Baked Chimichanga Review

Tonight's meal was

Baked Chimichangas

8 ounces ground 90% lean beef or turkey

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1 cup chunky salsa

1 teaspoon chili seasoning

8 (6-inch) flour tortillas

1/4 cup no-fat sour cream

Heat oven to 475 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with olive oil-flavored cooking spray.

In a large skillet sprayed with olive oil-flavored cooking spray, brown meat and onion. Stir in garlic, 1/2 cup salsa, and chili seasoning. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Spoon 1/4 cup meat mixture into center of each tortilla. Lightly spray tops with butter-flavored cooking spray.

Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.

For each serving, place a chimichanga on a serving plate, spoon 2 tablespoons salsa and 1 tablespoon sour cream over the top.

Serves 4 (2 each) Serving size - 2 chimichangas

Per serving: 276 cal, 8 fat, 2 fiber

Healthy Exchange: 2 bread, 1 1/2 protein, 3/4 vegetables

6 WW points

CHANGES

Added 1/2 cup shredded cheese to meat mixture

Added 3/4 cup shredded cheese to the top

Used 1/2 tsp chili powder instead of 1 tsp chili seasoning

I didn't have 90% lean beef so I used 3/4 lb of 85/15 ground beef

I used garlic powder instead of minced garlic

I put about 1/4 cup of the meat mixture into mine and a little over a 1/2 cup into Jim's. On top of Jim's I put about 1/2 cup of cheese and on mine I put about a 1/4 cup.

This changed the points to: 12

(wow. I changed alot. It's almost like a different recipe now lol)

JIM's REVIEW

3

He thought it had too much onion. If it had less onions it would have been a 4.

MEL'S REVIEW

3.5

I agree with Jim on it needing less onions. I loved how crunchy the tortillas got. The edges of mine were like baked chips.

OVERALL

We will definately be doing this one again but next time less onions. It was a quick and easy recipe. It had a lot of flavor. For Jim's dinner I served it with a side of beans with cheese on top.

I got this recipe from
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/wwbeef/baked-chimichangas.html

Weight Watchers Southern Style Oven Fried Chicken Recipe

So it turns out that you are supposed to use ALL your points. It doesn't help if you leave some left over. I was thinking I was doing a good thing by not eating all my points everyday. Not so much.

So I'm gonna start planning out my meals for the week. I'm also learning how to cook better :) (Poor Jim. I'm trying out all my recipes on him. He has to rate them on a scale of 1 - 5. 5 being something he really enjoys and 1 being something I probably should never make again.)

Tonight I made
Weight Watchers Southern Style Oven Fried Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

- Pam Butter Flavored Non-Fat, Nonstick Cooking Spray

- 1/2 tsp Kosher salt

- 1/4 tsp black pepper

- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

- 1/2 tsp granulated onion powder

- 3 oz buttermilk

- 1/2 cup cornflake crumbs, crushed finely

- 1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, four 4-oz pieces*

* You can use chicken wings and drumsticks with this recipe as well, just make sure to remove the skin

Directions:

Preheat oven to 365ºF. Lightly coat an 8 X 8 X 2-inch baking dish with the butter flavored nonstick, non-fat cooking spray; set aside.

Combine flour, salt, pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper together in a medium-size bowl. Place buttermilk and corn flakes crumbs in 2 separate shallow bowls.

Roll chicken breast halves in flour mixture and evenly coat each side. Next dip chicken into buttermilk and then corn flakes crumbs.

Place coated chicken breasts in prepared baking dish. Spray chicken with a light coating of the Butter Flavored non-fat cooking spray. Bake until chicken is tender and no longer pink, about 25 to 30 minutes (there is no need to flip the chicken during baking). Makes 4 servings.

Each serving = 4 Weight Watchers Points

REVIEW

On the Jim scale it came in at a 4

My review:

It was really easy to make. It came out really juicy (which I sometimes have trouble with when it comes to baked chicken.) I did make some minor changes to mine. The chicken breast I had were larger so it was a total of 7 points instead of the 4. (I needed to use more points up so it worked out well) Since the chicken was larger I increased the cooking time to about 40 minutes instead of the 25 - 30 minutes. I also Paprika instead of Cayenne pepper. I also used 1 tsp of regular salt instead of the 1/2 tsp of Kosher salt. Overall I gave it a 5. It tasted great and it was really easy to make! (This is coming from someone who not too long ago posted this http://tiggrrl72077.blogspot.com/2008/08/help-me.html)

I forgot to take pictures of it but next time I will.

I got this recipe at http://www.laaloosh.com/ They have tons of WW recipes. I plan to try many more of them and I will review them as I go.