Chicken Chimichangas for One!

This past week, my daughter has been after me to make her some homemade taquitos. However, when I tried, my version was a lot bigger than a taquito, so I named them chimichangas!

These little guys turned out SO good. I had all the ingredients on hand so it did not take long at all to whip this up. It is a small portion size so this makes for a great one person meal when you are in a hurry. You could even pare this with one of those little microwave cups of Minute Rice and have a well balanced meal in just minutes!

So here is how I made this dish:

I used 2 frozen chicken tenderloins and grilled them on my grill pan with a little salt, pepper, and season salt. (Lawry’s all the way baby!)

I also made up a homemade salsa mix using Rotel, cilantro, white vinegar, salt, and cumin. I mixed a little of that juice with the chicken and shredded it up to look like this:

After your chicken gets done cooking, set it aside and warm your tortillas. I used 6″ corn tortillas. After you warm your tortillas, place a small amount of chicken on each and a slice of cheese. I used pepper jack cheese.

After doing this, roll them up burrito style. This should not be hard because your tortillas should be nice and flexible. If they feel like they will crumble or break, take everything off and warm them again in the microwave for about 20 seconds.

After rolling them up, then put some oil in a frying pan and fry all sides until the tortilla is crispy like a chip! Then take them and dip them in your homemade salsa! YUM!

You will be SO glad you made these . They are delicious and other than frying them in oil, they are very healthy for you!

Here is the printable of this recipe!