Chimichanga

 

I am a complete convert, having been horrified at the thought of a deep-fried Burrito. These things are ****ing delicious. 

Ingredients: 

• Chicken thigh
• onions
• wheat wraps 
• oil for deep frying 
• spices (chili, coriander, cumin, paprika, chipotle paste) 
• pickled jalapenos 
• tomato puree or passata 
• sour cream? 
• Stuff for salsa 
• stuff for guacamole 
• yoghurt 

For the filling: 

fry chopped onions, add chili powder, ground coriander, cumin, and paprika (or chuck in a Burrito spice mix if super-lazy), and tomato paste or passata, and some chipotle paste. Ah the chipotle. And the pickled jalapeno. Some recipes have you putting sour cream in this mix, haven't tried what that's like.  Grill chicken separately and chop up small. Combine. 

Meant to be layered with re-fried beans but  worked well enough without (for those concerned about negative outcomes with legumes). 

Then:

Wrap up your flour tortillas TIGHT with this filling and shredded cheese. Some recipes now have you frying these without any kind of binding at all but I definitely haven't figured that one out. I tied them all up with string like little pork roasts. Second time round they weren't wrapped as tightly and seemed to let the oil in. Apparently you can also bake these, but what would be the point of that? Fry, baby, fry! 

Meanwhile make: 

Serve with guacamole and salsa, with some yoghurt being all artistic over the top. Serve HOT. 

Who cares about waistlines.