How To Make Bean Chimichangas
Make your own bean chimichangas at home with this easy-to-follow recipe. Tortillas are filled with beans, cheese, and tomatoes then baked to perfection.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12tortillas
- 2egg whites
- 1canrefried beans
- 8ozVelveeta®
- ½canRO*TEL® Diced Tomatoes & Chiles
- 2tbspvegetable oil
- monterrey jack cheese
Instructions
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Place beans, RO*TEL®, and VELVEETA® in a pot and heat until cheese is all melted.
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Then warm up tortillas so they are easier to work with.
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Add egg whites to a bowl and mix with whisk. Add beans to the middle of your tortilla, sprinkle with cheese and then add egg whites all around the beans and fold up.
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To fold start with one side and fold up an inch and then fold sides and then add more egg white where the last fold is.
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Flash-fry chimis by placing in a pan of 2 tablespoons vegetable oil on medium heat. Heat on both sides for a minute or so. Place fried chimis back onto a pan seam-side down.
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After finishing flash-frying the chimis, bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes.
Nutrition
- Calories: 166.40kcal
- Fat: 7.93g
- Saturated Fat: 3.22g
- Trans Fat: 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.07g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.94g
- Carbohydrates: 17.75g
- Fiber: 2.90g
- Sugar: 2.07g
- Protein: 6.80g
- Cholesterol: 15.12mg
- Sodium: 437.86mg
- Calcium: 118.76mg
- Potassium: 238.66mg
- Iron: 0.88mg
- Vitamin A: 0.90µg
- Vitamin C: 4.94mg
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