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Chimichangas

Wow your family with a delicious taste of Mexican cooking! Chimichangas make a great snack or light bite — hearty, quick, and easy. A nice change from the usual sandwiches. You'll need tortillas, which you can pick up at any supermarket. A tortilla is a thin wheat flatbread that you wrap the filling in. And the filling is where you can get creative: add or leave out ingredients to suit your taste. This recipe uses a meat filling — really tasty and filling. You can make the ground beef yourself or buy it at the store.

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Composition / ingredients

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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 32 % 12 g
Fats 39 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 29 % 11 g
226 kcal
GI: 17 / 17 / 67
    1. Rinse the piece of beef under running water. Pat it dry with paper towels, then cut it into cubes. If there's any fat, it's best to trim it off. Run the prepared meat through a meat grinder. 2. Seed the bell pepper and remove the stem. Wash it well under running water, then cut it into medium cubes. 3. Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes. Rinse the raisins in cold water, then cover them with hot water and let them sit for 15 minutes. When the time's up, drain the water and pat the raisins dry on paper towels. 4. Put the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Once it melts, add the pepper and onion. 5. Sauté the bell pepper and onion in the butter until the onion turns translucent and the pepper softens, about 7 minutes. 6. Add the ground beef to the skillet and season with salt and pepper to taste. Fry, stirring, for 5–7 minutes, then take the pan off the heat. 7. Cut the Swiss cheese into thin slices. Lay the cheese strips on the tortillas, top with the meat and vegetables, and sprinkle with the raisins. Fold each tortilla into an envelope. 8. Pour vegetable oil into a skillet and set it over the heat. Once the oil is hot, add the wrapped tortillas. Fry until golden and crisp — about 5 minutes per side. If you'd rather not fry, there's a good alternative: brush the chimichangas with melted butter and bake them in a 375°F (190°C) oven until golden and crisp. Your hot Mexican snack is ready — dig in!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Melted beef fat - 871  kcal/100g
  • Fat beef - 171  kcal/100g
  • Lean beef - 158  kcal/100g
  • Beef brisket - 217  kcal/100g
  • Beef - okovalok - 380  kcal/100g
  • Beef - lean roast - 200  kcal/100g
  • Beef shoulder - 137  kcal/100g
  • Beef - ribs - 233  kcal/100g
  • Beef - ham - 104  kcal/100g
  • Beef - tail - 184  kcal/100g
  • Boiled ham - 269  kcal/100g
  • Beef corned beef - 216  kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27  kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'steppe' - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglich cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'etorki' (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734  kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661  kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652  kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869  kcal/100g
  • Raisins - 280  kcal/100g
  • Kishmish - 279  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Tortilla - 286  kcal/100g

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