Make taquitos, or rolled tacos, at home with this super easy recipe that uses canned or rotisserie chicken, cheese, and hot pepper sauce. The filling is easy to adjust — add sliced jalapeños if you prefer lots of heat. Bake until crisp and serve as an appetizer or side dish with your favorite salsa. You can also serve them as a main course topped with lettuce, tomato, olives, sour cream, and more.
Prep Time::15 mins
Cook Time::30 mins
Total Time::45 mins
Servings::6
Yield::12 taquitos
Ingredients
cooking spray
1 (10 ounce) can chicken chunks, drained or 1 1/4 cups rotisserie chicken, chopped
¼ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
5 drops hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco), or more to taste
12 corn tortillas
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
Combine chicken and cheese in a bowl; stir in hot pepper sauce to taste.
Warm tortillas one at a time in a skillet over medium heat until flexible, about 10 seconds per side.
Spread about 1 heaping tablespoonful of chicken mixture over half of a warmed tortilla. Roll tightly to form a taquito starting at the filled side of the tortilla. Place seam-side down in the prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden crisp and to your liking, about 20 to 30 minutes.
Cook’s Note
Sometimes I add finely chopped onion to the chicken mix.