Shredded Beef Taquitos {Easy, Healthier, Baked Taquitos} Recipe
Cheesy Shredded Beef Taquitos that are baked, not fried! This baking method makes cooking a big batch of taquitos a breeze, and less clean-up. They are also healthier, not greasy, and you still get that crunchy crispy outer shell.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 20 taquitos
- Category: Appetizer, Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Shredded Beef Filling
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup onion, minced
- 2 cups Mexican Shredded Beef, drained (about 1 pound)
- 4 ounces canned green chiles, un-drained (fire roasted)
- 2 cups finely shredded cheese (Monterey cheese)
- ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
Shredded Beef Taquitos
- Oil cooking spray
- 20 corn tortillas (Mission Super Soft Yellow corn tortillas, 6″ each)
Instructions
- Shredded Beef Filling: Heat olive oil in a skillet, cook onions, add shredded beef, green chiles, and salt. Cool, then stir in cheese.
- Shredded Beef Taquitos: Preheat oven. Soften tortillas, fill with beef mixture, roll, and bake until browned and crisp.
Notes
- For Mexican Shredded Beef, warm if refrigerated to drain excess liquids.
- If in a hurry, skip cooking beef filling for more moisture inside taquitos.
- For flour tortillas, warm in microwave, fill, roll, bake until crisp.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 taquito
- Calories: 122 kcal
- Sugar: 1.5g
- Fat: 6.2g
- Saturated Fat: 2.6g
- Carbohydrates: 10.8g
- Fiber: 1.7g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 21.3mg
