Easy Baked Chicken Taquitos
 
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Hand-held tortilla roll-ups filled with chicken, cream cheese, salsa, and spices. Baked to perfection and dipped in your favorite salsa, guac, or ranch.
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Recipe type: Chicken Taquitos
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 12-20
Ingredients
  • 3-4 cups cooked chicken breast (shredded or cubed)
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack Cheese or Colby Jack Cheese
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • ½ cup salsa verde (I like the Herdez brand)
  • 2 green onion, finely sliced
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • ½ tsp garlic salt
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Tortillas (12 regular sized or 20 fajita size)
  • Canola or vegetable oil for brushing or cooking spray
Instructions
  1. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 425°.
  3. In a large mixing bowl combine the chicken, shredded cheese, cream cheese, salsa, green onions, cilantro, lime juice, cumin, chili powder, garlic salt, and onion powder. Stir until thoroughly combined and taste it to see if you need to add any more salt.
  4. When mixture is ready use ¼ cup of chicken mixture to fill each tortilla if you are using the fajita-sized tortillas or use ½ cup if you are using the regular size tortillas.
  5. Place the mixture along the bottom of the tortilla and roll it up. Place the rolled tortilla seam side down on the lightly greased cookie sheet or baking dish. Repeat with remaining filling and tortillas.
  6. Using a basting brush, lightly brush the top of each tortilla with vegetable or canola oil. Another option is to spray the top of each one lightly with cooking spray.
  7. Place the rolled taquitos in the 425° oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. If taquitos are starting to get really dark on the edges you can place tinfoil lightly over them for the last 4-5 minutes of cooking time.
  8. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce, salsa, or gauc. My kids like ranch.
  9. Enjoy!
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/easy-baked-chicken-taquitos/