January 6, 2010

Easy Chimichangas


This is another super easy recipe that is always a hit in our house. In fact, I made these tonight and I can always count on Christopher to eat all of his burrito when I make it like this. These burritos have the consistency and texture on the outside of a deep fried enchillada- way better than just rolling up a plain flour tortilla and really not much more work than that!

olive oil
garlic clove
2 cans of beans, black, pinto, or refried
cumin
chili powder
cheddar cheese, shredded
Flour tortillas
olive oil (or other) cooking spray
Optional - shredded chicken, taco meat, etc...

Preheat your oven to 500 and make sure you have a rack ready about 6" from the top. Spray a cookie sheet liberally with olive oil spray. Heat up some olive oil and garlic in a pan. Add a can of beans, whole if you like- and then mash up the second can of beans so you are sort of making your own "refried beans." Or you can use two cans of mashed, if you like. Season with cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper. Add a scoop of beans to each tortilla, sprinkle some cheese and roll it up, burrito style. Place all of the burritos on your sprayed cookie sheet, and give each of the burritos a decent spray of olive oil. Cook in preheated oven for 5-7 minutes. Serve as is or with sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, enchillada sauce or in my house, Taco Bell Mild Sauce.

Enjoy!

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