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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Yummy (and Almost Guilt Free) Chicken Burritos

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • tortilla (i used the burrito sized ones, they're easier to work with)
  • 4 large chicken breasts
  • black beans (depending on how much you like beans)
  • 1 (8 ounce) can sweet corn
  • 1 (8 ounce) can rotel
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1/2 cup salsa (depending on your preference)
  • 1 dash crushed red pepper flakes
  • garlic salt
  • 1 (8 ounce) package mexican cheese (found in the cream cheese part of the cheese aisle)
  • 1/4 cup milk

Recipe

  • 1 prep work (i did the night before, the flavor is better the next day).
  • 2 -boil chicken breasts until cooked through. drain, and shred into a bowl using two forks.
  • 3 -pour off some of the juice and mash up the black beans in can with a spoon or whatever is available. add to bowl.
  • 4 -drain juice off corn and add to bowl.
  • 5 -drain some juice off rotel and add to bowl (don't want the chicken mixture to be to runny).
  • 6 -add to the chicken mixture the salsa, chili powder, garlic salt and crushed red pepper. mix well and taste to see if you'd like to add any more spices.
  • 7 cheese time!
  • 8 -place block of cheese in microwave safe bowl with the 1/4 cup of milk.
  • 9 -heat at 45-60 second intervals, stirring in between, until completely melted. set aside.
  • 10 constructing your burritos.
  • 11 -preheat oven to 350.
  • 12 -warm up the bag of tortillas for about 20 seconds in the microwave to make them easy to work with.
  • 13 -spoon about 3/4 cup of the chicken mixture into the center of tortilla.
  • 14 -fold in the left and right flaps then roll up from the bottom. place seam side down in a 9x13 dish.
  • 15 -depending on how big you make your burritos, it may take two pans to fit all of them.
  • 16 -cook for 10 minutes or so, then drizzle/douse the cheese on top and bake for the last 5 minutes.

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