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Chi-Chi's Baked Chicken Chimichangas

Oven recipes · 14 ingredients

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Chi-Chi's Baked Chicken Chimichangas

Ingredients

  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • 2 minced garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ tbsp chili powder
  • 1 (16-ounce) jar salsa
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of salt
  • 2½ cups cooked and shredded chicken
  • 6 (10″) flour tortillas
  • 1 cup refried beans
  • olive oil, for basting
  • sour cream
  • guacamole

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
  2. In a large saucepan, sauté onion and garlic in oil for 2–3 minutes until tender.
  3. Stir in the chili powder, salsa, cumin, cinnamon, and salt.
  4. Add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes to incorporate flavors. Remove pan from heat. Allow to cool.
  5. Grease a large baking dish.
  6. Working with 1 tortilla at a time, spoon a heaping tbsp of beans down the center of each tortilla.
  7. Top with ½ cup of the chicken mixture.
  8. Fold up the bottom, top, and sides of tortilla and secure with wooden toothpicks, if necessary.
  9. Place in the baking pan, seam-side down. Brush all sides with the oil.
  10. Bake 20–25 minutes, or until golden brown and crisp, turning every 5 minutes.
  11. Serve with sour cream and guacamole on the side.