Chicken and Black Bean Burritos

I can't remember where I got this recipe from but it is a doosy!  Every time I have made it, I was a hit.  It is super easy and fast!

Here are the ingredients:

1 pd chicken breast, sliced into thin strips.
4 slices bacon
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups salsa
1 16 oz. can of black beans
1 small can diced chilis
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup green onions, sliced
12-14 large flour tortillas
1 package shredded Mexican cheese

Cook bacon until crisp.  Remove from pan.  Add chicken and cook until no longer pink.  Stir in garlic, salt and cumin.  Stir in 1/2 cup salsa, beans, chilis, red pepper and green onions.  Crumble the bacon and return it to the pan.  Cook these ingredients about 5 minutes.

Take a tortilla and place some cheese on the end.  Put some chicken filling and roll it up.  Place it seam side down in a baking pan.

Pour the remaining salsa and cheese over the top of the burritos.  Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Serve with fresh salsa, guacamole and sour cream!  Delicious!  See, I do cook other things than Italian food!

Southwestern Rolls

I love appetizer food!  One of my favorite things to order is southwestern rolls.  All of my favorite things found in a Mexican dish, rolled into a bite size piece of yummy!

Here are the ingredients:

Large egg roll wrappers
1 chicken breast, chopped into bite size pieces
1/2 can black beans
1 cup frozen corn
1/2 can mild chopped chilis
3 green onions, chopped
Mexican cheese, shredded
Dash of garlic salt, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper

Heat a large pot full of vegetable oil.  Get the oil to 300-325 degrees.

Heat a skillet with a little olive oil.  Add the chicken breast and spices.  Cook until the chicken is done.  Add the beans, corn, chilis and green onions.  Saute about 5 minutes.

Gather a small glass of water, the egg rolls and shredded cheese.  Take one egg roll wrapper and put 1-2 tablespoons of the southwestern mixture at the top of the wrapper.  Add some cheese.

Fold over the sides of the wrapper so that the ends will be closed.

Roll the egg roll and seal the ends with a little water and your fingertip.  When the oil has reached 300 degrees, add the rolls.  Cook until they are brown.  Remove and let them drain on a paper towel.

Cut down the middle and serve with a dipping sauce. 

Try some homemade salsa:  http://rediscovermom.blogspot.com/2012/07/salsa.html

Or you can try an avocado ranch sauce.

1 cup of ranch
1 avocado
1 handful of cilantro (fresh)
The juice of 1/2 lime

Blend together

This recipe makes 10-12 rolls.  Enjoy!

Salsa!

One of my favorite things to eat with tacos is fresh salsa!  It is so easy to make. 

List of ingredients:

1 jalepeno
1/4 green pepper
1 small onion
1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
1 large can tomatoes
Juice of 1 lime
Dash of salt

Put it in your food processor and wha-la (is that a word?)! 

Now, if you know anything about me, you know that I have been a canning fool.  I had some leftover salsa that I didn't want to go bad so I simply heated it to boiling point and put in a hot canning jar.  Put the jar lid in hot water (near boiling).  Wipe off the jar rim and put the lid on.  Process the salsa in a hot water bath (boiling water) for 20 minutes.  Remove and let cool.

As the jar cools, the lid should seal.  This means that when you press on the center of the lid it will not "give."  If you are able to move the lid up and down the lid didn't seal.  At this point you can reprocess or refrigerate.

Enjoy!