Chicken taquitos don’t take much effort and are quite tasty. Whip up a batch for a quick weekday dinner for your busy family!
Chicken Taquitos
I love this chicken taquitos recipe! It doesn’t require you to fry, but instead, bake this simple dinner. You can make these ahead of time too and have a great meal ready in the freezer! Save extras for leftover dinner the next day.
I don’t like canned chicken, so I just buy fresh chicken breast and cook it until tender, and shred. You can also grill your chicken then dice. Taquitos have very few ingredients, so you can whip these up in no time. Usually, it’s just meat and cheese rolled up in cigar style rolls.
Chicken Taquitos
Ingredients
- 4 pieces of chicken breast, cooked and diced, or shredded
- 1/2 cup salsa, plus more, as dip, optional
- 1/3 cup shredded fat-free Cheddar cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon dry taco seasoning mix
- 8 (6-inch) yellow corn tortillas
- Fat-free sour cream, as dip, optional
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the chicken and salsa, and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Remove chicken mixture from the refrigerator, and drain any excess liquid. Add cheese and taco seasoning, and mix to combine. This is your filling. Set aside.
- Prepare a baking sheet by spraying it with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Dampen 2 paper towels, and place tortillas between them. Microwave for about 1 minute, until tortillas are warm and pliable.
- Place one tortilla flat on a clean dry surface (keep the rest between the paper towels), and spoon about 2 heaping tablespoons filling onto the tortilla. Spread it evenly across the entire surface, and roll the tortilla up tightly, so that you have a cigar-shaped tube. Secure with toothpicks, if needed, and place seam-side down on the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tortillas and filling.
- Bake in the oven until crispy, 14 to 16 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes. Serve with sour cream and additional salsa for dipping, if using. Enjoy!
Recipe inspired from foodnetwork.com.
You might also like our chicken enchiladas or our Southwestern Chicken Recipe!
