Real baked chicken chimichangas

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 1/2 c Chicken; cooked, shredded
2 tb Olive oil
1/2 c Onion; chopped
2 Garlic; cloves, minced
1/2 tb Chili powder
16 oz Salsa (choice of hotness)
1/2 ts Cumin; ground
1/2 ts Cinnamon
pn Salt;(if necessary)
6 10 inch flour tortillas
-nice flexible ones. If
-stiff, warm before filling
1 c Refried beans
Olive oil (for basting)

--------------------------GARNISH-------------------------------
-Sour Cream
-Guacamole

In large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in
chili powder, salsa, cumin and cinnamon. Stir in shredded chicken. Let
cool.

Heat oven to 450. Grease rimmed 15 x 10 x 1 baking pan. Working with
one tortilla at a time, spoon a heaping tablespoon of beans down
center of each tortilla. Top with a scant 1/2 cup of the chicken
mixture. Fold up the bottom, top and sides of tortilla; secure with
wooden toothpicks if necessary.

Place chimichangas in greased baking pan, seam side down. Brush all
sides with the oil.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and crisp, turning every 5
minutes.

Serving suggestions: Mexican Rice, and Bean/Corn Side Dish

Variation out of ChiChi cook book