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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Pineapple Chicken Burritos

Total Time: 7 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken breasts (fresh or frozen)
  • 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 2 cups salsa, medium (needs to be medium or it will be too bland)
  • 3 cups cooked rice
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion salt
  • 16 flour tortillas, burrito-sized (i use 8-inch)
  • 2 (10 ounce) cans green enchilada sauce
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded (okay to sub monterey jack, or even a mexican blend)

Recipe

  • 1 place the chicken in the crock pot and top with the pineapple, beans and salsa. cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
  • 2 remove the chicken and shred. mix the chicken back into the crock pot mixture.
  • 3 mix in the cooked rice, cumin, garlic salt and onion salt.
  • 4 use half of the mixture to fill 8 of the burrito tortillas. allow the other half to cool.
  • 5 place the 8-ish burritos in a 9x13 pan. pour 1 can of the green enchilada sauce over the burritos.
  • 6 top with 1 cup of the shredded cheese and place under the broiler on the middle rack until the cheese is nice and melted.
  • 7 enjoy!
  • 8 *with the remaining cooled filling mixture, place it in a gallon sized freezer bag and freeze for another meal. you can also place the remaining tortillas and shredded cheese in separate freezer bags to freeze along with the mixture for a future meal if you would like.
  • 9 **to use the frozen meal, thaw the filling, tortillas and cheese and reheat the filling mixture. then follow steps 4-6 to complete.
  • 10 note: the prep time (20 minutes) is about 5 dumping stuff into the crock pot, then about 15 rolling up the burritos. the cooking time is roughly 6.5 crock pot hours and 10-15 broiler minutes.

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