If you are still reading, Ole! Have you ever had a chimichanga? A flour tortilla wrapped burrito, deep fried, usually served under some sort of sauce (green or red), cheese, sour cream, guacamole...depending on where you get it from. Its a calorie bomb from Dios (heaven). Sometimes I want it real, real bad. There's nowhere around here with a chimi on the menu worthy of such a splurge. So I made one up.
Baked Turkey Chimis
Serves 8
1 turkey breast on the bone
1 medium yellow onion, diced
4-6 cloves garlic, chopped
Bay leaf
2T ground cumin
1T chili powder (or more to taste)
1T smoked paprika (optional)
1T dried oregano, crushed
2 tsp salt
2 bunches fresh spinach (or 1 bag), washed, de-stemmed and chopped
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1/2 cup salsa
2 cups light shredded cheese OR cotija cheese
8 medium whole wheat tortillas
your choice of sauce: red, green, or fundido. OR just go buy some.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place turkey breast on a roasting pan and cook until 185 degrees or about 35-40 minutes. Set aside to cool. When cool to the touch, shred it with your hands into a bowl. Go on, get messy. Reduce oven to 350 degrees.
In a large saute pan, film the bottom with olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and bay leaf and cook, stirring frequently about 5 minutes or until it softens. Add garlic and cook about one minute. Add chili powder, cumin, paprika, oregano and salt. Stir to combine and cook for about 30 seconds. Add can of tomatoes with it's liquid. Bring to a simmer and add turkey, beans, then spinach. Cover the pan, reduce heat to medium low. Uncover when spinach is wilted and reduce the liquid.
Spray a 9x13 casserole dish well. Heat tortillas in microwave between 2 paper towels for 45 seconds. Set up the 8 tortillas on the counter with 1/4 cup** cheese in the center of each. Portion filling into each of the tortillas, about 1.5 cup each. Wrap each like a burrito and place, seam down, in the pan. Spray the top of the tortillas well.
Pop that in the oven, bake until tortillas are golden and crispy, about 15 minutes. Serve with 1/4 cup sauce (or more). Wicked tasty.
**If you only add 2T of cheese to each, these are 7 WW points each
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