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.
Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! My husband said immediately after eating them the first time, “You could make those again.” 🙂
Made this for my family last night. It was terrific. Thanks so much for the sharing this recipe. Will likely make this again and now need to check out your other recipes. You have a new fan.
GReat base recipe- turned out as it should!
However, not nearly enough flavor for my husband and I.
I think I may try adding some Taco seasoning next time along with peppers, onions, olives, tomatoes, and maybe some cut up veggie like Zucchini?
Also this was a rather large batch for just the 2 of us. Perhaps I could have fronze half but next time I will half the recipe.
Otherwise- great!
There is in my slow cooker right now, and smell amazing! We absolutely love taquitos, and cream cheese is always a bonus. Thank you for the awesome recipe!
You’re welcome! Hope you love it!
Can I use frozen chicken to make this? If so, would the cooking instructions change at all?
Yes, frozen chicken can be used! Just make sure to add a little more cooking time.
I love making these! I added tomatoes, green chilis and cilantro for an extra kick today for Cinco De Mayo!
These are amazing! Even my three picky eaters love these taquitos! I make these per your directions, and they are perfect.
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After talking with some friends, I thought this spreadsheet might be something worth sharing, so I have made it available from my blog to download for free! Now that my readers have your recipe, I’m sure they will be enjoying it as much as we do!
I love these Taquitos ! 😀 They are so easy to make and really delicious, I like to add sliced avocado. sour cream, homemade salsa and lettuce on top 🙂 Thank you for sharing your recipe <3 Really filling too i get full with one taco <3
This is definitly my fav thanks!
This recipe was a disaster for me. Reading it I thought it seemed strange… for example an entire package of cream cheese with just 1/3 cup water and only 2 chicken breasts, how does the sauce form? I tried it anyway and sure enough, the ingredients turned into a burned mess in the bottom of my crockpot… I cut the cream cheese into small squares, was I supposed to do something different? I added more liquid because I was afraid of this happening and it happened anyway. I also only put it in the pot for 5 hours because I thought 8 seemed excessive. My crockpot is almost destroyed, the cream cheese did not melt at all just burned. Maybe post a video of how you make it? I followed the directions as closely as I could within reason and triple checked everything after it went awry.
I am so sorry this recipe didn’t work out for you! 🙁 Have you had issues with your crockpot getting too hot in the past? My guess is that your particular slow cooker cooks hotter than others. I would suggest cooking on low for 4 hours next time.
Thats odd, i just throw my clean chicken, spices and the entire block of cream cheese in without cutting it, then add the water and mine is away perfect O_O did you put it on HIGH for 8 hours instead of 4?
So good, and easy to make. These were a huge hit for my family. I really like that they have flavor on their own, but their also simple enough that each person can top/dip them as they please. People who like spicy foods can just dip them in spicy salsa, while people who like things on the tamer side can use sour cream. This recipe is definitely getting added to our rotation of regulars. I’m already looking forward to making them again. Thank you!