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FitAlli
05-28-2004, 09:09 AM
This is my first recipe I'm posting. I made this last night for dinner. Everyone in my family absolutely loved this. That almost never happens either:p. It's from Kathleen Daelemans new book, Getting Thin and Loving Food. I don't have Mastercook (hope to get it this weekend) and she doesn't provide any nutritional infomation so I don't have that for you.

School-Night Family Chicken Burritos
From: "Getting Thin and Loving Food" by Kathleen Daelemans

1 cup brown rice
Coarse-grained salt
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 3 halves)
1 28 oz can diced tomatoes
1 15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
2 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, finely grated (I used 2%)
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream (I used low fat)
1 cup milk
10 8-inch flour tortillas
shredded lettuce
salsa

Preheat oven to 350. Cook rice as you would pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until softened and cooked through, 20 - 25 minutes (I used long grain brown rice so it took a little longer). Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile, place chicken breasts and enough water (I added some chicken seasoning to the water) to cover in a small pot or skillet. Poach chicken over medium-high heat until just cooked, 6 - 8 minutes. When chicken is cool enough to handle, shred into thin pieces.

Place chicken in a large nonstick skillet (VERY large). Add rice, tomatoes and their juice, black beans, cumin and chili powder. Add cheese and sour cream and chicken and stir until just combined and warmed through. Remove from heat.

Pour milk into a shallow dish. Dredge tortillas in milk, coating evenly. Distribute filling among tortillas and roll them cigar-style. Place burritos side by side in a 9x13 inch baking pan. Pour any leftover milk over burritos. Bake for 15 minutes or until heated through. Top with shredded lettuce, salsa and sour cream if you'd like.

Chocolate Rose
05-28-2004, 10:36 AM
Thanks, Alli! This looks like one my family would enjoy. AND, it gives me another excuse to use my new 14" non-stick stainless steel pan!:D

Catew
05-28-2004, 01:13 PM
I just ran this through Mastercook, and found that there's something really screwy with the way MC has the nutrition info for tortillas. They assume that you eat two of them, and that they have something like 450 calories. So I ran this using the nutrition from a package of Goya 8-inch flour tortillas (80 cal, 2g fat, 4g fiber each). I also specified reduced fat cheese and fat-free sour cream. And I assumed that it served 10.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 279 Calories; 4g Fat (13.3% calories from fat); 21g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 29mg Cholesterol; 447mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

FitAlli
05-28-2004, 01:17 PM
I'm so glad you ran this through MC. I can tell you that 1 is definitely all you need for sure. I also prepared mine with half white tortilla's and half ww, low carb friendly tortilla's. So your information is pretty right on for me :)

What version of MC do you have? I really, really want (NEED) MC...lol.

Catew
05-28-2004, 02:23 PM
I have version 7, and I love it. I've been using MC since version 2 back in 1994. Every new version has been better than the one before. I understand that there's a new release coming soon (end of this year, I think), but version 7 is definately worth going for now. If you find a great deal on version 6, it was good too, but 7 fixes a few arcane bugs and adds support for exporting recipes and shopping lists to a PDA. I don't know what new features version 8 will have.

FitAlli
05-29-2004, 02:58 PM
Guess what I just got?! Dh came home after looking for grills with MC for me! Yay :D. I'm so excited. There's so much to this too. I'm going to have fun playing with it :D :D :D

claire797
05-30-2004, 06:35 AM
I'm glad to hear the recipe worked. I just ordered KD's book from The Good Cook Club and am looking forward to perusing it.