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Chicken Taquitos Recipe

How to make perfect, golden, crispy corn tortilla chicken taquitos topped with Mexican cream and an avocado salsa, a lunchtime favorite throughout Mexico.

Prep 20m
Cook 15m
Total 35m
Yield 16 servings
Source: mexicanfoodjournal.com by Douglas Cullen

🥄 Ingredients

  • 2 very ripe avocados
  • 3 small tomatillos
  • 6 sprigs of cilantro
  • 1/4 white onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 16 corn tortillas
  • 1 1/4 lb boneless chicken breast
  • 2 cups cooking oil
  • 1/4 cup Mexican cream ((crema))
  • 3 ounces shredded queso fresco
  • 16 toothpicks

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Preparing the Salsa

    Preparing the Salsa

  2. Cooking the Chicken

    Cooking the Chicken

  3. Rolling the Taquitos

    Rolling the Taquitos

  4. Frying the Taquitos

    Frying the Taquitos

  5. Assembling the Taquitos

    Assembling the Taquitos

📊 Nutrition (per serving)

188 kcal Calories
15 g Carbs
11 g Protein
10 g Fat

Nutritional values are estimates from the original source.