Baked turkey & Jack cheese chimichangas
5
Points®
Total time: 50 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 30 min • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
No need to fry this traditional Mexican dish: Simply bake until the tortillas are lightly browned and crisp, which should take just about 20 minutes. The filling is a savory combination of ground turkey, refried beans, salsa, green chili peppers, chili powder, scallions, and Monterey Jack cheese. Serve these chimichangas with spicy salsa and a dollop of sour cream. For a flavor boost, look for epazote, which is a pungent herb with a taste similar to cilantro, at Mexican and Central American food stores, or try to look for it online. Chop some up and sprinkle it over the finished dish for the perfect garnish.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Uncooked extra lean ground turkey breast
½ pound(s)
Fat free refried beans
16 oz
Salsa
1¾ cup(s)
Canned diced green chiles
4½ oz
Chili powder
1 tsp
Scallions
3 Tbsp
Reduced fat shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup(s)
10" high fiber, low carb flour tortilla
8 item(s)
Salsa
1 cup(s)
Fat free sour cream
½ cup(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat a large skillet with cooking spray. Coat a 13- X 9- X 2-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2
Add turkey to skillet and cook over medium-high heat until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Drain any excess liquid from pan and then add beans, 1 3/4 cups of salsa, chili peppers, chili powder and scallions. Cook until heated through, about 3 minutes; stir in cheese.
3
Meanwhile, wrap tortillas in foil; warm in oven for 10 minutes.
4
Assemble chimichangas by spooning about 1/2 cup of turkey mixture onto each tortilla; fold in sides and roll up.
5
Place chimichangas, seam-side down, in prepared baking dish. Bake, uncovered, until tortillas are crisp and browned, about 20 minutes. Serve each topped with 2 tablespoons of salsa and 1 tablespoon of sour cream.
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