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Chicken taquitos with tomato salsa recipe

Chicken taquitos with tomato salsa recipe

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Get rolling with these flavoursome Mexican taquitos with tomato salsa. They're packed with gooey cheese and tender pieces of chicken with just the right hint of spicy kick from the paprika. These extra-crispy tortilla rolls are ready and waiting for a dive into chunky homemade tomato salsa. See method

  • Makes 8 taquitos
  • 20 mins to prepare and 15 mins to cook
  • 623 calories / serving

Ingredients

For the chicken taquitos

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra for frying
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • 3 rotisserie cooked chicken breasts, shredded
  • 100g (3 1/2oz) grated Cheddar cheese
  • 1 x pack 8 tortilla wraps

For the tomato salsa

  • 1/2 green chilli, seeded if preferred
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 large tomato (or 6 canned tomatillos)
  • 1 spring onion, chopped
  • handful coriander leaves, chopped
If you don't have any Cheddar, try using another hard cheese

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2625kj
    623kcal     31%

  • Fat

    22g 31%

  • Saturates

    7g 37%

  • Sugars

    5g 5%

  • Salt

    1.5g 24%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 73.9g Protein 37.7g Fibre 5.3g

Method

  1. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Stir through the garlic and cook for 1 minute more, then add the cumin and paprika and cook for 30 seconds.
  2. Add the chicken to the pan along with a couple of tablespoons of water and cook until well coated with the spicy onion mixture and any liquid has been absorbed. Set aside to cool a little then stir through the cheese.
  3. Divide the chicken mixture between the tortillas, placing in a strip along the middle of each. Then roll into a cylinder and secure the seam with 2 cocktail sticks. Pour some vegetable oil into a large deep frying pan or saucepan until it comes 1 cm (1/2in) up the side of the pan.
  4. Set over a medium heat and heat until a piece of bread sizzles and turns golden when added to the pan. Cook the taquitos in batches for 7 – 10 minutes, carefully turning over with tongs until lightly golden and crisp. Leave to drain on kitchen paper and keep warm while you cook the rest.
  5. To make the salsa, simply whiz the ingredients together in a small blender or chop together until a paste forms, then season to taste. Arrange the taquitos on serving plates, removing the cocktails stick and drizzle over the salsa to serve.

Tip: If you are having difficulty rolling the tortillas, warm them in a microwave for 10 seconds to make a little more pliable.

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