Chicken Chimis
 
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Chicken, cheese, cream cheese and taco seasoning fill wrapped tortillas which are pan-fried until crispy and coated with a mildly spiced creamy sauce.
Alison:
Recipe type: Meal, Dinner, Chicken
Serves: 8 large or 15 small tortillas
Grocery List
  • 1 cup oil
  • 10-15 small, flour tortillas
  • 1 rotisserie chicken or 3 cups shredded, cooked chicken
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 pkg. taco seasoning or 2 T. homemade taco seasoning
  • 8 oz. Monterey Jack cheese + 8 0z. Cheddar
  • Sauce:
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • ½ cup salsa verde or ¼ c. jalapeno juice from the jar
  • 3 T lime juice
  • Jalapeños (optional)
Here's how...
  1. In a bowl, mix 3 cups of cooked chicken or turkey, cream cheese, and freshly shredded cheese.
  2. Add 3-4 T. of taco seasoning.
  3. Mix well with your hands.
  4. Put ⅓ of a cup of the mixture down the center of each flour tortilla and fold in the top, bottom, and then roll them up.
  5. Heat the oil in a large non-stick skillet and fry four at a time browning up each side. Drain and put on a platter and place in the oven at 175 degrees to keep warm while you fry up the rest.
  6. Put one can of cream of chicken soup, salsa verde, and lime juice into a blender adding jalapeños if you'd like more heat. Blend well and and heat in a small saucepan on low.
  7. Drizzle the warm chimis with sauce and sprinkle with cheese and jalapeños if desired.
Recipe by That Which Nourishes at https://thatwhichnourishes.com/chicken-chimis/