My Own Creation: Smothered Chicken Fajita Burritos

Ok, I admit it...I'm spoiled!  My mom lives with us and does a lot for us.  In fact, I usually plan out the meals for the month and do the shopping, but she does most of the cooking (although I do help on a very regular basis).  It's a good and workable arrangement for both of us.

This week, my mom has been out of town on a fishing trip with her sister...yes, you read that right...my mom loves to fish!  And she's good at it!  In fact, check out this lunker she caught on her trip: a6lb 4oz beauty (shoot, that's almost as big as Piper was when she was born!):

Anyway, since mom was gone and because I haven't been grocery shopping for the month yet, I needed to come up with something to eat using what I had on hand....I mean, I just couldn't eat toast for dinner again!  Luckily, I've been using my coupons and whatnot to try to get some staples stocked up and stored for just such an occasion.  Here's what I did with what was on hand (note: I didn't measure anything...just kinda threw it together):

Smothered Chicken Fajita Burritos

Ingredients:

Tortillas

Chicken (i had a roasted chicken on hand so I used that)

Bell Peppers

Onion

Fajita Seasoning

Shredded Cheese

1 can Refried Beans

1 box Rice-A-Roni Mexican Rice (cooked according to package)

Sour Cream

Green Chili Enchilada Sauce

Cream of Chicken Soup

Directions:

Spray a baking dish and pour some enchilada sauce on the bottom.

Cook the chicken and vegetables according to the fajita seasoning package.

Cook the rice according to the directions on the box

Heat up the refried beans

Layer the tortillas with beans, rice, chicken, vegetables and cheese

Roll into burritos and place in the baking dish seam side down

Mix sour cream, enchilada sauce, soup and some cheese (may also want to thin it out with a little milk..I will probably do that next time)

Cover the burritos with the sauce

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 min or until warm in the middle

It was a simple thing to make (and relatively inexpensive) and it turned out really good.  I only made 4 burritos so I had LOTS of fixin's left over.  I went ahead and rolled up more burritos, wrapped them in wax paper, put them into a ziploc freezer bag and tossed them into the freezer.  They can be reheated and eaten straight or I can mix up some sauce and make this meal again.

Let me know if you decide to make these and any tweaks you might throw in to make them better!