Baked Cheesy Chicken Taquitos
Cheesy chicken taquitos, baked-not-fried, and topped with guacamole and pico de gallo!
Servings:4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded to ½ inch thickness
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 8 6-inch corn or flour tortillas*
- 1 cup shredded mexican blend or cheddar cheese
- guacamole
- pico de gallo or salsa, or salsa
- optional: sour cream, chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil and spray heavily with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl whisk together garlic salt, cayenne pepper, onion powder and cumin. Rub seasoning into both sides of chicken breasts. Spray a large pan or skillet with cooking spray and cook chicken over medium heat about 8-10 minutes or until cooked through.
- Shred chicken with two forks. Divide chicken evenly among all tortillas, spreading the chicken into a strip down the middle of each tortilla. Top chicken with about 2 tablespoons of shredded cheese.
- Tightly roll each tortilla into a taquito. (If using corn tortillas, see notes!) Place end side down on prepared baking sheet. Spray taquitos heavily with cooking spray. Bake 10-15 minutes until tortilla edges begin to brown/blacken and cheese is melty. Serve with guacamole and pico or salsa, and any other topping you desire.
Notes
*** If you choose to use corn tortillas (as I did), heat about 1 cup of chicken broth in a side pan. Do this step BEFORE adding meat, cheese, and rolling taquitos. When broth is very warm (not boiling) QUICKLY dip tortillas one at a time into the broth, being sure to get the whole tortilla wet. But, this must be done quickly. We're talking, less than a second in the liquid, or the tortillas will fall apart. If you do it quickly, the tortillas will be easy to work with/roll and will not break!
Nutrition
Calories: 349 kcal, Carbohydrates: 32 g, Protein: 24 g, Fat: 14 g, Saturated Fat: 6 g, Trans Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 63 mg, Sodium: 964 mg, Potassium: 341 mg, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 3 g, Vitamin A: 312 IU, Vitamin C: 1 mg, Calcium: 257 mg, Iron: 3 mg