Thursday, April 21, 2011

Shredded Chicken Burritos

We had lots of tender chicken leftover from cramming a sale pack of bone-in breasts into the crockpot Sunday, and here came the Penzeys Catalog with this recipe (slightly altered to our taste, get the catalog for the original) - I made a batch of the black beans and rice in previous post (with onion, cabbage, carrots, and a can of "white chipotle corn" - no one could tell at the end it was more veg than rice) and served it with these and green veg and salad, everyone was stuffed.....and enjoyed the leftovers for two or three days.....and Drew didn't know there were sweet potatoes inside either :)
If you have chicken already cooked and do the mashed sweet potatoes ahead or while assembling and chopping the rest of the ingredients, they are really pretty fast to make.

Shredded Chicken Burritos
about 3 cups (I think) leftover chicken, shredded,
or use canned chicken you need to rotate,
or 1 lb boneless chicken breast sauteed/simmered with onion powder, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper covered, on low heat for 2 hours (can be done ahead)

2 medium or one really large sweet potato, peel and chunk, steam or simmer 20 minutes, mash (can be done ahead)

1 onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped/minced
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
whole wheat tortillas (10 large, 14 small)
garlic powder, onion powder, ancho pepper powder or other chili powder, cumin
sour cream (about 1/2 cup)
shredded Mexican cheese blend (about 1 cup)

Sautee onion till soft, add green pepper and continue till it starts to get toasty, add mashed sweet potato and
onion powder, garlic, cumin, ancho pepper powder, any other mexican spices you like to taste, and shredded chicken and beans. Mix well.

Take a tortilla and spread some sour cream along one end, add filling, sprinkle with cheese and roll/fold into burrito.
Place on Pam-sprayed cookie sheet. When all are done (using smaller tortillas mine made 14) spray them with butter-flavor spray and bake in hot oven to crisp - 425 for about 12-15 minutes or until looking browned in spots.

they reheat well in a toaster oven

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