Bake chicken taquitos. Repeat until all of the filling is used. These easy oven-baked Chicken Taquitos are stuffed with chicken and cheese and make a great appetizer or meal. Baked taquitos are better for you, and taste delish!
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.
Lay seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.
You can have Bake chicken taquitos using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Bake chicken taquitos
- It's 2 cups of shredded, cooked chicken (a deli-roasted chicken is perfect).
- It's 1/3 cup of green salsa.
- Prepare 1-2 tablespoons of chipotle peppers, finely minced.
- You need 1/2 cup of Monterey Jack cheese, shredded.
- It's 12 of small flour tortillas.
- Prepare of Oil - I like a spray for this.
- Prepare of For serving: sour cream, guacamole, salsa, queso fresco, limes etc.
Once all the taquitos are on the baking sheet, lightly spray each one with cooking spray. To fry the taquitos: Pour enough oil into the bottom of a deep skillet or frying pan so that the oil reaches halfway up the taquitos. This baked version of taquitos is healthier and less mess in the kitchen than the traditional fried ones. The flavorful chicken filling makes great tacos as well.
Bake chicken taquitos step by step
- Preheat oven to 425 Combine chicken, salsa, chipotles and cheese in a large bowl - mix well Warm tortillas in a non-stick pan until softened and pliable - about 30 seconds a side Add some chicken to each tortilla, roll up tight and place seam-side down on a greased baking Brush or spray with oil and bake about 25 minutes or until beginning to brown at the edges Serve with sour cream, guac etc.
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Serve with salsa, sour cream and guacamole. Leftover chicken or a rotisserie chicken is perfect for the filling. You can either bake or fry these chicken taquitos. Baking the taquitos is healthier and less messy, but you won't get the same deep golden crispy crust as you will with frying. Take these oven baked chicken taquitos, for example.