Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chicken taquitos. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Corn tortillas are tightly rolled around a cheesy chicken mixture and baked until crisp. Serve these baked taquitos as an appetizer with salsa or top with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream for a main course. Homemade chicken taquitos filled with green onions, tomatoes, and plenty of seasoning are a great Mexican-inspired appetizer.
Chicken Taquitos is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Taquitos is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chicken taquitos using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Taquitos:
- Get 6-8 large (taco sized) flour tortillas
- Take 1-2 lbs chicken breast
- Take 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Prepare 1/2 cup mexican blend (or cheddar) shredded cheese
- Make ready 1 package Knorr brand taco rice
- Take 1 package (32 g) fajita seasoning mix
- Take 2 tsp taco seasoning
- Prepare 1 tsp sea salt
To make chicken taquitos, you'll need some cooked shredded chicken. You can use any leftover chicken you have in the fridge, use a store-bought rotisserie chicken, or you can make your own shredded chicken at home. Taste and feel free to adjust seasonings to your liking. Chicken taquitos are an easy yet unexpected appetizer that's perfect to feed a crowd - I've included instructions for both baking and frying these crispy bites of goodness!
Instructions to make Chicken Taquitos:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Begin cooking rice according to package instructions
- While the rice is boiling: Cut chicken in to small strips and add to a pan over medium heat
- Once browned enough to shred, add fajita seasoning and use forks to shred the chicken
- If the rice is still watery, add 2-3 mins to cook time and allow an additional 2 mins to rest and absorb the remaining water.
- Add taco seasoning and sea salt to the chicken for additional flavor if needed.
- Add 2 spoonfuls of rice to each tortilla, followed by meat, then sprinkle with mexican blend (or cheddar) shredded cheese
- Roll tortillas to close. Do not fold like burritos
- Place each one with the overlapping side face down in a glass baking dish
- Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top
- Bake for 15 mins
- Remove and allow 3-5 mins to cool
I have to admit, for the longest time I thought of chicken taquitos only as a food you buy in the freezer section of the grocery store for a quick snack. In a large bowl, combine chicken, cream cheese, chipotle and sauce, cumin, and chili powder. Place tortillas on a microwave safe plate and cover with a damp paper towel. A Few Baked Chicken Taquitos Tips: We like to use rotisserie chicken for this recipe to keep it easy peasy. This is also a great recipe for using up leftover chicken.
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