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BBQ chicken burritos drizzled with bbq ssauce

Easy BBQ Chicken Burritos


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Description

These Easy BBQ Chicken Burritos are filled with shredded chicken, BBQ sauce, fresh tomatoes, onion, cilantro and melted cheddar cheese. They're a longtime family favorite and a delicious, easy weeknight dinner.


Ingredients

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Chicken:
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 whole boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 2 pounds) or substitute 5 cups of shredded poached chicken or leftover cooked chicken.
  • 3/4 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce - something sweet & spicy is best
Fresh Salsa
  • 2 cups chopped fresh tomatoes (About 3 medium tomatoes)
  • 1 cup chopped yellow onion (1 medium-sized onion)
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (about half a bunch)
Burritos:
  • 12 (9-inch) flour tortillas
  • 12 ounces grated sharp cheddar cheese

Optional Garnishes:

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Instructions

Equipment: A large rectangular baking dish or casserole, toothpicks

Prepare The Chicken:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken breasts and cook, undisturbed for 7 minutes on one side. Turn and cook on the other side about 7-8 minutes more (or until chicken is no longer pink when you cut into the thickest part).
  2. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and shred it. (or skip this step and use 5 cups of poached chicken or leftover cooked chicken)

Prepare The Filling:

  1. In a mixing bowl, toss the shredded chicken with the BBQ sauce and set it aside.
  2. In another mixing bowl, combine the chopped tomatoes, onion and cilantro
  3. Put the shredded cheese in a small bowl

Assemble the Burritos:

  1. Place about 1/2 cup of chicken in the center of a tortilla; next add a heaping tablespoon of the tomato mixture, and then add about 3 tablespoons of shredded cheese.
  2. To make an envelope for the filling, first fold over the sides, and then roll the burrito up and secure it with a toothpick, and place it in the baking dish. Repeat with the remaining tortillas and fillings. You should have 10-12 burritos depending on how you stuff them.

Bake and Serve:

  1.  Bake the burritos for 10-14 minutes until they're heated through and the cheese is melted.
  2. Serve warm, topped with cilantro, chopped scallions, extra BBQ sauce and/or Salsa Fresca

Notes

  • Nutrition Information: We do our best to provide accurate nutrition values using an online nutrition calculator however our nutrition information should only be used as an approximation.
  • Prep Time: 25 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: Tex-Mex