I find it super interesting you chose Chimichangas as your AZ thing. And honestly, I think it's spot on! Sonoran Dogs are too new and really more of a Tucson thing... When my wife and I were much, much younger and attended Scottsdale Community College, Wednesdays were chimichanga day in the cafeteria and those things were great! My wife was a pom pom girl and we ended up hanging out with nearly the entire football team and this 350-pound lineman would order 3 and then he would watch everyone like a hawk to see if he could devour the last 1/4 of yours. Those are truly great memories and my wife and I were talking about crashing SCC's cafeteria on a random Wednesday to see if they still make them. Really great episode Mr. Witt because no one does a chimichanga quite the way they are done in AZ! Also, great tip on using the backside of the wok to make burrito sized tortillas!.
As a native Arizonan, I haven’t gone out of my way for Chimis. I mostly just stick to street tacos with organ meats, fried bread with beans, lettuce, onion and tomatoes or menudo. Regardless, that Chimi looked fantastic, as did those tortillas. It was a bit disheartening to see them get deep fried because yeah, a fresh homemade tortilla is next level lol Try making a pizza with tortilla dough, you won’t regret it
Creme the lard, it makes for a very soft pliable tortilla, chimi has to have that barbeqoa sauce, diced onion and chopped cilantro mix, beans/rice a must. Sonoran style.
I can't believe I'm just seeing this! You totally nailed this but refried beans and spanish rice are the obligatory sides😆😂🤣 I seriously can't wait till you hit RU-vid super Fame and I can honestly claim following you from the start!!! 🥰
this is a style of chimichanga i have had in Nevada, it was on a military base, for the special forces. the mesh hall smelled like a Jimboy's and it was heaven, they called normal burritos, donkey bullets. the reason for that, too many people over stuff them, making it a pain it the butt to eat. the other reason, too many people over season the meat, burritos like any other Mexican street food does not need to smell like a Doritos bag.
@@AdamWitt I haven't gotten all the way through it yet so not completely sure, so this really amazed me seeing it for the first time. Amazing work as always, thank you! Needed a good recipe to break in my pressure cooker.
Lived in AZ for 23 years. I’m def gonna make this recipe, especially since I’m in MD now and the Mexican food out here is garbage! I will say it’s almost sacrilegious to not serve this with rice and beans though! 😂
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