Mini Chicken Chimis With Jalapeno Cream Cheese Recipes

MINI CHICKEN EMPANADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a small bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. On a lightly floured surface, roll each pie crust into a 15-inch circle. Cut with a floured 3-in. round biscuit cutter., Place about 1 teaspoon filling on 1 half of each circle. Moisten edges with water. Fold pie crust over filling. Press edges with a fork to seal., Transfer to greased baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Remove to wire racks. Serve warm.

MINI CHIMIS ( CHIMICHANGAS )

Steps:

• Mix together roast beef and salsa, warm in microwave and set aside.
• Warm tortillas, and divide roast/salsa mixture into four portions slightly off center into each tortilla.
• Top each amount of roast/salsa mixture with 1 1/2 tablespoons of shredded cheese.
• Fold each tortilla around mixture, making sure that none of the filling comes out of either end.
• In a skillet over medium heat,warm oil till hot but not smoking.
• Add tortillas, and cook on all sides until golden brown.
• If desired, serve with optional ingredients.

MINI CHIMICHANGAS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in taco seasoning and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; cool slightly., In a large bowl, combine the cheese, sour cream and chiles. Stir in beef mixture. Place an egg roll wrapper on work surface with a point facing you. Place 1/3 cup filling in center. Fold bottom third of wrapper over filling; fold in sides. , Brush top point with egg white; roll up to seal. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling. (Keep remaining egg roll wrappers covered with waxed paper to avoid drying out.), In a deep cast-iron or electric skillet, heat 1 in. oil to 375°. Fry chimichangas on each side or until golden brown, 1-1/2 minutes . Drain on paper towels. Serve warm with salsa and sour cream.

CHICKEN CHIMI CHIMIES ( CHIMICHANGAS )

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Boil chicken in water until done, about 15 minutes. For extra flavor add some onion & garlic (fresh or dry), and salt and pepper to the water. Shred chicken.
• Sauté garlic and onion in the oil about 5 minutes, don't brown.
• Stir together chicken and all the ingredients except for butter, tortillas and cheese.
• Brush tortillas one at a time with melted butter, to the dry side and a spoon a generous scoop of chicken mixture in a line about 1 inch from one edge of the tortilla, tuck in sides as you go and roll up tortilla, and place seam side down on a cookie sheet, repeat until all you mixture is used.
• NOTE: You can wait an brush with butter after it's rolled, this is done best if tortillas are room temperature.
• Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• OPTION:.
• If you prefer your cheese melted, a few minutes before removing from the oven, sprinkle each chimi with shredded cheese.
• Serve chimis with shredded cheese, also good with sour cream, chopped tomatoes and black olives.

CHIMI'S WITH CHIMI DIP

Steps:

• Mix the FIRST SIX ingredients together, cover and allow flavors to marry overnight in the refrigerator. Serve with chimi's.
• PREPARING THE MEAT: We make our chimi's very simply by cooking chicken, pork or beef in the crock pot after skin and bones have been removed and seasoning with lime, cilantro, garlic and salt. Remove from crock pot cool and shred the meat. This is a good tome to taste it to see if it is seasoned to your liking.
• Place 1/2 cup in the center of a 10" tortilla spread into a 6" line, fold in short ends and roll tightly. dampen end to seal and deep fry until golden.
• To make as appetizers I use large won ton wraps instead of flour tortilla's. Place only a tablespoon or so in these.
• I serve with above dip, tomatoes, onion, lettuce, avocado and cheese when we have guests but when it is just family we only use the cream cheese garnish.