Chimichangas are very easy to do, we perfected these during the time our oven at home had blown up so had to do all our cooking on the hob. They originate from the state of Sonora in the northwest of México where they are made with large, plate-sized tortillas which are a speciality of the region.
Pretty well any savoury mixture works with this, or just use leftover paella. If you’re going to cook something especially, try this....
Minced beef, onion, garlic, tomatoes, chillies, cinnamon & cumin
Chop all your incidentals – onion, garlic, chillies, cumin and cinnamon - Tip – use whole cumin seeds and chop them up as you need them for that typically amazing Mexican taste, also measure out about twice as much as you need as they fly all over the place when you try to chop them
Heat some olive oil in a large frying pan and zap the beef....
....then add the onion & garlic....
....and the chillies, cumin & cinnamon.
Add some chopped & skinned tomatoes....
....and you should have something like this
Spoon some of the mixture into a flour tortilla....
....fold one edge over....
....followed by the opposite edge....
....fold one end over....
....and secure with a cocktail stick....
....same with the other end.
Repeat with the other tortillas.
Fry the chimichangas in vegetable oil....
....a couple at a time.
¡Hey amigo! – ¿muy sabroso, no?
Eat the chimichangas and bin the salad
Don’t eat the cocktail sticks
Bored with Butties phase 27
Moderator: Bob
Re: Bored with Butties phase 27
Products available at other supermarkets.
Got a Bongo for the Wife, Best trade-in ever
-
- Supreme Being
- Posts: 11354
- Joined: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:15 pm
- Location: Norwich
Re: Bored with Butties phase 27
Rubbish I've never seen Sainsbury's Irish beef lean steak mince available in Tesco or AsdaDarkstar wrote:Products available at other supermarkets.
John
(Evidence that intelligent life exists in the universe, is that it hasn't tried to contact us)
(Evidence that intelligent life exists in the universe, is that it hasn't tried to contact us)
- Muzorewa
- Supreme Being
- Posts: 5245
- Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:00 pm
- Location: Team Muz HQ, Outer Bongolia
- Contact:
Re: Bored with Butties phase 27
Steady on, the cinnamon was from Asda and the cumin seeds from a really sad health-freaks shop called Unicorn. Unicorns are dead, appropriately enough
And the olive oil was bought from, erm, let me see, ah yes, Selfridges
And the olive oil was bought from, erm, let me see, ah yes, Selfridges
- helen&tony
- Supreme Being
- Posts: 9869
- Joined: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:49 pm
- Location: Bulgaria
Re: Bored with Butties phase 27
Hi
VERY nice...but not enough chillies for me....Another one for the cookbook
Cheers
Helen
VERY nice...but not enough chillies for me....Another one for the cookbook
Cheers
Helen
In the beginning there was nothing , then God said "Let there be Light".....There was still nothing , but ,by crikey, you could see it better.
- Northern Bongolow
- Supreme Being
- Posts: 7713
- Joined: Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:33 pm
- Location: AKA Vanessa
Re: Bored with Butties phase 27
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme please
- mikexgough
- Supreme Being
- Posts: 6158
- Joined: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:02 pm
- Location: Cambridgeshire - where the all the Slodgers reside
- Contact:
Re: Bored with Butties phase 27
very nice.......Glad you binned that awful green stuff....
Conversant with Bongo Top Pinion Oil Seals
Bongo owning Velotech Cycle Mechanic
Bongo owning Velotech Cycle Mechanic