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Chicken Burritos

Burritos are a great dish for just about anyone. The main mixture (here chicken and vegetables) can be complimented with salsa, sour cream, limes, oranges – all sorts of things. This recipe makes use of ingredients that needed to be used up at the time, so burritos also serve as nice way to use up a number of items that you might have left in the fridge from earlier meals.

Servings and Times

Serves: 2

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 red pepper
1 orange pepper
3 ounces cremini mushrooms
1 tablespoon chili powder
to taste salt & pepper
2 tablespoons chicken stock
1 boneless, skinless breast chicken
4 flour tortillas
lettuce,lime slices, sour cream, salsa

We heat the olive oil in a large pan. We add the onions and saute until they are translucent. Next we add the peppers, cooking for a few more minutes. We add the mushrooms, sauteeing until tender. Finally, we add the garlic and chili powder and cook for a minute. We add a little chicken stock and the chicken, heating for a couple of minutes to warm up the the chicken strips.

We cover a plate with a paper towel and put the tortillas on top. We cover the tortillas with another paper towel and cook in the microwave for a minute.

We serve the chicken mixture over the warm tortillas with the lettuce, sour cream, salsa and a squeeze of lime.

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