonful on top of each.
Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken chimichanga. One of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Tortillas filled with a chicken, rice, beans and olive mixture - rolled, fried and topped with a piquant avocado mix, sour cream and cheese, all served on a bed of lettuce. Fold sides and ends over filling and roll up. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine the first seven ingredients.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken chimichanga using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Chimichanga:
- {Prepare 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
- {Prepare 1/2 cup of diced white onion.
- {Take 1 1/2 tsp of minced garlic.
- {Prepare 1 tbsp of chili powder.
- {Make ready 1/2 tsp of chili powder.
- {Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground oregeno.
- {Make ready 1/2 tsp of ground cumin.
- {Prepare 1 of shredded rotisserie chicken.
- {Get 1 tsp of salt.
- {Take 1/2 tsp of pepper.
- {Get 1 of 4-oz can green chili.
- {Take 8 of 10-inch flour tortillas.
- {Take 1 cup of shredded Monterey jack cheese.
Fold it tightly, pulling the sides in, like a burrito. In a medium sized mixing bowl combine chicken, chili powder, cumin, paprika, salt, salsa. cheese, cream cheese, and green onions. Chimichanga is a wrapped, deep-fried flour tortilla filled with a variety of ingredients such as shredded chicken, beef, rice, beans, onions, and cheese. Chimichanga is a Mexican entree that traditionally is a tortilla filled with meat or beans.
Instructions to make Chicken Chimichanga:
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large saute pan over medium high heat. Add onions and saute until softened about 2 mins. Add the garlic, chili powder, oregano and cumin, cooking and stirring until fragrant, about 1 min. Add shredded chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the green chilies. Cook 5 mins or until heated through. Set aside..
- One of the time, place the tortillas on a work surface, keeping the remaining tortillas covered with a damp towel. Spread half a cup of the chicken mixture and a rectangle in the center of the tortilla. Sprinkle with 1 to 2 tablespoons of cheese. Fold the bottom of the tortilla over the filling and then fold the sides over. Fold the top of the tortilla over the folded sides and secure the sides with wooden toothpicks. Place folded side down..
- Using tongs lower the chimichangas into a deep fryer folded side down wanted to time. Hold a chimichangas with the tongues into a seal together. Cook until golden brown on all sides about 3 minutes. Drain on a paper towel and continue with remaining Chimichangas..
- Remove toothpicks in serving me with enchilada sauce or salsa drove all over the top with a sprinkling of cheese..
- If desired add jalapeño peppers with the onions. You can also add black beans and Spanish rice in the tortilla when adding the chicken..
Chimichangas are basically a burrito that is deep fried. So when we call these Oven Baked Chicken Chimichangas I guess we should really be calling them Oven Baked Burritos because that's all it is. For the chimichangas: In a large bowl, combine the chicken, orange juice, lime juice, garlic, cumin, and drained chiles. For these chicken chimichangas, start by cooking an onion and garlic, then add in your shredded chicken, salsa and some spices. This is the base to your chimichanga filling.
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