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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