
Ingredients:
• 8-9 flour tortillas (10 inch)
• Oil
• 3 cups (approx.) of spicy Chicken filling
• 1&1/4 cups grated cheddar cheese
• 3&3/4 cups shredded Lettuce leaves
• Spicy Chicken Filling:
• 450g boneless Chicken breast, minced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 Cloves garlic, minced
• 2 green chillies, deseeded and chopped
• 2 tsp – Red Chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp – cumin powder
• Salt to taste
• Oil
Method:
- Chicken Filling:
- Saute the chicken, onion, and garlic until the onion is tender and the chicken is well-browned. Drain off the fat.
- Put the wok back on heat, and add rest of the ingredients. Cook for a few more minutes to heat through. Set aside.
- Chimichangas:
- Wrap tortillas tightly in foil and heat them for 10 minutes.
- Spoon about 2 to 3 tbsp of the chicken filling in the centre of each tortilla.
- Sprinkle grated cheese over it.
- Fold in the opposite sides of the tortilla over the chicken filling.
- Now fold the tortilla upward from the bottom.
- Secure the ends with toothpicks, ensuring that the filling does not spill through.
- Take a deep saucepan, and pour cooking oil until 1 inch deep. Heat the oil.
- Fry the filled tortillas three at a time until crisp and golden in colour on each side.
- Drain on absorbent kitchen towels.
- Keep the chimichangas warm in a hot oven while you fry the rest. Line a serving tray with lettuce.
- Remove toothpicks and place chimichangas on the lettuce. Top with salsa.