Creamy Chicken Taquitos

I ran across this recipe online and thought it would be perfect for us to make in our limited kitchen (I miss you Kitchen Aid Mixer and crock pot!) Plus Joe use to buy the taquitos from the frozen food section a lot and bake them all the time. I knew he would like these even more because we can customize them to only include the items we like. I did that by altering the original recipe to items we both like had in our kitchen.

These are also great to freeze. You can throw them in the freezer prior to baking and when you’re ready to eat just add a couple minutes to the bake time. We actually made a double batch so we could have leftovers for lunch.

Creamy Chicken Taquitos
altered by Annie's Eats

Ingredients:

• 3 oz cream cheese
• ¼ C salsa
• ½ packet taco seasoning
• 2 green onions chopped
• 2 C shredded cooked chicken
• 1 C shredded Mexican cheese
• Olive oil
• Salt

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 425˚F.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, salsa, taco seasoning, green onions, chicken and shredded cheese. Mix thoroughly until well combined. Scoop 2-3 tablespoons of the filling mixture down the middle of the tortilla. Roll the tortilla up tightly around the filling. Place seam-side down on a baking sheet.

Repeat with the remaining tortillas and filling, spacing the assembled taquitos evenly on the baking sheet. Brush the tops with olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of salt.

Bake 15-20 minutes, until crisp and golden brown.