BAKED CHICKEN CHIMICHANGAS
BAKED CHICKEN CHIMICHANGAS
BAKED CHICKEN CHIMICHANGAS

Ingredients
  • 2 garlic cloves (minced)
  • ½ tablespoon chili powder
  • 16oz salsa (choice of hotness)
  • ½ teaspoon cumin (ground)
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • Pinch of salt (if necessary)
  • 6 10inch flour tortillas (nice flexible ones, if stiff warm before filling)
  • 1 cup refried beans
  • Olive oil (for basting)
  • For garnish -
  • Sour cream
  • guacamole
Directions
  • Directions
  • In large saucepan, sauté onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in chili powder, salsa, cumin and cinnamon. Stir in shredded chicken. Let cool.
  • Heat oven to 450. Grease rimmed 15x10x1 baking pan. Working with one tortilla at a time, spoon a heaping tablespoon of beans down center of each tortilla. Top with a scant ½ cup of the chicken mixture. Fold up the bottom. Top and sides of tortilla; secure with wooden toothpicks if necessary.
  • Place chimichangas in greased baking pan, seam side down. Brush all sides with the oil. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and crisp, turning every 5 minutes.