Baked Chicken Chimichangas
photo by Proud Veterans wife
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 2⁄3 cup picante sauce
- 1⁄3 cup green onion, slices
- 3⁄4 - 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano leaves (crushed)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 8 (7 -8 inch) flour tortillas
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter
- 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese or 1 cup cheddar cheese
directions
- Preheat oven to 475.
- Combine chicken, picante sauce, onion, cumin, oregano and salt in saucepan.
- Simmer 5 minutes or until most of liquid is evaporated.
- Brush one side of tortillas with butter.
- Spoon about 1/3 cup of chicken mixture onto unbuttered sides.
- Top with 2 tablespoons cheese.
- Fold 2 sides over filling and fold ends down.
- Place seam side down in 13x9x2 inch baking dish.
- Bake in 475 degree oven about 13 minutes or until crisp and golden brown.
- Top with guacamole, sour cream and additional picante sauce.
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Reviews
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New family favorite! This is super fast, easy and pretty healthy too! I used taco seasoning that had cumin and oregano in it, rather then the individual seasonings. I cooked my chicken in the crockpot. I also used a chunkier picante sauce. So there really was no need for me to simmer the meat/sauce mix, because the sauce soaked into the shredded chicken. I brushed olive oil on the bottom of the pan folded the packets up then lightly brushed each packet with olive oil intead of butter. The whole family gave this 5 stars and I will be making this again for sure. I froze 2 of them and I will update this later to tell how well that worked. Thanks so much for a new family favorite! Also I forgot to pick up sour cream at the store, and put a little bit of light ranch on top along with extra picante sauce... MMM MMM Good! Thanks again! ETA: Freezing works great! Pop it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes. This is great for my husband to take to work. It's much healthier then anything you can buy pre-packaged in the store. Thanks so much! Made for Fall PAC 2008
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Hubby & I thought this was good. I liked that they were baked & not fried. I did not simmer all the ingredients together because even when I added extra picante, the mixture still was too thick to simmer. Also, I did not plan well enough and only ended up with 2 cups chopped chicken, and it really did make the difference because I only got 7 chimi's. Next time I will be sure to have the full amount. I made the full recipe and froze the extras for another time. Thanks so much for posting this.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
McGelby
United States
I've been trying to eat healthier and am always on the lookout for new recipes. I really enjoying trying new vegetarian dishes, somewhat to the dismay of my husband.