Often referred to jokingly in our household as “food previously chewed for your convenience” due to its rather unattractive appearance this super-fast food is one that is often requested in our home, especially by my daughter and her friends.

These tasty burritos are fast enough to make after even the busiest of days – and are great with a green salad on the side. I find they really are best with the smoky, yet robust, flavor of Ancho chili powder, but any will do fine – just adjust the amount as necessary to counteract a potential SU-heat overdose.

Ingredients

24 oz fat-free Cream Cheese, room temperature

2 Tablespoons Ancho Chili powder

1 Tablespoon cracked black pepper

3 pounds lean ground turkey

2 medium white/yellow onions, minced

1 cup canned green chilies

1.5 Teaspoons Kosher salt

1 Tablespoon grapeseed (or other light) oil

20 8-inch flour tortillas (or corn tortillas, but it does change the nutritional breakdown)
Sauté the onions in the oil along with kosher salt and chili powder

Add green chilies
When the onions have started to turn translucent, add the ground turkey and “crumble” it up to cook until there are no overly large chunks and the meat is thoroughly done-no pink.
If there is more than a tablespoon of excess liquid in the pan, either turn the heat up for a minute or two and boil it off (preferred) or drain it off
Add hot turkey mix to the cream cheese and, using a potato masher or large spoon mix the two together until homogeneous. Electric mixing is not advised as it will turn to paste. (This is actually great if you want to use it as empanada or taquito filling).
Once the mix is well blended – place a few tablespoons of mixture onto a tortilla and roll burrito style
For extra credit you may lightly brown the burritos in a non-stick pan over medium heat
Serve with green salad or fresh fruit
Filling will hold three days in the fridge – not that it will last that long

Breakdown

Makes 20 burritos

Calories                   307.1

Fat                             10.4g

Cholesterol        56.5mg

Sodium            943.6mg

Carbs                    28.3g

Fiber                       1.7g

Protein                 22.6g