Chicken burritos

One of my favorite sites to check out, Happy to be called Mommy aka Bethany, had posted a thread about homemade burritos. Well we had to try to, cause we LOVE burritos. After getting some great ideas from some of the other ladies who replied we gave it a go. Here's what we did, and they were DELICIOUS!

Here are a few links about the burritos from Bethany

http://bethany.preciousinfants.com/2007/05/21/lots-of-burritos.aspx

http://www.titus2.com/Maxwells-burrito-recipe.htm

First we went shopping and this is what we ended up with

A 3 lb bag of boneless, skinless chicken breast (Walmart $6)

2 onions

Peppers (I have a bag of frozen mixed peppers in the freezer)

1 can mushrooms (or fresh ones washed and sliced)

2 pkts chicken taco seasoning

Burrito size tortilla shells

Shredded cheese (we use the Fiesta blend from Walmart)

First I boiled the chicken with some water and seasonings.

Chopped the onions and sautee them with the peppers

Cut the cooked chicken into small pieces and added to fry pan

Added a can of mushrooms, drained (save the juice)

Stirred and fried this all a little

I than added the seasoning pkts.

instead of water as the instructions say, I used the mushroom juice and broth from boiling the chicken

I simmered this all for a little and was ready to stuff the shells

Place a spoonfull in the center of the shell, than top with some cheese. I'd say it took about 3/4 cup of chicken and 1/2 of cheese? I didn't measure, so just eye it. Than I folded the sides in and rolled them.

We of course had to try some right away, so I put 3 in the oven for about 15-20min on 350. We than topped them with lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.

The rest I put in bags and put in the freezer for later.

Tomorrow I'll tackle some beef and bean burritos.