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Chipotle Chicken Burrito

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I Recently invested in some Chipotle chillies to make this Chipotle Chicken Burrito, not a cheap ingredient I admit, but, the aroma from them and the flavour imparted into this dish is to be honest quite incredible! This is a new ingredient for me to be using. I tried using them in my vegetarian chilli, but to be honest, I was not convinced that the expense was justifiable! However, then I used it with some diced chicken thighs to make a burrito supper, I was amazed to be frank! It was almost as if I was cooking on an open fire or a barbeque! And, that aroma remained even after I had matured the dish overnight in the fridge.

Click the Method tab below to see a step by step guide on how to make my Chipotle Chicken Burrito along with some pictures for guidance pictures.

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ingredients

Here's what you need :¬)

Serves 6

  • 1 large white onion
  • 1 large red onion
  • Chorizo sausage sliced into 5mm thick discs
  • 1 400g tin plum tomatoes
  • 1 400g tin black beans drained & washed
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp cumin whole
  • 1 tsp extra hot chilli powder
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper corns
  • 5 cloves garlic pulped
  • 1 Tblsp tomato puree
  • 6 chicken thighs diced into bite sized pieces
  • 100ml water
  • 3 bell peppers (red, yellow & green) 15mm slices halved
  • A sprinkle of coriander for garnish
  • 2 large red chillies (Indian)
  • 3 Chipotle chillies, sliced

method

This is a Chipotle & Chorizo dish! The flavours that permeate the dish due to the oils that come out of the sausage are just unreproducible with anything else. And, the texture of the chorizo slices is such a contrast to the silkiness of the rest of the dish, it's like finding little nuggets of joy as you are eating :¬P

  1. Add the chorizo slices to a hot heavy pan
chorzio cooking
chorzio cooking

When the oil starts to seep out of the chorizo:

  1. Add the sliced Chipotle Chillies
  2. Stir & cook for a minute or two
  3. Add the onions
Add the sliced onion
sliced onion in pan
  1. Stir & cover until onions soften just a little

(we want firm slices of onion in the completed dish)

  1. Add garlic and whole cumin
  2. Stir fry for a min with the heat still hot
Add garlic & whole Cumin
cooked onion chorizo
  1. Lower the heat to medium
  2. Break down the tomatoes with a potato masher or fork
  3. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, tomato puree & water
add tomatoes, seasoning, tomato puree & water
tomatoes stirred in pan
  1. Turn the heat to med/hot & bring back to a boil
  2. Add skinned & boned chicken
  1. Turn to warm-med heat & cook for 15 mins
  2. Add the sliced peppers
add sliced peppers
add sliced peppers
  1. Cook for about 8 mins until peppers are soft
  2. Add the drained black beans
  3. Stir gently until warmed through

While the beans are warming, chop some lettuce and grate some cheese for the Burrito.

cheese & lettuce
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When everything is thoroughly hot and the chicken is cooked, serve on a warm Burrito, or, even in a dish with a warm buttered baguette!

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Chipotle Chicken Burrito served with lettuce and cheese.

chipotle chicken & warm baguette
chipotle chicken chilli with bread and butter

And on its own with just a 'bake-at-home' warm buttered baguette is a taste of indulgent heaven! Honestly, the smokey flavour and aroma from them Chipotle Chillies just has to be experienced to be believed. It's not often that I splash out on 'luxury ingredients' but this is one time I am not going to forget. Enjoy this one and let me know what you think :¬P