Chicken Chimichangas Recipe
Chicken chimichangas require a little work but they are definitely worth it. I actually prefer these over the beef chimichangas. Tortillas are filled with a mixture, rolled, and then fried in oil. The filling mixture consists of ingredients such as chicken, rice, refried beans, and black olives. After the chimichangas are fried they are topped with a avocado mixture. This mixture is very similar to guacamole. I feel both the sour cream and guacamole mixture are very important to the overall flavor of this dish. If you are looking for an excellent recipe for chimichangas give this one a try. Enjoy.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups chicken broth
1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
½ cup red enchilada sauce
1 ½ onion (diced, divided)
6 (12 inch) flour tortillas
4 cups shredded cooked chicken breast
1 pound Monterey jack cheese (shredded)
1 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives
4 cups refried beans
¼ cup vegetable oil
Avocado topping-
3 avocados (peeled and pitted)
½ cup cilantro (finely chopped)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 green onions (diced)
¼ cup jalapeno chile peppers
1 tomato (diced)
2 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup sour cream
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: In a medium saucepan combine chicken broth, rice, enchilada sauce, and diced onion. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low and let it simmer for about 20 minutes or until the rice is tender. Stir in shredded cooked chicken and mix well.
Step 2: Heat refried beans in a saucepan over low heat until they stir easily. Heat tortillas in a large skillet or in the microwave so that they fold easily.
Step 3: Spoon equal amounts of refried beans onto each tortillas followed by equal amounts of the chicken/rice mixture, Monterey jack cheese, and black olives. Roll up the tortillas¸while tucking in the sides. Secure the wrapped tortillas with a toothpick.
Step 4: Heat oil in a large skillet and fry the filled tortillas, turning once, until browned on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
Step 5: To make guacamole- in a medium bowl mash together avocados and lemon juice. Stir in cilantro, green onions, jalapeño peppers, and tomatoes. Top chimichangas with cheddar cheese, guacamole and sour cream.
(Makes 6 Servings)
oh my gosh…I LOVE chimichangas!! These look too good not to make
thanks for the recipe!
I will sooooooo be making these!!!
These look awesome!! I love chimichangas!
Just finished making these. They are AWESOME!
We just finished making a college friendly version of these
Sooooo tasty!! Thank you for the recipe.
Amazing! I made a mini version without the rise, beans, and enchilada sauce as an appetizer for Thanksgiving dinner. They were a hit. Thank you for the recipe. The guacamole was perfect!
do you think you could bake these?? They look amazing!
misty- yes they could be baked.
Hi Bobby! These look and sound wonderful. I’m going to be trying them this week. I do have one quick question though. I make homemade Spanish Rice almost every week, do you think that would work in place of your rice w/ enchilada sauce or would I be missing out on a different flavor?
Thanks!
Going to try these tonight. My only concern is will they fall apart when I go to fry them?
Sarah- just make sure they are well secured with a toothpick, turn carefully, and you shouldn’t have much of a problem.
Printable recipes would be fabulous to save time on writing them all down
Tina- you can print right under the post title, where it says “Print This Post”.
YUM!!! I love these. Thanks for the recipe.
How do I go about converting this to 2 servings instead of 6?Im new to this cooking thing so please help me out here.lol
Christian- Just cut all of the ingredients down to 1/3 of what they call for. For exmaple 1 1/2 cups of chicken broth would be cut down to 1/2 cup. Chances are everything is not going to convert properly so you will just have to take a guess at the amounts.
Where does the shredded lettuce go? in the avocado mixture?
Hannah – You can put the lettuce under the chimichangas or on top of them. It does not go in the avocado mixture.
made them but I slow cooked the chicken in salsa verdi and it was great I love that stuff that for the recipe oh I add water to in and cooked it down!!
Thanks LaLa