Beef and Bean Chimichangas – Emily Bites

These simple and scrumptious Beef and Bean Chimichangas use simply seven substances and might be cooked in your air fryer or oven, whichever is extra handy for you! Chimichangas are historically deep-fried, however this lighter model nonetheless presents a crispy tortilla exterior for a lot fewer energy. I nonetheless discovered these tremendous decadent, smothered in queso dip with a hearty, flavorful filling. It’s onerous to imagine every chimichanga is simply 275 energy or 3 WW Factors! To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and observe it within the WW app, click on right here.

Air Fryer or Oven?

I’ve made these Beef and Bean Chimichangas in my air fryer and in my oven and offered path for each within the recipe directions beneath. If you happen to’re planning to serve all eight chimichangas without delay, it’s possible you’ll need to go together with the oven methodology, since they’ll all be prepared on the identical time as a substitute of in batches of two. If you happen to’re solely making two or 4, the air fryer is my most well-liked possibility. I like the feel barely higher and I believe it’s simpler to examine on them all through the prepare dinner time to get them cooked precisely the way in which you need. Both manner, you’re going to finish up with scrumptious chimichangas!

Do I must pre-heat my air fryer?

I’ve seen a lot of blended details about this. Some sources say you completely should pre-heat your air fryer and a few say you needn’t trouble. I believe it in all probability depends upon the model of air fryer you personal, so it’s possible you’ll need to examine your handbook. I’ve a COSORI model air fryer and don’t pre-heat for this recipe. I see that Philips (one other standard model) additionally says you don’t must pre-heat. If you happen to’re unsure about your explicit mannequin, be at liberty to only run it for a couple of minutes earlier than you add the chimichangas to make sure.

Recipe Notes

• Meat: I used lean floor beef in these, which is now zero factors on Weight Watchers! Nevertheless, floor hen or floor turkey may also work simply wonderful if that’s what you have got available.
• Salsa: I like to decide on a extra liquid-y salsa for this recipe, slightly than a thick, chunky selection. You’re partially utilizing it to coat the meat, so that you need it to be on the wetter aspect.
• Tortillas: You’ll need to use a low cal or low carb 8-inch tortilla when you’re interested by conserving related WW Factors or vitamin data. I like the La Banderita Carb Counter Delicate Taco tortillas and purchase them steadily, so I positively suggest these in case your native shops have them!
• Serving Concepts: These Beef and Bean Chimichangas make a terrific fundamental course than can pair with quite a lot of tasty aspect dishes! I believe they’d be nice alongside my Simple Salsa Rice or the same Mexican rice, beans, a salad, corn, or sauteed peppers and onions.
• Make Forward/Leftovers: This recipe makes eight Beef and Bean Chimichangas, however when you don’t plan to serve that many without delay, it’s simple to organize and wrap all of them as soon as after which prepare dinner as wanted. I cooked 4 of them for our household meal after which saved 4 of them wrapped up within the fridge to air fry as leftovers. I didn’t freeze them, however I’d think about you can additionally simply accomplish that by wrapping every raw chimichanga in cling wrap after which placing them in a sealed freezer bag. Nice for meal prep!

Extra Tasty Lightened Up Mexican-Impressed Recipes:

In search of extra tasty, lightened up Mexican-inspired recipes? Try my Hen Taco Rice Skillet, Layered Meat and Bean Enchilada Bake, One-Pot Taco Pasta, Taco Stuffed Twice Baked Potatoes, Turkey and Chorizo Enchilada Rice Bake, Tacky Spicy Black Bean Skillet, Mexican Road Corn Hen, Breakfast Tostadas, 7 Layer Dip, Fiesta Stuffed Hen, Beef Taco Soup, and lots of extra within the Mexican part of my recipe index!