San Jose style burrito (chicken and chorizo with refried beans and white cheese sauce)
SAM THE COOKING GUY · ♥ 13.3K likes · 418.9K views · 9 min video
Read about thighs in the BrightCulinary Book
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Ingredients
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- bacon
Dice bacon small and cook about a minute to release some fat.
The viewer's suggestion and the plan
- finely diced onion
Add finely diced onion and let it soften.
- butter
- garlic
- milk
For the cheese sauce, melt butter, add a little garlic until fragrant, then add a little milk and heat.
- 1 can pinto beans
Drain a can of pinto beans, saving the liquid; add the beans to the onions and bacon and let soften a couple of minutes.
Adding the canned pinto beans
- ½ lb American cheese
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tbsp green salsa
Finish adding the cheese, about half a pound in all; season lightly with salt and pepper and stir in a couple tablespoons of green salsa.
Mash the beans, leaving some chunky; add some of the saved bean liquid to soften them.
- chicken thighs
Take the cheese sauce off the heat to cool; cook the chorizo a couple more minutes.
- mayo
- fajita seasoning
Coat the chicken thighs with mayo and fajita seasoning on both sides.
Seasoning the chicken with mayo
- grill spray
Spray the grill and grill the thighs over high heat for char, turning, to about 175.
- 1 whole tortilla
- cilantro
Build on a tortilla: refried beans, chorizo, chicken, cheese sauce, cilantro; roll and cut in half.
Building and rolling the burrito