Baked Chipotle Chicken Taquitos
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Recipe: #13974
August 22, 2014
Categories: Comfort Food, Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish, Snacks, Poultry, Chicken, Vegetables, Appetizers, Central/South American, Mexican, North American, Southwest, Kid Pleaser, Quick Meals, Cinco de Mayo, Game/Sports Day, Ladies Luncheon, Weeknight Meals, Oven Bake, Skillet, Stove Top, High Protein, No Eggs, Cooked Chicken or Beef, Hot Peppers, Cooked Chicken, Kid's Lunches, Boneless Pieces, Spicy more
"Super-tasty and crispy. This is definitely one of my all-time favorite things to make."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (162.8 g)
- Calories 202.7
- Total Fat - 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.5 g
- Cholesterol - 57.8 mg
- Sodium - 322.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 9.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 4.5 g
- Protein - 15.3 g
- Calcium - 410.5 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 80.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425F.
Step 2
Heat one tablespoon oil over medium heat in a skillet. Add onion and cook until starting to soften and turn translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic, chipotle pepper, cumin and seasoning. Stir to combine and cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro and chicken. Finally, stir in the cheese. Set aside.
Step 3
Heat up tortillas in the microwave for 30-60 seconds so they are more pliable. At this point I also like to divide the chicken mixture into 12 equal-sized "piles," which makes constructing the tortillas go much quicker. Also, get a baking sheet or pan ready by brushing it with a generous amount of oil.
Step 4
Lay tortilla on a work surface and spread chicken mixture over bottom third; roll up into a tube shape. Place seam side down on the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Brush tortillas with oil and bake until crisp and lightly browned, 15-18 minutes.
Step 5
Serve immediately. You can eat those by hand, but I like to top them with yummy stuff like chunky guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and hot sauce and then eat them with a fork and knife.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.