I was over at my parents’ house one Saturday afternoon flipping through my mom’s Cooking with Paula Deen magazine when I came across her recipe for Baked Chimichangas. Well…all good Texans know the value of a chimichanga recipe…but a baked one? That’s even better because it’s healthier (not deep fried in oil!). Plus, this was super simple to make. And nothing makes me happier on a busy weeknight then to have a simple, satisfying, quick supper to feed my family. Thank you Paula for inspiring my Baked Chimichanga…
Shopping List
1 pound ground beef
1 can chopped green chiles
1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
1 package taco seasoning
1 (15 oz) can chili beans (see below)
4 burrito sized tortillas (I used whole wheat but you use what you like…just make sure they say “burrito size”)
1 1/2 cups Cheddar cheese
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
sour cream and/or green onions to garnish
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
Over medium-high heat, brown your ground beef in a tablespoon or so of EVOO. Once it’s brown and crumbled, add in your chiles, tomato sauce, taco seasoning and beans. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer a few minutes.
On your counter, lay out your 4 tortillas. Spoon 1/4 of the ground beef mixture down the center of each tortilla. Top the ground beef with your cheese. Fold the sides of the tortilla across the middle, then fold the bottom up and the top down. Lay the chimichanga seam side down on a foiled lined baking sheet lightly sprayed with Pam. After all 4 chimichangas are on your baking sheet, brush a little bit of EVOO on top of each one (just a teaspoon or so on each one).
Bake 15-18 minutes.
Remove from oven and serve with sour cream and/or green onions.
Simple, right?
I use this kind of chili beans in my chimichangas…but you could certainly use black beans instead (just drain and rinse those first though…the chili beans don’t need to be drained or rinsed).
Quick and easy…that’s perfection for a weeknight!
Sheaffer {Pinterest Told Me To} says
Mmmmmm. This looks really REALLY good!
Going on the grocery list now.
The Dose of Reality says
My hubby would LOVE those! We miss our TexMex so much, but this would be like a taste of home! 🙂
Shelby says
Perfect!! I have all these ingredients on-hand!! Dinner one night this week for sure!
Marie Matter says
This looks awesome! Love that short ingredient list and how simple it is! Definitely going to make this soon.
Tracy says
These sound great!! Adding this to my menu this month!
A friend pointed me in the direction of your family blog because of Sean being on The Bachelor – I don't typically watch the show but have been keeping up on what's happening this season because I'm a KSU alum and my husband and I still live here in Manhattan and work full time with a campus ministry at KSU.
I've really enjoyed your family blog but am especially glad that it led me here to your foodie blog because I am seriously in LOVE with this blog!! Most food blogs I've seen are a lot of recipes that are really complicated stuff you'd see chefs on the Food Network making (as much as I love FN) but not something that a mom of two small children can make on a daily basis. I just love that your recipes are so make-able! I'm absolutely going to be trying so many of them!
P.S. one specific question…on all your recipes with ground beef, do you drain the grease off after browning it? I always do but I've also never browned mine in EVOO before so wasn't sure whether to leave it that way
Mix and Match Mama says
I use a lean ground beef (usually 93/7), so I do not drain it. Great question! Go State! XOXO
Kelly Senyei | Just a Taste says
Just stumbled across your site and am thrilled to have found it! These look great and I'm looking forward to trying them this weekend!
Kelly {Sparkles and Shoes} says
These look and sound amazing, yum! ps. you looked too cute tonight in Saint Croix, those shorts were adorable!
xx
Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
Susannah says
Oooo… This looks good! Thanks for sharing!
Parisian Heart says
I had never heard of "rinsing beans." This made me query it. Thanks for the education!
Katherine Madsen says
I cannot even tell you how much i appreciate your blog! I think I have told 10 people about it in the last week… Your meals please my husband (he literally said: "I trust that girl's blog, make anything you want from it and I'll love it") and have made me way excited about cooking! Which I used to loathe and all we would ever eat was 1) tacos or 2) chicken, rice and broccoli. Not kidding! A million thank yous for the good recipes!
Tracy says
I just made these for dinner tonight and they were aMAZING!! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe; these will definitely become a regular in our house!
sheri says
Made this tonight and it was great! My kids loved it! Thank you for all your great meals!