Baked Baja Beef Chimichangas

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 10 -12 flour tortillas
• 6 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/4 cup distilled vinegar
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (more or less to taste)
• shredded lettuce
• chopped tomato
• grated cheese
• sour cream
• salsa

Recipe

• 1 wrap tortillas in foil and warm in a 300* oven while making the filling.
• 2 brown ground beef and drain.
• 3 mix in vinegar and seasonings to the drained meat, but do not cook the mixture further.
• 4 remove tortillas from oven and increase oven temperature to 500*.
• 5 brush each side of tortilla with melted butter.
• 6 spoon about 1/4 cup ground beef filling onto center of each buttered tortilla.
• 7 fold in sides, then roll up tortilla from the bottom.
• 8 place seam-side down on a foil-lined and rimmed baking sheet.
• 9 bake at 500* for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown.
• 10 serve on a large bed of shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes.
• 11 top with sour cream, shredded cheese, and salsa.