Pulled Pork Chimichanga

Name: Pulled Pork Chimichanga
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 white onion (diced ); 2 garlic cloves (minced); 2tsp Chipotle Paste; 15g butter; 1tbsp olive oil; 1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes; 1tbsp tomato puree; ½tsp sugar; Salt & pepper; 300g pulled pork (here’s our pulled pork recipe; use leftovers if you’ve got it); 100g Refried Beans; 150g grated mozzarella cheese (cheddar would also work well); 4 Burrito Wraps; ½ lt of vegetable oil (for frying); ½ cup of creme fraiche or sour cream; Handful of coriander (roughly chopped); ¼ of cabbage (shredded); Optional: 1 fresh jalapeno (finely sliced); 1 white onion (diced ); 2 garlic cloves (minced); 2tsp Chipotle Paste; 15g butter; 1tbsp olive oil; 1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes; 1tbsp tomato puree; ½tsp sugar; Salt & pepper; 300g pulled pork (here’s our pulled pork recipe; use leftovers if you’ve got it); 100g Refried Beans; 150g grated mozzarella cheese (cheddar would also work well)

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:35min

Do you love burritos? If the answer is yes, then let us introduce you to our chimichanga recipe! You might be asking what is a chimichanga? It is basically a deep-fried burrito and they are delicious! A chimichanga is made with a flour tortilla which is fried until the outside is crispy. They’re often served with sour cream and cheese, or even salsa or guacamole. Legend has it that the invention of the chimichanga was a happy accident when a restauranteur accidentally dropped a burrito into the deep fryer and shouted a rude word and then quickly covered it up by saying the nonsense word “chimichanga” similar to “thingamajig” in English. It is hotly contested which restauranteur and where made this discovery, but all the stories are strikingly similar! The more recent rise in popularity of the chimichanga can be credited to Deadpool, who claims it’s his favourite food, mostly because he just loves saying the word chimichanga – who can blame him?! When we decided to tackle this authentic chimichanga recipe we thought tender pulled pork would be the perfect filling. We layered on our smoky chipotle Refried Beans with some cheese, wrapped it all up in one of our Burrito Wraps, and then deep-fried it to make a crispy chimichanga. We then served it with a spicy tomato sauce flavoured with our smoky Chipotle Paste, some guacamole, sour cream and finally some herby rice. This deep-fried burrito is an awesome way to use up leftover pulled pork.

Updated at: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:27:17 GMT