| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 1 hr 15 min |
| Active: | 1 hr |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- Peanut oil or vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 pound leftover turkey meat, sliced
- 3 to 4 cups turkey gravy
- Eight 12- to 14-inch flour tortillas
- 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes, warm
- 2 cups cranberry sauce
- 2 cups stuffing, warm
- 1 bunch fresh flat leaf Italian parsley
- 1 orange, sliced into wedges
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
Instructions
- Fill a deep-fryer with peanut oil and heat to 350 degrees F. (If you do not have a deep-fryer, you can use a Dutch oven filled with about 4 inches of oil heated to 350 degrees F.)
- Allow the turkey to simmer in the gravy in a medium saucepan for about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Wrap the tortillas in a clean, damp kitchen towel and microwave just long enough to make them pliable, about 20 seconds. Unwrap and lay one on the counter, and layer in your leftover ingredients, starting in the lower center of the tortilla, adding 1/4 cup each of mashed sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing and the warmed turkey in gravy. Take care to keep the ingredients away from the edges so they don’t spill out.
- Fold the bottom half over the filling to the center of the tortilla. Then, fold each remaining side in. The filling should be mostly covered at this point. Roll everything away from you towards the top of the tortilla and secure the seam with toothpicks. Repeat the process until all the burritos have been rolled.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Fit a rack inside a sheet tray and set aside.
- Carefully place one burrito at a time into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the oil and allow the excess oil to drain over the fryer or pot. Hold on the prepared rack in the oven while you fry the remaining chimichangas. Serve on a bed of flat leaf parsley, orange slices and cranberries. Slice the chimichangas in half, then top with the leftover warm gravy and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 1031 |
| Total Fat | 72 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Carbohydrates | 78 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Sugar | 32 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 40 mg |
| Sodium | 1314 mg |
Reviews
Great way to use up left overs. We choose not to fry it, just browned it in the skillet. But I cannot wait to try it in my new Air Fryer!
OMG, Soooo good!! We didn’t all follow his ingredients exactly and everyone just used the fillings they liked best, but putting them in a tortilla and frying it was the key. Something about the fried tortilla and thanksgiving ingredients just works!! We will be doing this every year with our leftovers!! Thanks Jeff for a great idea!!
Since we deep fried the best turkey we have ever made, we had the oil left and made this tonight for leftovers. AMAZING!! What a great way to use leftovers and have it be nothing like a plate of the original dinner.
No rating yet. Totally random question. Does anyone know the brand of the fryer Jeff used? It looked like ease of use. I want t buy a oil fryer. I have a air fryer and love it.