The Best Chimichanga Recipe, Ever.

Mexican food is probably my favorite. It's sooo yummy. I found that it's much cheaper AND healthier to make it in my own home. Here's my favorite chimichanga recipe, you won't believe how quick and easy this is!

Ingredients:

2-8 oz. blocks of cream cheese, softened
2 cups of shredded cheddar or taco cheese
2 cups of shredded, cooked chicken breast (I boil mine to cook it and use a fork to shred)
10 flour tortillas (I don't recommend the "burrito size" ones)
sour cream for topping
1/4 cup onions
1 packet of taco seasoning
cooking spray

Directions:

1. Open cream cheese and soften. I microwaved these two blocks of cream cheese for about 35 seconds. A spatula works great for stirring the chimi filling!

2. Add taco seasoning, onions, cooked chicken and cheese to the cream cheese. Stir. 

3. Spray one side of the tortilla with non-stick cooking spray. Place the side with the cooking spray onto the surface of the baking sheet. You will see that I lined the baking sheet with aluminum foil. This makes for super easy clean up!

4. Scoop the filling out and place it in the tortilla. I don't measure it out because I've made these so many times, but I would guess that there is about 1/2 cup of filling in each tortilla. 

5. Fold one side of the tortilla over (from left to right) and fold the adjoining side up.  

6. Fold the top side down and finally, the last side over (from left to right). Place baking sheet full of chimichangas in the oven at 375 degrees. Cook for 12 minutes, flip over and cook for another 10 minutes. 

7. With 5 minutes remaining of the cooking time, I usually take them out and top with cheese. I place the sheet back in the over so it can melt. 

8. Enjoy! I served this with wild rice and refried beans, and of course a margarita! :)