Chi Chi’s Seafood Chimichanga Recipe

Today’s recipe guide is for all Chi Chi’s seafood lovers. This recipe is featured with the crab, shrimp, and Chi Chi’s tortillas. Chi Chi’s offers different sorts of chimichangas. Today, we’ll share the Chi Chi’s seafood chimichanga recipe with shrimp and crabs. 

It’s a super easy Mexican-styled chimichanga dish. This recipe is prepared with the premade ingredients. And all the ingredients are almost pantry. So, managing them won’t make you troubled.

Chi Chi’s chimes are a good combination of refried beans, salsa, jalapenos, shredded chicken, and many other nutritious ingredients. So, it will be a healthy dish to serve to your family members. 

Chi Chi’s Seafood Chimichanga Ingredients

All the ingredients that you require to prepare this dish are very common. So, you can arrange them from your nearest grocery shop. Some of the ingredients will be available in your kitchen cabinet, like white black pepper. 

Butter (2 Tbsp)

Cooking this amazing recipe with oil will offer a regular taste. However, adding butter to it will surely double the taste of your chimes. So, take 2 tbsp of butter to make your white cheese sauce. 

All-Purpose Flour (1 Cup)

To make the sauce, flour comes into consideration. But you need a little amount of flour. For today’s recipe, you’ll need only 1 cup of flour. 

Milk (5 Cups)

You need milk also to make the sauce. Milk is the key ingredient to make the cheese sauce. You need 5 cups of milk. It will bring a creamy taste and flavor to teh sauce. 

Cooking Sherry (⅓ Cup)

Cooking sherry is a kind of wine. It’s applied to the recipe to impart a sweet and nutty taste to Chi Chi’s chimichanga. So, we’ll add ⅓ cup of cooking sherry. This element is also to make the sauce. 

White Pepper Powder (1 Tsp)

White pepper works as a flavor-influencing agent. Adding white pepper to the chimichanga cheese sauce will make it amazingly tasty. Add 1 tsp of this element.

Mozzarella Cheese (1 Cup)

Take 1 cup of cheese to add to the milk mixture. It will thicken the cheese sauce. 

Cooked Shrimp (2 Cups)

Take two cups of shrimp and peel them well. Now cook the shrimp with a little oil, salt, and black pepper for 10 minutes. Keep the heat at medium-low. Now transfer them into a bowl and keep them aside for later use. Yu can use the frozen cooked shrimp. Just defrost it before applying.

Flacky Crabs (2 Cups)

Take 2 cups of flaky crabs. The flaky crabs will be available at your nearby store. It’s a ready-to-eat cooked seafood. It comes with a sweet and mild flavor. The flaky crabs come with almost a similar taste and texture as the regular crab. 

But this time, you need not to take this crabs to eat directly. You’ll need it to make your chimichanga recipe. 

Flour Tortillas (4)

We’ll make the dish for 4 servings. So, you need to take 4 flour tortillas. If your serving size becomes bigger, increase teh number of tortillas.

How to Make Chi Chi’s Seafood Chimichanga?

The cooking method of crab chimichanga is as easy as cooking regular shrimp or crab dishes. Let’s check out the details-

Step-1

You have to make the white cheese sauce in the first phase. Put your skillet on the stove at medium-low heat. Now put butter and let it melt. After that add flour to the butter and continue whisking for 5 minutes. 

Step-2

Once the flour and butter are mixed well and appear golden in color, add milk to the mixture. Keep stirring and keep the heat medium-low. Add cooking sherry, and white pepper powder with the milk. Now bring the mixture to a boil. Keep cooking for 10 minutes. But don’t stop stirring. Or, the milk will fluff off the pan.  

Step-3

This time turn off the heat and add shredded mozzarella cheese. Keep whisking and the milk will become thick and sticky. This sticky texture will make the dish more spongy. Keep the pan aside. 

Step-4

This time, take the bowl of cooked shrimp and mix them with the flaky crabs, and ¾  cup of cheese sauce. Now mix them well and ensure the crabs and shrimp are fully covered with the cheese sauce. If they aren’t covered with cheese properly, add 1 cup more. 

Step 5

You’re almost in the final stage. Take the tortillas and fill them with the shrimp and crab mixture. Make the rolls and place them into the baking pan. 

Step-6

Now spread the remaining cheese sauce over the rolled tortillas kept in the baking pan. After that, sprinkle some mozzarella cheese over. Now bake the pan at 425° F for 15 minutes. 

Step-7

Get the baking pan out of the oven and sprinkle some paprika over the baked tortillas. It will make the dish spicy and also will give it a colorful look.

Step-8

Your dish is ready. Now serve them in serving dishes. 

Best Side Dishes to Serve With 

• Chopped Lettuce 
• Tomato Salad 
• Vegetable Salad
• Salsa
• Sour Cream 
• Esquites 
• Refried Beans
• Spicy Cilantro Slaw

Conclusion

To make your dinner, breakfast, or snack more healthy, go for  Chi Chi’s seafood chimichanga recipe. It’s made of shrimp ans crabs. Here, shrimp will deliver vitamin B12 which is the key to keeping your nervous system well functioning. 

Also, it will offer minerals and selenium to protect your body cells from harm or damage. Crab, on the other hand, comes with Omega-3 fatty acid which is ideal for  heart diseases. So, why don’t you try this amazing recipe at home during your weekends? 

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