Chicken Chimi Chimies ( Chimichangas )
Total Time: 45 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breasts
- 10 large flour tortillas
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 (4 ounce) can green chilies
- 1/4-1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 -2 teaspoon cumin
- 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine, melted
- 1 1/2-2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 450°f.
- 2 boil chicken in water until done, about 15 minutes. for extra flavor add some onion & garlic (fresh or dry), and salt and pepper to the water. shred chicken.
- 3 sauté garlic and onion in the oil about 5 minutes, don't brown.
- 4 stir together chicken and all the ingredients except for butter, tortillas and cheese.
- 5 brush tortillas one at a time with melted butter, to the dry side and a spoon a generous scoop of chicken mixture in a line about 1 inch from one edge of the tortilla, tuck in sides as you go and roll up tortilla, and place seam side down on a cookie sheet, repeat until all you mixture is used.
- 6 note: you can wait an brush with butter after it's rolled, this is done best if tortillas are room temperature.
- 7 bake 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- 8 option:.
- 9 if you prefer your cheese melted, a few minutes before removing from the oven, sprinkle each chimi with shredded cheese.
- 10 serve chimis with shredded cheese, also good with sour cream, chopped tomatoes and black olives.
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