Friday, May 11, 2012

Oven Chicken Taquitos...sort of

I realize that's a very ambiguous title and I apologize, but I wasn't exactly sure how to categorize this recipe. It is an adaptation from this recipe (Chimichangas) on the RLRoberts Family Recipes, but I had chicken to use instead of pork and rolled them up instead of folding burrito style. Whatever you want to call it, they are delicious...and fast...and easy...and go great with the previous Queso Blanco recipe on Easy Peasy. It would be a great use for leftover chicken from the holidays. You can halve or double the recipe as needed.

This picture was an afterthought--we were enjoying eating them too much! The extra chicken on the sides is because I ran out of tortillas, not because it came out of the taquitos.

2-3 cups cooked shredded chicken
up to 1/2 cup chicken broth
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 to 1/2 tsp ground oregano
salt and pepper, to taste
8-10 flour tortillas
1 Tbsp melted butter (optional)

Preheat oven to 500'F. Grease the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
Add spices to chicken and heat in a skillet. Add broth as needed to keep moist. Remove from heat.
Brush both sides of the tortilla with water. (This helps it stick together and seal in the filling.) Spoon chicken mixture into tortilla, roll tightly, and place in the pan. Repeat with remaining tortillas and chicken mixture.
Brush top with melted butter to aid with browning.
Bake 8-10 minutes until golden. Serve with your choice of sides-salsa, guacamole, queso, etc.

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