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.
Made these last night, but used the instant pot instEad! They were perfection and my kids asked for the lefTovers tO be lunch today! Thanks for the recipe!
Way to go!! I am super excited to hear that this recipe turned out great in the instant pot! Thanks for your feedback, Traci!
I double the recipe because I have two boys and a hubby who love to eat! I don’t always have time to cook so we eat this the next day as well. I cover them with foil and bake them till heated trough. It’s really good with sour cream and salsa.
Way to go, Elizabeth! I grew up with quite a few brothers- so I totally get feeding all the boys, haha. We typically eat this for two days as well! Happy to hear that you and your family enjoyed this recipe!
i MADE THESE FOR MY PARENTS FOR DINNER, AND USING 3 CHICKEN BREASTS, AND 2/3 OF A CUP OF CHICKEN BROTH MADE THEM TASTE FANTASTIC. wE COOKED THEM ON HIGH FOR 3 HOURS, AND THEN TURNED IT DOWN TO LOW FOR ABOUT 2 MORE HOURS AND THE CHICKEN WAS COOKED PERFECTLY! aBSOLUTELY WILL BE MAKING THIS AGAIN!
Jordan- way to go! Sounds like you did great!! Thanks for your feedback. Happy to hear that all of you enjoyed this dish!
I accidently bought big flour tortillas instead oF the little ones! Will this work or do i need To go to the store again?
I think you’ll be alright! Anything to not have to run to the store again, right?! 😉
I’Ve made these so many times for my boyfriend and I. It’s probably one of my top 3 crockpot recipes (and I use the crockpot a lot). Love it! How do you think doubling the recipe would go?
So happy you and your boyfriend love this recipe so much! I think doubling would turn out fine!! Definitely keep me posted! 🙂
My BOYFRIEND loves this recipe!!!🙂
Hi Nadia- Don’t you love when you can please the men in your life with a good meal!!? So happy that it was enjoyed! 🙂
Made these and they were great! Served with sour cream and guacamole.
Thanks For this! I have made Them for my family quite a few times and they are in love! I will 5x the recipe and roll a bunch extra and freeze them and bake and broil for extra crisp. I have never had the watery problem, in fact, i have the opposite problem where The mixture needs more liquid. I have added diced jalapenos and diced bell pepper and added black beans in the tortilla as well. Im going to use two crockpots today and make enough for a few nights dinner for them when im out of town. Thanks aGain! Also, im not sUre why this is showing up in all caps, its not my computer
This dish is amazing! Do you know the nutrition value details per serving?
Hi Casey – I’m so glad you enjoyed it! My Fitness Pal has a great tool that calculates calories for any recipe on the internet – you can go there and find calorie information for any recipe on my site! Thanks!
I made these for dinner on the weekend for my family and we really enjoyed them. I used one pound of chicken and was able to make nine in total instead 12. We dipped them in salsa when we ate them. Thank you for the recipe 🙂