Sunday, September 18, 2011

Chicken Chimichangas

Yield: 6 servings * Overall Price: ~$10 * Calories: 380

Ingredients:
2.5 cups shredded cooked skinless, boneless chicken breast
1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled queso fresco cheese
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
1 (16-ounce) can fat-free refried beans
6 (8-inch) flour tortillas
cooking spray
1/2 cup bottled green salsa

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees
2. Combine first 7 ingridients in a large bowl; toss well.
3. Spread 1/4 cup beans down center of each tortilla. Top each tortilla with 2/3 cup chicken mixture; roll up. Place rolls, seam sides down, on a large baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Coat tops of chimichangas with cooking spray. Bake at 500 for 7 minutes. Serve with salsa.

Thoughts:
These were really easy to make and were really good. Queso fresco wasn't available when I went to the store, but shredded Monterey Jack worked just fine.

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