Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos
I LOVE taquitos! They are seriously so delicious, When I saw this recipe for homemade BAKED taquitos over at Our Best Bites, I knew it would be on the dinner menu ASAP! My family gobbled these up. When my husband saw them, he couldn’t believe I made them…. Best part, they are SO EASY to make! Seriously, they whip up so fast and are devoured almost just as quickly :)
Another awesome thing about this recipe, is you can freeze them instead of baking for a dinner at a later date. I love freezer make ahead meals!
Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos
This recipe is a family favorite! They are so easy to make and taste amazing!
Servings 10
Calories 206kcal
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup green salsa
- 1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 Tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 2 Tablespoons sliced green onions
- 2 cups shredded, cooked chicken
- 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese
- 10 small flour tortillas
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Combine cream cheese, salsa, lime juice, ground cumin, chili powder, onion powder and garlic in a large bowl and stir until well combined. Once combined, stir in the cilantro and green onions. Add the chicken and cheese; mix thoroughly.
- Spoon 2-3 Tablespoons of the chicken mixture onto the lower third of a tortilla. Roll the tortilla as tightly as you can and place on a greased baking sheet, seam side down. Repeat with remaining tortillas and make sure to leave space between each taquito.
- Spray the tops lightly with cooking spray.
- Bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until crisp and golden in color.
Nutrition
Calories: 206kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 400mg | Potassium: 150mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 308IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 188mg | Iron: 2mg
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(recipe from: Our Best Bites)
Enjoy!
Dulce fresa
Oh my!! I need some taquitos right now.. they looks delicious..
Bonnie and Trish @ Uncommon
Those look SO yummy and I love a good make one for now and one for later meal! Thanks!
Jessica
This is my new favorite recipe! They're PERFECT for leftover chicken! I made a batch for after baby is born, and I still make them a lot for lunches because they're so quick, easy, and delicious!
Sally @ sally's baking addiction
these look so easy! so much better than regular fried taquitos. oh man, i love mexican food :)
Aimee
I tried a similar recipe, but instead of chicken I used some mexican flavored pulled pork we had leftover. It was absolutely divine!lmld.org
Kate
These sound wonderful! What a great way to use leftover chicken or to quickly poach a few pieces to shred. We will be having these for dinner this week! Thanks.
Noelle
Made these!! They were a hit, even my college boys ate them up!!! That's always the test!
Sara
These look amazing! Yum, super delicious - great flavors!
TheBookGirl
What a great idea for a fast yummy dinner...thanks for the tip on the flash freezing!
emily.beth
These sound heavenly! I am also a taquito fanatic and will most definitely be trying these out!
ButterYum
Oh me oh my.... I could lick my computer screen right now. That's how good your photo looks. Pinning!:)ButterYum
Candace
I love taquitos! I am so excited about the idea of homeade ones! These sound healthy and yummy! Great post! Keep the quick and easy dinner ideas coming.
Felicia E.
Found you via Pinterest and am so excited about this recipe. I love love taquitos and the fact that this is home made and freezeable just tops it off. You have a new faithful follower now!
mer
my husband loves taquitos. i am definitely making these this week! it'll be my new recipe of the week - part of my new year's resolution.
Amy L
Quick, Easy, yummy - that is what I am all about at dinner time! Thanks. Pinned and bookmarked for future use.
Cindy
These look delicious, I'm making them for diner tomorrow with some homemade refried beans (in the freezer) and cilantro lime rice. It will be one yummy meal. Thanks.
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel
I've done something similar to this before except used a buffalo chicken mixture instead of a traditional salsa & chicken mixture. So easy and really yummy. Great idea with the green salsa and flour tortillas; this looks like my lunch!
weissbunt
I'll definitely have to try this - yummy! Thanks for sharing - maks :)
cheapcraftymama
Those look great!!
Ladybug
These sound wonderful! I want to try them with corn tortillas to keep them gluten free. thanks for sharing!
Jen
Do you recommend a brand of green salsa?
Darcy Anne
two words..IN LOVE.These are so good I wish I could eat them everyday.seriously.
Gwen Pielstick
Hi. I just found this recipe on pinterest and can't wait to try it! I love your blog and you have such a nice family. Our kids are all grown, so I enjoy seeing pics of little ones again. Thanks for sharing! God bless!
Carin
Made these for dinner tonight...they were AWESOME! Definitely going in my recipe file for a yummy quick meal. Thank you so much for sharing :)
Anonymous
These are very good, I made exactly as stated. Next time I will reduce the spices as it was pretty overpowering for my taste buds.
Just Jaime
I've made these and they are delicious!!
celebrategoodness
These look so yummy! I wonder if reduced fat cream cheese would work? I'll definitely have to give these a try. Thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
Just curious how to cook the frozen ones. Thaw first and cook same way, or cook frozen?? Oh and BTW, these are in the oven as I type and they look/smell/taste (I had to taste the mixture) delicious!
Anonymous
How do you stop the corn tortillas fro splitting when you roll them? I just had major issues!
Pickle
I had the very same problem with the corn tortillas...they cracked and split open - some on the cookie sheet while prepping and all but one while in the oven baking.
emily
I've made these a few times, and trial and error has taught me this: Mission or another similar brand works best. More unprocessed tortillas (like the ones I usually buy from Trader Joe's) don't work well. Heat a couple of tortillas in the microwave for 10 seconds and then fill quickly. Also, don't over fill them.
Other notes: I use cilantro jalapeño hummus from Trader Joe's instead of cream cheese with good results. Also, I just made a batch and used my food processor to shred the chicken and mix everything together. Easy peasy! Love this recipe!
Anonymous
These were awesome!
Barbara
Made these, relatively easy and I must have gone heavier on the cilantro and chicken a bit because I ended up with 18 Will definitely make again!
Sarah
Those look amazing!I featured this on my blog today:http://craftingandcreativity.blogspot.com/2012/03/things-i-like-thursday-25.htmlSarah
Anonymous
To the previous poster...if you heat the corn tortillas in the microwave for 30 seconds (3-5 at a time) it will prevent tearing.
Pickle
I did this and they still cracked....I think I'm cursed! It seems like as they sat during prep that more of them cracked. Should I have moistened the towel I placed them in during the microwaving?
Meghan
Wow! I just made these for dinner and they are amazing! They whip up fast, cook quickly, and they taste great. My kids are gobbling them up. I love that you can make the filling ahead and freeze them too. Thanks for sharing these!
Wickfree Woman
LOVE Taquitos and more important love the fact that we can freeze these. Thank you for sharing!
Anonymous
I just made these tonight. They were soooo good! I didn't use the chili powder as I didn't want them too spicy. I also bought a fresh rotisserie chicken for the pulled chicken to save some time. Great recipe! Thanks for sharing!
bethanndodd
Sounds great...just pinned the recipe ;) Thanks for sharing!Smiles~Beth
Kim @ Too Much Time
These look super scrumptious! I would be totally excited if you stopped by to link these up this weekend at my party:)Kimhttp://too-much-time.com/2012/03/get-schooled-saturday-13.html
Melissa
Yummy! I've seen a bunch of people pinning this, and it looks so good!!!
Vanessa @ See Vanessa Craft
Looks YUMMY! I would love for you to link up to Do Something Crafty Friday: http://seevanessacraft.com/2012/03/do-something-crafty-30/
Danielle
I love all your recipes. These look so good! I have a Sunday Blog Hop going on right now and would love for you to enter your cute blog:>http://blissfulanddomestic.blogspot.com/2012/03/sunday-blog-hop-4_10.html
Rikelle
Yumm-o. Thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
I did that :-(. We even rubbed the tortillas with oil while they were warm. Maybe I should use a different brand next time. Thanks, though.
Abi
Is it possible to make this with beef instead?
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raising4princesses
You are so amazing. You should just open a restaurant! Thanks for this yummy recipe! I'm pinning. If you're interested I have a link party on my site today and I'd love you to join it. Maria at http://caribbeanmissionarywife.blogspot.com/2012/03/t-time-67-and-link-party.html
Jamie
WOW!! These taquitos were AMAZING! I made these last night - I am not in love with cooking, and I really hate to stand in the kitchen for hours, chopping and prepping, etc. But the filling for these taquitos was super easy to make and then they only took like 15 minutes to cook - it was like the best recipe ever! :) Then, to top it off, they were so flavorful and delicious! Thanks for posting!! We'll definitely make these again and again.
Amy Lorbach
Found this on Pinterest and made them last week...they were so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
monicaspartylite
This recipe has so many excellent reviews, I can't wait to try them at my next party. Thank you for sharing
Anonymous
I made these tonight. My whole family LOVED them! They were amazing. I followed the directions exactly. My twin 4-year-olds thought they were the best! I love, love, love your blog. I have made at least 20 things now (seriously), and you never do me wrong. Wonderful job, Nikki! :-)
Anonymous
omg I made these for dinner tonight!!!! the were to die for! I forgot to buy green salsa but I had a can of green enchilada sauce so I use a little bit of that and they still turned out great! Thanks for the recipe!!!
Kathryn Beach
I was brought here cause someone Pinned this. I wanted to let you know that I made this but edited it for its heat content (I have small children and one in particular who is quite sensitive to anything in the least bit spicy)... Anyhow, I just amped up the cumin a bit and a tad more garlic for flavor and they were STILL fantastic! LOVE them. Thanks so much!!! I
Sarah
This will be the second time I'm making these. They are to die for! Thank you so much for sharing your recipes :)
Mandie
Just made for a bible study. Turned out awesome!!!! I bought tortillas that were a little too big, so they ended up being extremely filling.
Ellie
These are delicious!!!! I bought a Costco chicken already cooked and used a green tomatillo salsa from there. Excellent! Will be making these over and over again. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Cam
These are the greatest taquito's I've ever had in my life. I've never made them before and they turned out excellent. I added black beans and it was perfect. I'm going to make these all the time now. It's a keeper!
Kadi
I found this recipe on pinterest. It is so yummy. I have made them 3x now. Once we ate right away, once I froze it and we ate later in the week. The third time I made them was for family that had a baby at 27 weeks. I made froze them to keep around to eat between hospital visits. Thank you for the yummy recipe.
Tracie
Just made these a couple days ago; and they were a huge hit! There is only my husband and I so we had leftovers and my husband who never eats leftovers, ate them the next day and was happy to do so. This is def going to be a staple in my recipe box!
Erin
I made these tonight and they were a BIG hit! Although I have to admit a dumb mistake I made - in your ingredient list, it says "1 cup shredded Mexican flavored cheesesmall flour or corn tortillas" (I think you just missed an enter in the middle) - but I thought it actually was talking about some special Mexican flour called "cheesesmall flour" that you could use to make tortillas. It wasn't until I was reading the directions and it said to add cheese that I figured out what was going on. Haha!!
Alyson k
I made these for a birthday party & they were a big hit! Even when we returned home from an evening of dancing & frosty beverages, they were great just be reheating for a few seconds in the microwave!
I've already been asked to share the recipe!
Lizzie
I made these last night. This recipe does not disappoint and they are delicious served with guacamole!
I quickly poached and shredded some chicken tenderloins for this recipe. I also used 1/3 less fat cream cheese and reduced fat shredded cheese.
I used Mission carb balance tortillas. The carb balance version didn't come in the smaller package of 12 soft taco tortillas., so I had 8 fajita-sized tortillas. I stuffed all of them pretty generously and I still have filling leftover. I need to get some more tortillas so that I can enjoy the rest of this. Two taquitos was plenty for me with chips, salsa, and guac. My fiance' ate four.
These were delicious. A bit of work, but nothing at all difficult. Great recipe, thanks!
Nancy lemon
My daughter gave me this recipe and it's been such a hit with my bridge club and my girls' weekend at the beach. I freeze them and take them to my grand daughter in college and she LOVES having them in the freezer to pull out as a meal or snack. I serve them with guacamole and sore cream ...YUM!!!!
Kimberly
I want to make these for dinner tonight. But I'm just curious...how do you get the seams to stay together while they bake? I'll be using corn tortillas...do those work without falling apart? :) Thanks!
Emily
I am so glad I found this recipe, it is fantastic! My boyfriend loves taquitos from the frozen food section, but I don't like to buy prepackaged meals so I tried out this recipe. He said it was 100x better than the frozen stuff. I will definitely be making these again! I didn't have any green salsa on hand so I just used regular and it tasted great.
nicole
I just made your taquitos, though mine look more like enormous burritos! but so delicious! Thank you for yet another amazing recipe!!!
Jennifer
Given the amount of exclamation points used with every sentence in your description, I think I have to try making these.
Tayona
my second time making this recipe and its been awhile.. The hubby can't wait for supper tonight!
RM, Home Confetti
Happened to stumble upon this recipe and just made it for my family--was very good! My family loved them -- even my 6 year old twin girls. thanks!!
Julie
In the directions it says to add chicken and cheese as the last steps for the filling. But the only cheese I see in the recipe is the cream cheese which was already put in the bowl. So...should I be adding some sort of shredded cheese to this as well? If so, how much?
Chef in Training
sorry for the confusion :) In the directions, it says 1 cup Mexican shredded cheese. That is the cheese it is referring to when it says to add the chicken and the cheese. It was accidentally combined with small tortillas so it was hard to read. I fixed that now. Let me know if you have anymore questions. I am more than happy to help :)
Lisa
Oh, this is one of my favorite recipes ever from Our Best Bites!(Next to their fancy sloppy joes.)
Try it with shredded rotisserie chicken, you won"t ever go back to anything else!
Becky
Isn't this the dairy free menu?
nicole
Mine come out the size of burritos but oh my gosh are they fabulous that way! Thanks for the plate full of delicious-ness!
Ginger
You've been featured on my Pinterest Props post. http://www.gingerlymade.com/2013/02/foodie-friday-pinterest-props.html
Christina Stewart
This is one of our favorite recipes! SO GOOD!
Amy O
These were delicious! Thank you so much for the recipe. We also used some leftover grilled steak and some jalapeno pepper cheese for a little spice and they were amazing.
Heather
This was amazing! I only had regular salsa and lime juice and they still were awesome. Will definitely make this again!
Lauree Kramer
These were so good! We made a double batch for company and they were devoured. I used corn tortillas since we were eating them right away but would use flour tortillas if I was going to freeze a batch because the corn crack when you roll them (yes, I warmed them up). Definitely a favorite.
Stephanie
These are one of my favorite things to make. I could eat the filling on its own. Very yummy! Thanks for the recipe.
Allie
I made these today for my Cinco de Mayo party and they were a huge, huge hit. Thanks for the recipe!
Jenni
I made these and they are amazing!!!
Michelle
These were amazing. I made these last night and my sweetheart loved them. He is a fan of tacos so any type of tacos I try to make. These were great! Thanks for the added recipe.
KS
Loved the flavors!!! My family totally gobbled these up. Thank you so much for the recipe. I did want to bring up one point though: we decided to use corn tortillas (since you give an option of using either corn or flour), but that was a big mistake. I couldn't roll corn tortillas tightly without cracking them. I tried rolling them cold, I tried rolling them warmed up (as you suggest)--and the result was not pretty (it was actually worse when they were warmed up). So while the final result and the flavors were amazing, they looked far from pretty. Thankfully, the family didn't care--but I would definitely stick with flour tortillas next time.
Katy
loved these. they are so flavorful. served them with sour cream, fresh salsa and guacamole. so delicious. thanks for sharing this. cant wait to make them again!
Amy
These are delicious! My boys LOVE them, which is not their usual approach to food. Like with flour tortillas. Have frozen the extras and they are still good when left in fridge to defrost before baking. Yummy!
jess
Could you bake these first , then freeze and just heat in the microwave?!
Alicia L
We make these weekly and sometimes add a little ranch mix into it. My husband is very picky and takes left overs to work, which he normally hates left overs from anything lol
Suzy
You need to give credit to Best Bites - since it looks like you copied (almost) word for word on here. Please give credit where credit due!
Chef in Training
they are actually were and are sited underneath the title. I always give credit where credit is due. I firmly believe in that. And I actually posted this recipe before I new much about how to adapt and change a recipe. I have now changed the wording up a bit so it is not word for word. Thanks for bringing that to my attention :)
Donna
My husband does not like anything spicy. Is there anything I can leave out so it isn't spicy, but yet still tastes good?
Natalie
Hi there! How would you cook the chicken?
KB
Can anyone tell me how many taquitos this recipe makes? I am wondering if I need to double it for the number of people I am feeding.
Kay-M
I agree with KB - it would be nice to know how many this is 'supposed' to make
SGB
You have 12 ingredients. 5 require processing. 5 others are ones that I normally don't have in the house.
This is NOT a 'so easy to make' recipe. It's a medium recipe. Something I would consider doing ONLY if I was doing a huge batch for the freezer.
Amelia
Do you have the nutritional information for these?
martha
It is a hot hot day, too hot to light the oven. I just made these and put them out on the grill on foil to bake! Thank you for the recipe~!
Linda
Are these chicken taquitos very spicy?
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Krista
These look soo good!! How many taquitos does this recipe make? Thx!
Emily
Trying to plan how many to make for 3 adults plus some to go in the freezer. Can you please adjust the recipe to note the quantity the recipe makes as written? May also be helpful to add number of tortillas needed - I see some people in the comments ran out of tortillas before the filling was used up. Thanks! I made these before and enjoyed them, but I can't remember the yield.
Leigh
So easy! And I love taking a frozen gallon bag of these to new parents when I bring a meal to them. One meal for now, these taquitos for a later meal!
Dee
Looks good! I was planning to make this for my large family tonight, but there is no number of servings listed. :-( Approximately, how many does this make?
Jennifer fisher
I am going to make this recipe for my graduation party and I am having like 52 or more people at my party and I am going to make all the food
Kylee Johnson
These are my absolute favorites!!