Freezer Friendly Green Chile Chicken Burritos

As I’ve talked about a couple of occasions earlier than, my mother is a superb cook dinner. Even since she moved to Chicago, she’s all the time texting me movies of what she’s creating and crafting within the kitchen. I bear in mind a couple of years in the past she despatched me a video of her do-it-yourself healthy hen burritos. They have been full of inexperienced chile, bell peppers, potatoes, recaito, salsa and cheese; as quickly as I took one look I knew I used to be going to must recreate them for each myself and the weblog.

Tony and I made an enormous batch one afternoon and couldn’t cease devouring them the remainder of the week as a result of they have been FABULOUS. They maintain completely within the fridge, and we even froze a couple of in order that we might pull them out for a straightforward lunch or dinner. I hope you get an opportunity to make them, and when you do, don’t overlook to depart a remark and charge the recipe!

Ingredients in these healthy hen burritos

For these inexperienced chile hen burritos you’ll discover a recaito sauce, hen, deliciously spiced potatoes and loads of yummy add-ins. Here’s what you’ll want:

• For the recaito: garlic, yellow onion, purple and inexperienced bell peppers, cilantro, jalapeño and diced green chiles. More notes on what recaito is under!
• For the hen: lean floor hen (or floor turkey works too), cumin, salt & pepper.
• For the potatoes: gold potatoes and garlic powder.
• Delicious add-ins: your favourite salsa or enchilada sauce (my do-it-yourself enchilada sauce recipe can be good in right here!) plus your favourite shredded cheese.
• Burrito-sized tortillas: be happy to make use of corn tortillas, flour tortillas, entire wheat or gluten free.

What is recaito?

Recaito, often known as sofrito, is a standard Puerto Rican cooking base utilized in tons of various recipes like soups, stews and rice dishes. It’s usually a mixture of herbs like culantro, garlic, inexperienced pepper and infrequently contemporary tomatoes, however on this healthy hen burrito recipe, my mother and I make it with garlic, onion, inexperienced and purple bell pepper, cilantro, jalapeño and inexperienced chiles. SO SO GOOD.

Customize these freezer-friendly hen burritos

Because these healthy hen burritos are really easy to make, they’re additionally nice for customizing! Here’s what I can advocate:

• Try them vegetarian: as an alternative of utilizing floor hen or turkey, be happy so as to add a can of black beans! Just add a drained can of black beans after cooking down the recaito.
• Make a breakfast choice: be happy to scramble some eggs with the recaito for a scrumptious breakfast burrito.
• Go dairy free: be happy to omit the cheese or use your favourite dairy free cheese.

Tips for making burritos

1. Use barely heat tortillas. This makes them a lot simpler to roll in order that they don’t break up or break. You can heat them up for 10-20 seconds within the microwave earlier than assembling.
2. Don’t overfill. Be positive to evenly distribute the hen combination, potatoes, and nearly 3 tablespoons of shredded cheese onto every tortilla.
3. Do the “tuck & roll.” The final trick for rolling up burritos! Just bear in mind to tuck the ends in, then roll up your burrito.

How to freeze do-it-yourself hen burritos

• To freeze: merely wrap every burrito individually in plastic wrap, then in foil, and place within the freezer. Burritos will keep good within the freezer for as much as 3 months.
• To reheat: take away your hen burrito from the foil and plastic wrap and microwave till warmed, about 2-3 minutes. That’s it!

More tacos, enchiladas & burritos

Get all of my taco, enchilada & burrito recipes right here!

I hope you’re keen on these healthy, freezer-friendly inexperienced chile hen burritos as a lot as we did! If you make it, make sure you go away a remark under and charge the recipe. xo!

Freezer Friendly Green Chile Chicken Burritos

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour

ServesServes 8 servings

Absolutely scrumptious freezer pleasant inexperienced chile hen burritos loaded with veggies, protein, completely spiced potatoes and a splash of salsa and cheese. Make the filling for this simple, healthy hen burrito recipe in only one skillet and freeze the additional burritos to get pleasure from fast, filling dinners for weeks to come back!

Ingredients

• For the recaito combination:
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ cup very finely diced yellow onion
• ½ cup very finely diced inexperienced bell pepper
• ½ cup very finely diced purple bell pepper
• ½ cup very finely diced cilantro
• 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely diced
• 1 (4.5 ounce) can diced inexperienced chiles
• For the hen:
• 1 pound lean floor hen (or turkey) 93%
• 2 teaspoons floor cumin
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Freshly floor black pepper
• For the potatoes:
• 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 ½ cups diced gold potatoes (½ inch diced)
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• Add-ins:
• ½ cup your favourite salsa or enchilada sauce
• 1 ½ cup shredded Mexican mix cheese (or any form of shredded cheese you’d like)
• For the burritos:
• 8 burrito measurement tortillas (common, entire wheat or gluten free)

Instructions

• First make the recaito combination: add olive oil to a big skillet or pot and place over medium warmth. Add in garlic, diced onion, diced inexperienced and purple bell pepper, cilantro, jalapeno and diced inexperienced chiles. Saute for five minutes or till onions and peppers turn out to be tender.

• Next add in floor hen to the identical skillet and break aside the meat. The recaito combination will naturally combine in with the hen and that’s what we wish! Sprinkle with cumin and salt and pepper and cook dinner till hen is totally cooked and now not pink. Transfer combination to a big bowl and put aside.

• In the identical skillet or pot, add in one other tablespoon of olive oil, diced potatoes, garlic powder and salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring sometimes till potatoes are browned and tender. You might must cowl the potatoes with a lid and/or add a tablespoon of water to forestall them from burning. Once potatoes are finished you may take away from warmth and put aside.

• To assemble burritos, ensure you have barely heat tortillas; it makes them simpler to roll. You can heat them up for 10-20 seconds within the microwave earlier than assembling. Lay out heat tortillas and evenly distribute hen combination and potatoes and about 3 tablespoons shredded cheese onto every tortilla. Next drizzle a few tablespoon of enchilada sauce or salsa in every. Tuck ends in, then roll up burritos.

• To heat up: Place on a baking sheet within the oven at 350 levels F for 5-10 minutes or just microwave them for a minute or two. If you wish to get them just a little crispy on the surface, drizzle olive oil in a skillet and place over medium warmth. Place burritos seam facet down for a couple of minutes till they’re golden brown, then flip and brown on closing facet. Serve with greek yogurt, salsa, avocado or sizzling sauce. Makes 8 burritos. Freezer directions are within the notes.

Recipe Notes

These burritos are freezer-friendly. Simply wrap every burrito individually in plastic wrap, then in foil and place within the freezer. To reheat, take away foil and plastic wrap and microwave till warmed, about 2-3 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1burrito (with add-ins + 1 common, burrito-sized tortilla)Calories: 434calCarbohydrates: 44.1gProtein: 26.5gFat: 16.4gSaturated Fat: 6.9gFiber: 28.2gSugar: 3.9g

Recipe by: Monique Volz // Ambitious Kitchen | Photography by: Eat Love Eats

This submit was initially printed on September twenty first, 2020, republished on March twenty eighth, 2022, and republished on January sixteenth, 2024.