Delicious strawberry cheesecake chimichangas easy Tex -Mex dessert
One day hubby comeback from dinner with some of his colleagues at work, and showed me a photo of chimichangas. He told me it was delicious, and as usual I consulted Google to learn more about it. Google came up with lot of recipes; I decided to try a sweet version which my kids would love, and made this strawberry cheesecake chimichangas.
Chimichanga is basically deep-fried burritos usually made with Mexican rice, meat filled in soft flour tortilla and folded into rectangle package and later fried in hot oil served with salsa, guacamole, sour cream, and/or cheese. There are lots of theories behind the origin of chimichanga from here, one theory is that when a cook accidentally drops the burritos into the hot oil and it ended up getting fried, she called it chimichanga (means toasted monkey) and may be related to golden color of burritos. Difference between a burrito and chimichanga is this, the former is a flour tortilla envelope, stuffed and then folded and sealed with flour and water; whereas chimichanga is a burrito that has been chilled to let the edges seal and then is deep fried.
Usually chimichangas is savory dish made with chicken, beans, potato, and rice as filling. I tried making them savory with my favorite veggie filling which I used to make samosa. My kids are not found of them. So decide to try a sweet version. Nowadays, we can get juicy fresh strawberries. Even there is strawberry festival going on near Pearland, a 45 mile drive from my house last week. I couldn’t attend go to the festival this time; perhaps the next time. When I checked recipes for Chimichangas I came to know I need soft flour tortilla which I thought of making at home first from scratch. Later dropped the idea and bought it from store. I also bought some cream cheese and sour cream. Once you have everything in hand it is really easy to put together.
You need to warm up flour tortilla little bit so that it will be flexible, then stuff in with strawberry cheesecake filling and wrap it into a rectangle package and fry it hot oil until it is golden brown in color. Brush it with some butter and roll it in cinnamon sugar serve with some more fresh strawberries. It is delicious treat. But it great when they are light warm out from the oil, if you like Tex-Mex dishes give it try it is really easy. It won’t disappoint you.
Delicious strawberry cheesecake chimmichangas make easy dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoon sour cream
- 1 Tablespoon plus 1/4 cup sugar, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
- 7 (8-inch) soft flour tortillas
- 1 3/4 cups sliced strawberries, divided
- 1/2 Tablespoon cinnamon
- oil, for frying
- Butter for brushing on chimmichangas
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese with the sour cream, 1 tablespoon sugar, lemon zest,
- scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Fold in 1 cup of the sliced strawberries.
- Slightly warm tortilla in stove for 30 second both sides so that it becomes flexible.
- Place tablespoon of strawberry cream cheese filling in the center of tortilla.
- Next, fold the two sides of each tortilla toward the center
- and then roll the tortilla up like a burrito and
- secure it with a toothpick. Repeat the rolling process with the remaining tortillas.
- Combine the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with the cinnamon in a shallow bowl and set it aside. Line a large plate with paper towels.
- Add 3 inches of oil to a large, thick bottomed pan, leaving a minimum of 2 inches from the top of the oil to the top of the saucepan. Heat the oil over medium-high heat until it reaches 360 F .
- Working in batches of two, fry chimichangas until golden brown and crispy, about 3 minutes, flipping them as needed.
- Transfer the chimichangas to the paper towel-lined plate to drain for 1 minute,
- brush them with butter while it is warm.
- Then roll them in the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Repeat the frying and rolling process with the remaining chimichangas, returning the oil to 360F between batches.
- Remove all toothpicks from the chimichangas and transfer them to serving plates. Top each with a portion of the remaining 3/4 cup of sliced strawberries and serve immediately.
Notes
This recipe is adapted fromhere
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
wow i am in love with this.sure i will try this one and let u know
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Loved the filling..tempting snack dear..
Love it . Looks very yummy
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I am drooling at that rich dessert…
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very nicely explained…its nice to learn about new things…
Such a delicious dessert! Yes – for me it’s a dessert, and a wonderful one 🙂
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Wow !! Have seen deep frie tortillas in food network ,but they are not tempting as this ..Yummy
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Dear friend. Your husband friends’ always show you delicious recipes. Love chimichangas. Beautiful & yummy.
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Wow… lovely idea, sweet chimichangas! I want one Swathi!
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I like Deep fried tortilas.. Love your recipe dear!Simple and YUM:)
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I m so drooling seeing sweet chimichanga:-) yum yum
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love the story of chimmichangas ..nicely done yummy strawberry cheese cake…
It is droll worthy…
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this is interesting with sweet filling,am sure its perfect kids delight.
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Swathi, this is lovely variation to the chimichangas! Strawberry cheesecake – isn’t that delicious?!!
Julie & Alesah
Gourmet Getaways xx
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Dear Swathi, what a wonderful treat…these look perfect and sounds so good. Pinning for later. xo, Catherine
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Super tempting, will surely try this
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Looks lovely and tempting!
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Wow! that looks really delicious!
Swathi, I love your take on the chimichanga! Next time I make my homemade flour tortillas, I’m going to hold back a couple for this dessert chimi!
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looks super delicious Swathi….just feel like having it right away
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Looks so yummy and tempting..
Sona recently posted…Linguine With Lemon, Garlic And Thyme Mushrooms
I can’t stop tempting now ..I too likes cheese cakes .
This is such a fun idea! Thanks for sharing — would love to have you add it to our What Kids Eat Wednesdays!
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Hi Jennifer, I have linked the recipe to the linky party.
Love this sweet twist on chimichangas! They look so delicious!
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