How To Make Chicken Burritos with Black-Bean Salsa and Pepper Jack
Level up your usual burrito meals with this easy-to-make filling chicken burritos, served with tangy black-bean salsa and sweet-herby pepper jack cheese!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupblack beans,(from one 15 oz can), drained, rinsed
- 2scallions,including green tops
- 1tbsplemon,or lime juice
- ¼tspground cumin
- ½tspsalt
- 1lbchicken,boneless
- ¼tspchili powder
- ¼tspfresh ground black pepper
- ½lbpepper jack cheese
- 4large flour tortillas,(9 inch)
Instructions
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Light the grill or heat the broiler.
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In a small glass or stainless-steel bowl, combine the beans, scallions, lemon juice, cumin, and ¼ teaspoon of the salt.
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Rub the chicken breasts with the chili powder, pepper, and the remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt.
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Cook the chicken over moderate heat for 5 minutes. Turn and cook for 4 to 5 minutes longer until brown and just done.
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Remove, let the chicken rest for a few minutes, and then slice.
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Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Put ¼ of the cheese in a line near one edge of each tortilla. Top the cheese with ¼ of the black-bean salsa and then with one quarter of the chicken slices. Roll up the burritos and wrap each one in foil.
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Bake them for about 15 minutes until the cheese melts.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 807.37kcal
- Fat: 39.66g
- Saturated Fat: 16.64g
- Trans Fat: 0.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 14.45g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.81g
- Carbohydrates: 61.93g
- Fiber: 9.39g
- Sugar: 3.21g
- Protein: 50.59g
- Cholesterol: 135.51mg
- Sodium: 882.83mg
- Calcium: 603.78mg
- Potassium: 1094.28mg
- Iron: 6.16mg
- Vitamin A: 165.18µg
- Vitamin C: 4.99mg
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