Chicken Chimichangas with a Poblano Cream Sauce

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Ingredients

• 4 Poblano Peppers
• 1 tablespoon Butter
• 2 cloves Garlic, minced or pressed
• 1 small Onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup Chicken Broth
• 1 cup Heavy Cream
• 1/2 teaspoon Cumin
• 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
• 1/2 - 3/4 cup Reduced Fat Sour Cream
• 5 cups shredded Chicken (I used a rotisserie chicken)
• 2 cups of Rice (I used Uncle Ben's Brown, Black, and Red Ready Rice)
• 8 Large Flour Tortillas
• 1 can of Refried Beans
• 1 cup Mexican Cheese Mix
• 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
• Garnish with:
• 1/2 cup Corn
• 2 Radishes
• Sour Cream
• 2 tablespoons chopped Cilantro

Instructions

1. First, prepare the poblano cream sauce. Start by roasting the poblanos. I like to put the peppers directly over the flame of the gas burners, rotating them until all of the skin is charred. Then I place the peppers in a covered bowl for 15 minutes. This lets the peppers sweat off the skin a bit, and gives them time to cool. After 15 minutes peel off the skin, and loosely chop the peppers. I recommend discarding the seeds, unless you want an extremely spicy sauce.
2. Next, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Then add the garlic and onions. Cook until the onions are translucent. Set aside half of the onion and garlic mixture, you will use this to season the chicken. Then add the chicken broth and heavy cream. Bring to a boil, add the poblanos, and let boil and reduce for 6 minutes.
3. Pour the poblano mixture into a blender and liquify. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin, and add 1/2 cup sour cream. Blend to combine. Add more sour cream and salt to taste.
4. Pour the shredded chicken into a bowl, and add in the remaining onions and garlic, 1/2 cup of the poblano cream sauce, and the rice. Stir to combine.
5. Now it is time to assemble the chimichangas. First, heat your oven to 350 degrees. Place a tortilla on a work surface and spread 2 heaping tablespoons in the center of the tortilla and going up to the top edge. The refried beans function as glue to hold the chimichanga together, so you want some on the top edge.
6. Place a heaping 1/2 cup of the chicken filling in the middle of the tortilla, top with 2 tablespoons cheese, and then fold it up burrito style and place in a baking dish. Repeat using all your ingredients.
7. Brush half of the olive oil over the chimichangas. Let cook for 25 minutes. Then increase the heat to broil letting the chimichangas brown, this will take about 2 minutes. Then remove from the oven, flip the chimichangas, top with the remaining olive oil, and then brown the second side under the broiler.
8. Heat 1 1/2 cups of the poblano cream sauce, pour it over the chimichangas, top with cheese, corn, radish, cilantro, and sour cream. Serve right away. If you want you can add a fried egg on top!