Mexican
Crispy Chicken Taquitos
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Crispy Chicken Taquitos is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Mix the shredded chicken with the softened cream cheese, Monterey Jack, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, and salt.
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Warm the corn tortillas until pliable so they roll without cracking.
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Spoon a line of the chicken filling along each tortilla and roll tightly, securing with a toothpick.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high until shimmering.
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Fry the taquitos in batches, turning, until golden and crisp, about 3 minutes, then drain on paper towels.
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Serve hot with salsa and guacamole for dipping.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Crispy Chicken Taquitos, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Crispy Chicken Taquitos carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 750 kcal
- Protein
- 43 g
- Carbs
- 33 g
- Fat
- 50 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
- Saturated fat
- 15 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Crispy Chicken Taquitos takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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