Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Chicken Taquitos

This is a really easy, great for guests, easy to prepare ahead of time and just delicious.

Chicken Taquitos
makes 16

5 chicken breasts
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 onion
a packet of fajita seasoning
250g salsa
1 red chilli (optional)
a lime (a quater for the dish - 3/4 for serving with)
grated cheese
16 tortilla wraps

serve with: low fat greek yoghurt, extra salsa, extra cheese, lime wedges and green salad

-     Preheat oven to 220 degrees
-    Chop chicken into small bite size pieces and fry for 5 mins.
-    Dice onion, chilli and pepper, add to chicken

-    Add fajita seasoning and simmer for a furthur 5 mins
-    Mix in salsa and squeeze in lime juice
-    Heat up wraps in microwave for one min on a plate
-    Take a wrap and spoon about two large dessert spoons on to one side of the wrap

-    Sprinkle the chicken with cheese and wrap the tortilla as tightly as possible
-    Repeat with all tortillas
-    Place taquitos on a lightly oiled oven tray, seam side down, making sure you leave gaps in between each one
-    Bake for 10 – 15 mins but keep your eye on them as they brown quickly

This is a great dish that you can make ahead of time, you can package them individually wrapped in cling film and freeze them, then bake from frozen for more like 15-20 mins, but again keep your eye on them. 


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