Cheesy Chicken Baked Taquitos
What’s the perfect answer to boring leftover chicken? These Cheesy Chicken Baked Taquitos are baked to a perfect crisp and filled with savory chicken smothered in enchilada sauce, and gooey cheese. Top them off with a little sour cream and you have a delicious, easy meal in 30 minutes.
Servings 12 Taquitos
Calories 249kcal
Equipment
- 10" Skillet
- Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Cooked Chicken
- 12 6 ” Flour Tortillas
- ½ Cup Canned Enchilada Sauce
- 1 Cup Shredded Jack Cheese
- 1 Yellow Onion
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°.
- Dice yellow onion into a fine dice. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but smaller pieces blend with the chicken and cheese to make a nice even filling.
- Mince or press garlic.
- Heat a skillet on medium high heat. Add olive oil to the pan. Then add the diced onions and minced garlic to the pan. Cook them until they are translucent.
- Take cooked chicken and shred or dice into bite-sized pieces. Toss the chicken pieces into the pan with the cooked onions.
- Pour one cup of enchilada sauce in with the chicken and onions. Give everything a good stir and bring the sauce up to a simmer. Let it cook for just a minute or two.
- Prepare an area to assemble the taquitos. Gather your olive oil, flour tortillas, shredded cheese, and filling.
- Pour some olive oil into a small bowl. Then use a basting brush to brush oil onto one side of a flour tortilla.
- Turn the tortilla over so that you are filling the side that does not have oil. Sprinkle a layer of shredded cheese onto the tortilla. Then put two spoonfuls of filling on top of the cheese.
- Keep the filling in a narrow straight line from one end of the tortilla to the other.
- Finally, roll the tortilla tightly around the filling. Place the roll seam side down on a lined baking sheet.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have filled 12 six inch flour tortillas.
- Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, turn the broiler on for low for 3-5 minutes. This will get them extra crisp.
Notes
- I buy the mild enchilada sauce because I have young children and they really don’t eat spicy food yet. If you like a little kick, try the medium. I like spicy food, but I usually avoid hot. Too much heat can make it hard to taste anything else.
- Keep a close eye on these baked taquitos while they are under the broiler and do not move to the top rack.
Nutrition
Calories: 249kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 464mg | Potassium: 143mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 149IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 2mg