Creamy Chicken Rollups

I had 4 colors of diced bell peppers in my freezer, courtesy of ShopRite’s reduced produce rack about a month ago but you can use all the same color.  And feel free to double the sauce if you like it really saucy.

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Creamy Chicken Rollups

This only looks like an enchilada!  Wonderful and creamy and BACON RULZ!

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr

Course: Chicken, Comfort Foods, Everyday Meals

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chicken, chicken enchilada

Servings: 3 -4

Calories: 613kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked chicken breast
• 3 oz. cream cheese at room temp
• 1 tbsp chopped onion
• 1/4 cup mixed color bell peppers
• 1/4 cup sliced black olives
• 2 slices crisp bacon chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp white pepper yep, black is OK too
• 1 tbsp butter
• 6 small flour tortillas

MY SAUCE

• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp butter
• 2 oz Velveeta cubed

ALTERNATE SAUCE #1

• See HERE and omit the green chiles

ALTERNATE SAUCE# 2

• 1 can cream of mushroom soup Cheddar cheese soup may be subbed
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup shredded cheddar or jack cheese

Instructions

• Melt the one tablespoon of butter in a medium skillet over low heat. Add onion, garlic and peppers. Saute until onion is tender. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Mix the chicken, cream cheese, olives, bacon and the sauteed pepper/onion mixture in a medium bowl. Add salt & pepper to taste.
• Spray a shallow 1.5 quart baker with non-stick spray. I used a CorningWare French White shallow 1.5 qt baker, but an 11 x 7-inch would work well too. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place about 1/4 cup of the filling in each tortilla, roll up and place in prepared pan seam side down.
• I prepared my sauce by adding the milk, Velveeta and the butter in a microwave-safe bowl and nuking for 1 minute on HIGH. I then stirred until smooth and added the sour cream.
• If you wish to make the BHG's sauce, follow the directions in the link.
• If you are making option #2, simply mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
• Pour whatever sauce you are using over the rolls.
• Place in pre-heated oven and bake for 30 minutes.
• Makes 3 servings.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 613kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 126mg | Sodium: 1603mg | Potassium: 526mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1187IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 347mg | Iron: 3mg

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Creamy Chicken Rollups

 

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Warm and delicious…nothing beats a flauta!  And they can also be made on a gas BBQ grill–great for an outdoor party dessert.  Not bad calorie-wise either (if you can stop at one).

I’ve always been intrigued by these ever since a neighbor gave me a bag of some from Schwan’s a few years ago.  I kept meaning to make them, but at that time, I rarely bought tortillas.

Now that I’m into tortillas, I usually have them hanging around, and I just happened to have a few of the smaller 6-inch ones left over from a Cinco de Mayo dish I was making.

I didn’t bother with fresh apples since I have several cans of apple pie filling…that’s really all you are making when you start with raw apples.  However, I did “fry” the apples in a little browned butter and leftover cinnamon sugar.

The result was amazingly delicious–despite the filling was the sugar-free variety.  I figured since I saved SO many calories, I’d eat TWO of these LOL.  With extra caramel sauce of course.  You can also use dulce de leche in place of the caramel for a drizzle.

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Apple Flautas

Warm and delicious…nothing beats a flauta!  And they can also be made on a gas BBQ grill–great for an outdoor party dessert.  Not bad calorie-wise either (if you can stop at one).

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Course: desserts

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: apple flautas

Servings: 6

Calories: 359kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

• 2 cups apple pie filling 1 large can
• 2 tbsp cinnamon sugar
• 3 tbsp butter
• 6 small 6-inch flour tortillas
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup cinnamon sugar 3 parts sugar to 1 part ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup caramel sauce or dulce de leche

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt the 4 tbs of butter in a 10-inch skillet. Dip one side of a tortilla in the melted butter and place buttered side up on a baking sheet. Sprinkle buttered side with cinnamon sugar, turn, brush other side of tortilla with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Repeat with all tortillas.
• Place tortillas in preheated oven for about 5 minutes, or until the are pliable enough to roll.
• Roll tortillas into a loose roll and place seam-side down on baking sheet. Return to oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until tortillas are crispy and begin to brown. Remove from oven; set on serving platter and set aside
• Melt 2 tbs of butter in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. When butter begins to brown, add pie filling and 2 tbs cinnamon sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved and mixture begins to boil.
• Spoon hot apple mixture on top of rolled tortillas. Drizzle with caramel sauce. May be dusted with powdered sugar if desired. Serve immediately.
• Serves 6

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 359kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 394mg | Potassium: 89mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 441IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg

Apple Flautas

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Cheeseburger Taquitos

You’re guaranteed to fall in love with these if you like those super burgers in the fast-food joints…and these are much healthier too!

Lately I’ve become obsessed with flour tortillas and what I can do with them.  A few weeks ago, I made an Asian salad in edible shaped bowls I made with them.  I’ve done breakfast wraps…be posting them soon too.

But, I wanted to come up with a one-dish casserole type of meal using them, but not the usual enchilada-type deal.  Wanted something different.  Then I started experimenting with what I had on hand.

I never really go to these burger joints…mostly because they’re more expensive than a fancy restaurant (yep, add up what you’d spend for the “works” in there, it may surprise you) and I’d rather have a nice leisurely meal in a fancy sit-down restaurant. Also, the food there ain’t the healthiest, folks, and now I have to worry about that because I’m….well…OLD.  But I do admit that I don’t hate the “burger and the works,” I rather like it.

So I wanted to see what would happen if I did something similar with my tortillas.  I came up with this, and I like it.  I realize that it might be too dry for some, so I would suggest serving it with a nice creamy cheese sauce or even one of those quickie microwave dips that uses Velveeta and salsa….probably would taste pretty good. Even plain Thousand Island dressing–the “secret sauce” in one place would do nicely too.

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Cheeseburger Taquitos

You’re guaranteed to fall in love with these if you like those super burgers in the fast-food joints…and these are much healthier too!

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time45 minutes mins

Course: beef, Comfort Foods, Everyday Meals

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: cheeseburger, cheeseburger taquitos, taquitos

Servings: 4

Calories: 650kcal

Author: Judith Hannemann

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 2 tbsp chopped sweet pickle OR pickle relish
• 3 tbsp chopped onion
• 3 tbsp ketchup
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese feel free to add lots more if you like
• 1 tsp seasoned salt regular will do too
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 8 small flour tortillas about 7-inch diameter
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 11 x 7-inch baking dish with non-stick spray.
• Heat a large skillet. Add ground beef and onion and brown; drain off excess oil.
• In a medium bowl, combine the browned ground beef/onion mixture, chopped pickle, 1 cup of the shredded cheddar, the ketchup and salt & pepper. Mix well, and divide into 8 portions.
• Place one portion of the meat mixture in the center of a tortilla and roll up enchilada style. Place seam-side down in prepared pan. Repeat until all meat mixture is used.
• Drizzle olive oil over the tops of the rolls, and brush them well so the tortillas are well coated with the oil.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes or until tortillas are just beginning to brown. Remove from oven and distribute the remaining 1 cup of shredded cheddar over the tops of the rolls. Return to oven and bake an additional 10-15 minutes, or until cheese is melted and beginning to brown and bubble.
• Serve with a salad and one of the sauces mentioned above.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 650kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 130mg | Sodium: 1617mg | Potassium: 591mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 632IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 481mg | Iron: 5mg

Cheeseburger Taquitos

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