Shredded Chicken, Green Chile, Black Bean and Cheddar Cheese Chimichanga
I could eat Mexican food every day. I love it. I crave it. I need it. Luckily, my husband loves it too and if you ask my children what restaurant they want to go to, they will always say “chips and salsa” aka a Mexican restaurant. Anyway, I had a few avocados to use up and decided to make a batch of guacamole. I love shredded chicken with green chiles so I thought a chimichanga would be perfect with the creamy guacamole. I was right. I added black beans and cheddar cheese along with the chicken and green chiles. Cooking the chimichangas in a hot dry skillet makes them really crispy on the outside while staying moist and tender inside. The cheese oozes out and the green chile gives it a bit of a kick. My husband and I loved this! The chiles were a bit spicy so I did chicken, bean and cheese for the kids – they LOVED theirs too.
Shredded Chicken:
- 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of any fat
- 3 cups of chicken broth
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp sweet yellow onion, diced finely
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients and gently boil for 20 minutes. Let the chicken breasts cool then shred with two forks.
Ingredients:
- Flour tortillas
- Cheddar cheese
- 1 4 oz can of whole green chiles
- Tomatoes, diced (garnish)
- Green onions, diced (garnish)
- Black beans, rinsed and drained
- Guacamole (click here for recipe)
- Sour Cream (optional)
- Salsa or hot sauce (optional)
Heat a dry skillet over medium heat. On a flour tortilla layer cheese, green chile, shredded chicken, black beans then roll into a burrito, making sure to fold in both sides to contain ingredients. Place in the hot skillet and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side until golden brown and crispy. Top with fresh guacamole, tomatoes and diced green onions. Enjoy.
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Jenny — August 29, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
This looks beyond incredible! I would be thrilled to order this at a mexican restaurant. I look forward to making it at home!
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Cheryl — August 29, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
OMG chica that looks good, I am droolin!
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Jeni — August 29, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
Wow I know what I’m having for dinner tonight! You have evoked my inner craving for Mexican! I don’t know that I’ll be cooking it, but I’ll definitely save this for later and give it a whirl.
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Matin — August 29, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
Looks yummy, I am hungry now:-)
XX M
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Beth — August 29, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
I could live on mexican too I think. Loving this dish. You can’t get cans of whole green chilli in UK though so will have to improvise.
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Jan — August 29, 2008 @ 10:11 pm
They look amazing, Pam. Good job!
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Marjie — August 30, 2008 @ 12:16 am
Allergy to peppers leaves me out of this. But they certainly are pretty!
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Kevin — August 30, 2008 @ 12:21 am
Mexican food is one of my favorites as well. I have a ton of bookmarked Mexican recipes just waiting to be tried. These sound really good. I like the whole chilis in them.
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Pam — August 30, 2008 @ 1:56 am
I also love Mexican food. Making the chimichangas in a dry skillet is a great idea.
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Lisa — August 30, 2008 @ 3:17 am
This looks so DARN good! I could eat mexican every night too.
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Kay — August 30, 2008 @ 7:06 am
Your photos look pretty darn good as well!! I should be doing something Mexican soon, absolutely love it. It looks so tasty and abudant. Beautiful light, btw.
I hear you on the better cooking with tiny ones. I’m a stay at home mom as well, and currently at the stage(for the first time in 2 years) where I even have to put the veggies in meat or poultry
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Dhanggit — August 30, 2008 @ 7:08 am
i could eat mexican food too three times a day for the rest of my life if they look good as this!!! yay, i would love to do this tonight!!thanks for the idea!
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HoneyB — August 30, 2008 @ 8:12 am
This looks delicious!!! That last photo makes me want one no matter that it is 4 AM!
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Nina Timm — August 30, 2008 @ 11:51 am
I am not too familiar with mexican food and by the looks of it, I am missing out a lot..
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Grace — August 30, 2008 @ 1:16 pm
i could totally eat mexican every day–in fact, i almost do. it wouldn’t be a problem if everything was as healthy and easy as this–nicely done!
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hot garlic — August 30, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
A++ for presentation, this looks delicious!
And those potatoes look so great too, especially the end ones doused in sour cream! Yum! -I didn’t know you grew up in Idaho. I’m a Utah native myself so that’s pretty close!
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nicole — August 30, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
This looks so delicious. Thanks for letting me post your recipes.
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Dawn — August 30, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
Wow, how easy does that look to make? Your pics are fabulous. Now I’m hungry.
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~Priscilla~ — August 30, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
WOW! Pam, these look great. i will be trying this this week. thanks for the recipe, my family and i LOVE mexican food.
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Kristen — August 30, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
Oh YUM! I could eat Mexican food everyday too. This looks great! Bookmarked to try soon!
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Aggie — August 31, 2008 @ 3:01 am
I’m a big fan of Mexican and love making it at home! This looks unbelievable. Look at those chiles in there…yum!
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lindaloohoo - wheresmydamnasnwer — September 1, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
pam. i may actually try to make this.
if you knew me, well, first of all you probably wouldn’t invite me anywhere, but you would also know i’m a dismal failure in the kitchen, so for something to actually inspire me to want to make it . . . huh.
good times.
i’ll let you know how it goes. and if you ever want to offend anyone, just send them my way and i’ll happily take care of
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Paige — July 22, 2012 @ 5:47 pm
This was great! I found your blog through pinterest and made this. My family wanted me to add it to one of our staples
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