Chicken Burritos
Burritos are a great dish for just about anyone. The main mixture (here chicken and vegetables) can be complimented with salsa, sour cream, limes, oranges - all sorts of things. This recipe makes use of ingredients that needed to be used up at the time, so burritos also serve as nice way to use up a number of items that you might have left in the fridge from earlier meals. Originally served as part of Chicken Burritos.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion (peeled and sliced)
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 1/2 red pepper (chopped)
- 1/2 orange pepper (chopped)
- 3 ounces cremini mushrooms (sliced)
- 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
- to taste salt & pepper
- 2 tablespoons chicken stock
- 1 boneless, skinless breast chicken (poached, sliced)
- 4 flour tortillas
- lettuce,lime slices, sour cream, salsa
Instructions
We heat the olive oil in a large pan. We add the onions and saute until they are translucent. Next we add the peppers, cooking for a few more minutes. We add the mushrooms, sauteeing until tender. Finally, we add the garlic and chili powder and cook for a minute. We add a little chicken stock and the chicken, heating for a couple of minutes to warm up the the chicken strips.
We cover a plate with a paper towel and put the tortillas on top. We cover the tortillas with another paper towel and cook in the microwave for a minute.
We serve the chicken mixture over the warm tortillas with the lettuce, sour cream, salsa and a squeeze of lime.