Chicken and cheese chimichangas

Recipes / Meat

Enjoying a traditional Mexican meal at home is quick and easy with this delicious chimichanga recipe.

Recipe «Chicken and cheese chimichangas» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 05 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/2 Coles Brand Hot Roast Chicken, meat removed and shredded, 200g jar Old El Paso Medium Taco Sauce, 8 soft tortillas, 400g can Old El Paso Refried Beans, 1 bunch English spinach, trimmed , 1 red capsicum, cut into strips, 1 cup tasty grated cheese, 1/4 cup olive oil , 1 small iceberg lettuce, cut into wedges, 1/2 cup light sour cream, Lime Wedges, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Coles Brand Hot Roast Chicken, meat removed and shredded 
  • 200g jar Old El Paso Medium Taco Sauce 
  • 8 soft tortillas 
  • 400g can Old El Paso Refried Beans 
  • 1 bunch English spinach, trimmed 
  • 1 red capsicum, cut into strips 
  • 1 cup tasty grated cheese 
  • 1/4 cup olive oil 
  • 1 small iceberg lettuce, cut into wedges 
  • 1/2 cup light sour cream 
  • Lime Wedges, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Place chicken meat and taco sauce into a small bowl. Mix to combine. Lay tortillas on a clean work surface. Spread 2 tablespoons refried beans over each tortilla. Top with spinach leaves, chicken, capsicum and 1 tablespoon cheese. Roll up tortilla, tucking in ends, to enclose filling.
  2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan on medium. Cook chimichangas, in batches, adding extra oil when needed, for 2-3 mins, turning, until golden all over.
  3. Drizzle remaining oil over lettuce wedges. Serve chimichangas with lettuce, sour cream and lime wedges.