I made the chimichangas with pork tenderloin carnitas, homemade pinto beans in sauce (puerto rican style), Monterrey jack cheese, brown cilantro lime rice, and southwestern corn. I used whole wheat tortillas which is why they are so dark. Surprisingly, even though they were hard to roll none of them disintegrated during frying (probably the million toothpicks I used 😅). I know it looks bad but it was so freaking good!
[Pinto Beans In Sauce Recipe](https://www.goya.com/en/recipes/puerto-rican-rice-and-beans/) – I used pinto beans and not pink kidney beans. I didn’t have a potato so I added corn starch towards the end to thicken the sauce
[Pork Carnitas Recipe](https://www.recipetineats.com/pork-carnitas-mexican-slow-cooker-pulled-pork/#recipe) – I used a pork tenderloin instead of pork shoulder. I used Mojo instead of oranges, I added adobo, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cumin, Dominican oregano, and ground black pepper.
[Chimichanga Recipe](https://www.food.com/recipe/shredded-beef-or-pork-chimichangas-140700#recipe) – I used this as a basic template and modified it (see above).
Cilantro Lime Rice – 2 cups of parboiled brown rice, 3 cups of broth from boiled pork, 1/3 cup of cilantro ( you don’t need this month I cut my hand and just wanted to get it over with without bleeding out), juice from one small lime.
Put ingredients in pot and cover with aluminum foil and lid. Let boil until water evaporates (15-20 minutes)
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Damn so you’ve just been eating out breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 3 months straight? That’s crazy lol. Those look good
They look yummy! The easiest way I’ve found to make (extremely not authentic) chimichangas is to wrap them in egg roll wrappers. They bake, fry or air fry beautifully!
Welcome back to cooking after the big move. Those chimichangas look delicious, and I’m impressed you were able to keep them intact despite the rolling challenges. I love the combination of flavors and ingredients you used, especially the Puerto Rican-style pinto beans and cilantro lime rice. Using whole wheat tortillas is a great choice, too. Did you find that the pork tenderloin carnitas turned out tender and flavorful despite not using the traditional pork shoulder?
can’t believe people actually thought this wouldn’t blow up lol, classic reddit moment
ngl dude i feel like this post is speaking to my soul, seriously couldn’t have said it better myself
yeah pls update us! i’m always looking for new ways to use those wrappers. fingers crossed it works out.
that sounds epic lol egg roll wrapper hack for chimis is a game changer fr
need a bit more context here, buddy! what’s the actual topic or post about. fr
bruh bet the’yll be amazing! let us know how they turn out in the air fryer 🫡