One Recipe, Two Meals: Chicken Burritos
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 servings (2 kids, 2 adults)
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 1100
- Total Fat
- 69
- Saturated Fat
- 25
- Carbohydrates
- 39
- Dietary Fiber
- 13
- Sugar
- 2
- Protein
- 79
- Cholesterol
- 283
- Sodium
- 1347
- Total: 50 min
- Prep: 40 min
- Cook: 10 min
Ingredients
1 rotisserie chicken, shredded
One 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons salsa, plus more for topping
Salt and pepper
4 large tortillas
One 8-ounce block Cheddar, shredded
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, plus additional for garnish
2 tablespoons chopped red onion
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 jalapeno (one half seeded and chopped, the other half thinly sliced)
1 lime
1/2 avocado, sliced
1 chopped Roma tomato
Sour cream, for garnish
Directions
- Preheat the broiler. In a large skillet, add the shredded chicken, black beans, salsa and 1/2 cup water. Heat through, salting as desired. At this point, you're ready to build the kid-friendly burritos. Using tongs, transfer about 1/2 cup of the chicken mix into the center of a tortilla. Top with a small handful of shredded Cheddar, tuck in the sides and roll up to form a burrito. Repeat with another tortilla, 1/2 cup chicken mix, and Cheddar.
- Now, if you want the burritos warm and toasty, just top with more Cheddar and slide them under the broiler for a minute or two, melting the cheese. Top with salsa and serve! Now, for you, let's amp up our burrito filling a bit-cool? So, you'll just add the cilantro, red onion, cumin, scallions, chopped jalapeno and a good squeeze of lime juice. You could even add a little more salsa if you want! You should want. Toss it all together and heat it through, adding more salt and pepper to taste.
- Place a mound of the filling in the center of 2 more tortillas, and top with shredded Cheddar. Fold in the sides and roll up to form burritos. Top with more Cheddar and broil for a minute or two, for extra awesomeness. This will be a good decision for your life.
- Cut the remaining lime half into wedges. Slice the burritos in half and garnish with the remaining sliced jalapeno, lime wedges, cilantro leaves, avocado, tomato and a dollop of sour cream! You'll never know what hit ya.