Slow Cooker Cream Cheese Chicken Taquitos
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Flavorful creamy chicken made in the slow cooker, then rolled up in soft tortillas and baked for a few minutes until crispy! An easy and tasty meal you’ll want to make again and again!
Try these other Mexican inspired dishes next! Like my Beef Enchiladas, Mexican Salsa Recipe for Canning, and Easy Beef Empanadas.
The Cinco de Mayo foodie festivities are continuing around here.I suppose we are sort of working in reverse here with churros for dessert yesterday and cream cheese chicken taquitos for dinner today. But that’s just how we do it around here. We totally have ice cream before carrots and breakfast for dinner. We like to keep things interesting.
Slow cooker meals are some of my favorites. For one thing, the whole set-it-and-forget-it part really speaks to me. I’m especially good at the forgetting part. I love that dinner time rolls around and suddenly it’s “oh hey we should eat something. Hey look at that, dinner is ready!”.
These cream cheese chicken taquitos are one of the easiest dishes you will ever make. And one of the yummiest! The cream cheese chicken is creamy and flavorful, seasoned perfectly with just a couple of spices. Just throw it all in the crock pot and a few hours it’s ready to be rolled up and thrown in the oven for a few minutes to get nice n’ crispy.
My husband, who is not normally a big taquito-lover , went crazy for these! We were practically in tears when the last one was gone and we already have plans to make them again! Perfect for Cinco de Mayo or any other day of the year!!
More Recipes to Try
- Instant Pot Chicken Taquitos – easy, flavorful, and ready in no time.
- Baked Cheesy Chicken Taquitos – crispy and delicious, without the fuss.
- Slow Cooker Creamy Chipotle Chicken Taquitos – set it, forget it, then devour it!
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Slow Cooker Cream Cheese Chicken Taquitos
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ⅓ cup water
- ½ cup shredded colby or Mexican blend cheese
- 12 6 inch corn or flour tortillas
- optional: cilantro, salsa, sour cream, or other toppings as desired
Instructions
- Add chicken, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper to taste, cream cheese, and water to crock pot. Cover and cook on low 8 hours or on high 4 hours.
- Minutes before serving, remove chicken from crock pot, shred with two forks, and return to slow cooker. Give it a stir. Let it cook about 15 minutes longer.
- Preheat oven to 400. Place about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture onto the middle of each tortilla. Top with 1-2 tablespoons shredded cheese. Roll tightly and place in a single layer on a greased baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes, until tortillas are slightly browned and shredded cheese is melted. Serve with desired toppings and sauces.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made these today for like the 3rd or 4th time because we love them so much! I added a little pepper jack cheese along with a mexican blend shredded cheese and I also cooked some green pepper and green chiles with the chicken mix in the crock pot. Turned out delish!
Ooh, I love that you kicked up the spice a bit and the green chiles would go PERFECTLY with these! Genius!! 🙂
I am so excited to make these tonight! They look so good and pretty simple. One question, do you add the chicken to the crockpot raw or cooked?
Hi Michelle! So sorry I wasn’t able to respond to your question a little sooner but for future reference put the chicken in raw, either frozen or thawed. If you use frozen, it’ll take a little longer to cook than if you use thawed. 🙂
Hey! If I am doubling the resipe how long would it need to cook for?
The baking time would be about the same. 🙂
I am so excited to make this tonight! It looks so good and pretty simple to make! One question, is the chicken added to the crockpot raw or cooked.?
Do you have any recipes for homemade tortillas?
I made these tonight and they were fantastic!! I didn’t have time to get the crockpot going before dinner, so I just baked the chicken, shredded it, and mixed all the other ingredients in before rolling them up. Even my super picky one year old loved them!!
That’s a great idea to bake the chicken, the cream cheese is my favorite part and these really are perfect for adults and kids since everybody loves them! So glad you enjoyed these Mary! 🙂
So good! Tried these tonight and they turned out great – added some crumbled bacon to the filling because I had it leftover and was super yummy together!
Oh I’m a fan of bacon on ANYTHING! Thanks Katie!
Hi, I just found this recipe today. I love cream cheese and thought this sounded amazing. Therefore I’m making this for dinner tomorrow. I was wondering if I kept a doubled paper towel just under the lid if it would cut down on the extra moisture that my slow cooker seems to produce? I don’t want this to come out too watery. Also, do I put the cream cheese in at the beginning or half way through? Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I made this today. It is a very nice recipe. I will serve it with a spicy salsa next time. Thanks again for another great recipe.
I, too, had the water issue and actually used 1 1/2 times the amount of chicken the recipe called for (I used just over a pound and a half of chicken in weight). I had to pour off an impressive amount of liquid to be able to come up with a workable substance to roll up. The flavors were great, though! Next time I will use maybe 1/3 cup of water, if that, since the chicken will give off some liquid as well. Thank you for the recipe! These were great to travel with to some new parents (I’m auntie Sara!) and roll when we got there to throw in the oven. Also, very filling!
Did you use Philadelphia cream cheese or a generic brand? Some generics are softer than philly.
Excellent meal. The only thing I did differently was to add 2 bricks of cream cheese instead of 1. Nice and creamy.
Thank you for a great recipe. I am always looking for new yummy recipes for my little family.