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Baked chicken chimichangas

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Ingredients:
2 1/2 cupChicken, cooked, shredded
2 tbspOlive oil
1/2 cupOnion, chopped
2 Garlic, cloves, minced
1/2 tbspChili powder
16 ozSalsa (choice of hotness)
1/2 tspCumin, ground
1/2 tspCinnamon
Pn Salt, (if necessary)
6 10 inch flour tortillas
-nice flexible ones. If
-stiff, warm before filling
1 cupRefried beans
Olive oil (for basting)
GARNISH
-Sour Cream
-Guacamole
Procedures:
1In large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender.
2Stir in chili powder, salsa, cumin and cinnamon.
3Stir in shredded chicken.
4Let cool.
5Heat oven to 450.
6Grease rimmed 15 x 10 x 1 baking pan.
7Working with one tortilla at a time, spoon a heaping tablespoon of beans down center of each tortilla.
8Top with a scant ?cup of the chicken mixture.
9Fold up the bottom, top and sides of tortilla; secure with wooden toothpicks if necessary.
10Place chimichangas in greased baking pan, seam side down.
11Brush all sides with the oil.
12Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and crisp, turning every 5 minutes.
13Serving suggestions: mexican rice, and bean/corn side dish variation out of chichi cook boo