Fast Freezer Cooking - Cheesy Chicken Bean Burritos

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I recently bought 40 pounds of chicken. The question I get the most is "Why would you buy 40 pounds of chicken?" followed closely by "Are you crazy?". The first answer is that it is cheaper to buy chicken in bulk, and the second answer is yes, but not because of my chicken purchases. I buy bulk meat through Zaycon. If you have not heard of this, they basically deliver various kinds of meat to multiple drop points, and you just drive out and they put a big box of meat in your trunk. The only problem is then you have 40 pounds of chicken to deal with, and that is A LOT of chicken. I try to get it all prepped as much as possible before I freeze it. Some is frozen in simple raw breasts, but I also try to cook some and shred or cube it and then freeze meals so that I don't have to do as much work for dinner. (I really don't like cooking. I tell my kiddos they can't use the word 'hate' so I won't use it now, but that is pretty much how I feel about it.) Anything that saves me time in the kitchen is really, really worth it.

Today when I got home from dropping the boys at preschool, I decided I would quickly whip up a quick meal for the freezer - Cheesy Chicken Bean Burritos. I had everything I needed prepped and on hand, so it really was not a tough process.

I just kind of guesstimated the amounts of each ingredient, so I will do the best I can to estimate for you. 

1 - 1 1/2 C cheddar, shredded

3/4 C onion, diced

1 1/2 C shredded chicken

15 oz can refried beans

4 oz can diced green chilies

2 T taco seasoning (or one packet of store bought)

tortillas (whatever size you like; I used small soft taco size)

Ready for these incredibly difficult instructions? Mix all your ingredients in a bowl. Yep. just that tough. Then spoon a bit of filling onto your tortilla (I put about 1/4 to 1/2 C filling). Roll one side of the tortilla over the filling, fold the two sides up, and then finish rolling the last flap over. 

To freeze these, I wrapped them individually using these Ziploc Perfect Portions baggies. I bought them to freeze the chicken breasts, but they work really well for this, too. Then I reused the tortilla bag (aren't I resourceful?) to pack them all up and freeze.

I got 13 burritos out of this, so I figure I can get about 3 meals out of this. Not bad for 15 minutes of work, right?

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