Cha-cha-cha Chimichangas

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• sunflower oil, for frying
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 2 boneless skinless chicken thighs, roughly chopped
• 2 green chilies, seeded and thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup frozen corn, thawed
• 4 tablespoons taco sauce
• 4 green onions, finely chopped
• 4 large flour tortillas
• shredded lettuce
• sour cream
• ready-made guacamole

Recipe

• 1 heat the sunflower oil in a large pan and stir-fry the onion, bell pepper, and chicken thighs over a high heat for 3-4 minutes until well browned. stir in the chiles, garlic, tomatoes, and corn and cook for another 2-3 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
• 2 stir in the taco sauce and green onions, and set aside to cool a little.
• 3 warm one of the tortillas in a hot, dry frying pan until soft and flexible. spoon a quarter of the cooled chicken mixture into the center of a tortilla and fold over the edges to form a neat package; pin in place with wooden toothpicks and repeat with the remaining tortillas.
• 4 heat 1/2 inch vegetable oil in a large frying pan and cook chimichangas for 2-3 minutes on each side until crisp and golden brown. drain on paper towels and serve hot with shredded lettuce, sour cream and guacamole.