BJ's Chicken Chimichangas

Marinated chicken chimichangas. May be deep-fried. If so you need to weight them down or they will unfold. Top with your favorite queso sauce.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 792 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®)
• 1 (16 ounce) package shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 10 large flour tortillas
• 2 pounds cooked skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 3 (4.5 ounce) cans chopped green chile peppers
• ⅔ cup sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons minced chipotle chile peppers

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine chicken, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, chopped green chile peppers, sesame oil, sugar, chipotle chile peppers, garlic, and salt in a bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and marinate chicken in the refrigerator, 1 hour to overnight. Drain chicken in a colander.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook 1 tortilla in the hot oil for 5 seconds; flip tortilla and cook for 5 seconds more. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

Step 3

Spoon about 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto each tortilla. Sprinkle Monterey Jack cheese over filling. Spoon filling in a line down the middle of a tortilla. Fold opposing edges of the tortilla to overlap the filling. Roll 1 of the opposing edges around the filling.

Step 4

Place each chimichanga, seam-side down, in the hot oil of the same skillet until browned, about 3 minutes per side.