Tex Mex

Beef Chimichanga

Name: Beef Chimichanga
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tex Mex
Ingredients: 1.5 lb ground beef; 4 burrito-size flour tortillas; 16 oz canned refried beans; 1.5 cups shredded cheddar; 1 onion; 3 garlic cloves; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tbsp chili powder; 3 cups neutral oil; 1/2 cup salsa; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1 tsp salt

Yesenia @yesenia_tejana

Beef Chimichanga is Tex Mex home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Involved High fiber Halal

Watch how to cook Beef Chimichanga

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Tex Mex dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Beef Chimichanga, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The protein alongside
- Black Beans with Cumin and Lime
  
  15 min
What it is eaten with
- Refried Beans
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Guacamole Casero
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Beef Chimichanga carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Beef Chimichanga
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Carne Guisada
Gluten	Yes	Beef and Bean Tostadas
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 920 kcal
Protein: 48 g
Carbs: 52 g
Fat: 58 g
Fiber: 7 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 950 mg
Saturated fat: 20 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Beef Chimichanga takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.