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Southwestern Egg Rolls

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"These aren't traditional egg rolls! Small flour tortillas are stuffed with an exciting blend of Southwestern-style ingredients, then deep fried until golden brown."

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PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	12 Min
READY IN	4 Hrs 32 Min

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 skinless, boneless chicken breast half
2 tablespoons minced green onion
2 tablespoons minced red bell pepper
1/3 cup frozen corn kernels
1/4 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
2 tablespoons diced jalapeno peppers
1/2 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/3 teaspoon salt
1 pinch ground cayenne pepper
3/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
5 (6 inch) flour tortillas
1 quart oil for deep frying

DIRECTIONS

Rub 1 tablespoon vegetable oil over chicken breast. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, cook chicken approximately 5 minutes per side, until meat is no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove from heat and set aside.
Heat remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in green onion and red pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes, until tender.
Dice chicken and mix into the pan with onion and red pepper. Mix in corn, black beans, spinach, jalapeno peppers, parsley, cumin, chili powder, salt and cayenne pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes, until well blended and tender. Remove from heat and stir in Monterey Jack cheese so that it melts.
Wrap tortillas with a clean, lightly moist cloth. Microwave on high approximately 1 minute, or until hot and pliable.
Spoon even amounts of the mixture into each tortilla. Fold ends of tortillas, then roll tightly around mixture. Secure with toothpicks. Arrange in a medium dish, cover with plastic, and place in the freezer. Freeze at least 4 hours.
In a large, deep skillet, heat oil for deep frying to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Deep fry frozen, stuffed tortillas 10 minutes each, or until dark golden brown. Drain on paper towels before serving.

FOOTNOTES

Editor's Note
We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. The exact amount may vary depending on cook time and temperature, ingredient density, and the specific type of oil used.

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REVIEWS

Reviewed on Oct. 2, 2006 by RLFIXAUTO

This is a great recipe, but I give you one star for using Top Secret Recipes' copyrighted recipe. MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2003 by JENMI

Sweet fancy Moses these are yummy! I tripled the ingredients and placed the filling in egg... MORE

Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2007 by BATCAVES

I followed this recipe exactly, except I baked these at 450 degrees for 10 minutes instead of... MORE

Reviewed on Sep. 13, 2003 by MAGGIE MCGUIRE

Wonderful recipe! I left out the spinach,since no one in the family likes it. We're cutting... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by KSALAZAR

Trust me on this -- make this recipe using eggroll wrappers instead of tortillas, roll them up... MORE

Reviewed on Feb. 12, 2004 by ERINHEAD

I made this recipe for dinner tonight and I was extremely pleased with the results. I did,... MORE

Reviewed on Jun. 15, 2007 by Christina

Wow! This is a great recipe that I fix about once a week. The only thing I changed was no... MORE

Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2008 by Valerie's Kitchen

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Valerie's Kitchen
Feb. 16, 2008

I had just bought a bunch of canned chicken from Costco and was looking for something to do with it. I just added the drained, canned chicken into the mixture in the pan and broke it apart. I highly recommend this. It also works well with rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. With one can of chicken I felt the need to double the onion (used yellow onion) and bell pepper and needed about 1/2 can or more of black beans. Also, I changed up the other ingredients a bit to suit our taste - eliminated spinach, jalapenos, parsley and cayenne and added 1/2 can diced green chiles, 1/4 tsp. onion powder and fresh ground pepper. Kept the measurements on the seasonings as listed in the recipe. I used soft taco sized flour tortillas but didn't stuff them as full as you would a burrito. I ended up with 6. No need to use toothpicks. Placed them in a 9 x 13 pan lined with heavy duty foil and sprayed with PAM and baked at 425 for about 15-20 minutes. If frozen (not necessary but good option) you'll need to cook longer. Excellent result considering you just cut out a ton of fat by not deep frying. Everybody loved them.

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I had just bought a bunch of canned chicken from Costco and was looking for something to do... MORE

Reviewed on Aug. 19, 2006 by ALIXOXO

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