Roast Chicken Chimichangas

I've rediscovered a fantastic Cooking Light cookbook I've owned for quite awhile...The Best of Cooking Light Everyday Favorites. Everything I've tried from it has been awesome.


I flipped through it dorsum for Cinco de Mayo to honor closed to form of Mexican entrée nosotros could have. This looked truly tardily in addition to didn't require a lot of ingredients which are 2 automatic pluses inwards my book!

Roast Chicken Chimichangas
Source: The Best of Cooking Light Everyday Favorites

2 1/2 cups shredded roasted skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 loving cup (4 ounces) crumbled queso fresco cheese
1/4 loving cup chopped dark-green onions
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon solid position down cumin
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (4.5-ounce) tin dismiss chopped dark-green chiles, drained
1 (16-ounce) tin dismiss fat-free refried beans
half-dozen (8-inch) flour tortillas
Cooking spray
1/2 loving cup bottled dark-green salsa

Preheat oven to 500°.
Combine get-go vii ingredients inwards a large bowl; toss well.
Spread 1/4 loving cup beans downwards centre of each tortilla. Top each tortilla amongst 2/3 loving cup chicken mixture; scroll up. Place rolls, seam sides down, on a large baking sail coated amongst cooking spray. Coat tops of chimichangas amongst cooking spray. Bake at 500° for vii minutes. Serve amongst salsa.

Calories: 380
Calories from fat: 23%
Fat: 9.7g
Saturated fat: 3.1g
Monounsaturated fat: 4.1g
Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
Protein: 28.8g
Carbohydrate: 42.5g
Fiber: 6.5g
Cholesterol: 55mg
Iron: 3.8mg
Sodium: 728mg
Calcium: 157mg

*****

Instead of using closed to roasted chicken I threw a pair chicken breasts on the grill acre my solid unit of measurement was swimming therefore merely shredded the meat i time they were cooked (the chicken, non my family). These were therefore tardily to make. Throw everything inwards a bowl, spread closed to beans on a tortilla, spoon closed to chicken mixture downwards the middle, fold, in addition to bake. I was form of surprised that the serving size was merely one, but they were truly filling.

We all truly liked these. REALLY liked them. The hubby truly asked if nosotros could accept weekly chimichanga night. I loved how tardily these came together in addition to that nosotros all loved them. This volition definitely locomote inwards regular rotation inwards our house.

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