Makeover your junk food with these homemade taquitos.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword taquito recipe
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 20minutes
Total Time 30minutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 310kcal
Ingredients
2cupscooked chickenleftover roast chicken works great OR 2 cups ground/shredded beef
3ozcream cheesesoftened
2Tbspcilantro
1/2tspcumin
1tspchili powder
3Tbspchopped onion
1clovegarlicminced
1cupcheddar cheese
juice from 1/2 lime
10flour or corn tortilla shells
melted butteroptional
Instructions
Mix the first nine ingredients in large bowl until well combined. At this point, you can taste and add more seasonings or lime juice if you like.
Place a small amount of mix into each shell and roll tightly. Place seam down on a baking sheet (use a toothpick in each one if they keep unrolling) and brush with melted butter.
Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes, until just starting to brown.
Notes
Variations *You can also fry these in a bit of butter on the stove-top for more crunch. This tends to make them even more "man friendly". *These also make great beef taquitos though I left out the lime juice. *A dipping sauce goes wonderfully with these and either the avocado aioli or the spicy dressing pairs perfectly. The picture above actually shows a quickly made up dip when I had nothing else on hand; 1/3 cup tomato sauce, 1 oz cream cheese, 1/2 clove garlic, 2 tsp chopped onion, 1/4 tsp cumin, and 1/2 tsp chili powder.