Chimichangas recipe!
Chimichangas are crispy burritos, you can add whatever you like making these especially good for using up leftovers and getting 2 of the kids 5-a-day into their meals.
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Chimichangas! sponsored by Fruit Bowl
11th January 2021
: 4
: 20 min
: 38 min
: 58 min
: easy
Chimichangas are crispy burritos, you can add whatever you like making these especially good for using up leftovers and getting 2 of the kids 5-a-day into their meals.
Ingredients
- EQUIPMENT
- Pre-heated oven 200FAN/220c
- Hot grill
- baking tray
- 15 ml olive oil
- 400 g chicken breast sliced thin
- 1 yellow bell pepper sliced
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 sweet potato diced 1cm square
- 0.25 white cabbage shredded
- 50 g spinach
- 1 tin black beans drained, rinsed
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 150 g cheddar cheese grated
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 4 tortillas large
Directions
- Step 1 Dust the chicken with the spices, salt, pepper and half the olive oil.
- Step 2 Lay the seasoned chicken and sliced peppers onto a parchment lined baking tray in one layer.
- Step 3 Bake the chicken and peppers in a pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked then remove.
- Step 4 Meanwhile, drain and rinse black beans and stir through the ketchup.
- Step 5 Mix together the shredded cabbage and spinach.
- Step 6 Assemble chimichangas
- Step 7 line a tortilla with a quarter of the beans, chicken pieces, peppers, spinach and cabbage and finally a generous portion of grated cheese.
- Step 8 Fold over half the tortilla, then fold each side and roll to create a sealed package
- Step 9 lay tortilla seal side down onto baking tray. Repeat for all four tortillas.
- Step 10 Brush with melted butter and place under a hot grill for a few minutes each side until golden and serve!
