Taquitos
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Air Fryer Taquitos taste like your favorite tacos, but rolled out. They're super easy and quick to make, so TASTY and delicious, and they're a crowd pleaser! These taquitos are perfect as an appetizer, a lunch, and freeze so well! Be sure to watch the video and step by step tips for that absolute crisp texture we LOVE!
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Ingredients
Beef
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 teaspooon oil
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
Taquitos Filling
- Cooked ground beef Recipe above
- 2/3 cup black beans drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup Salsa homemade or store-bought
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 cup red onions diced
- 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper or to taste
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 cup cilantro minced
- 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese shredded or Monterey jack
Tortillas
- 24 mini tortillas 4.5 inch size corn or flour tortillas
- 1/4 cup oil avocado oil divided
To serve
- Sauces Poblano Sauce or Nacho cheese sauce
- 2 tomatoes diced
- 1 avocado diced
- 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
- 1 lime wedges
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 green onions minced
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Notes
- Authentically, this recipe would be made with corn tortillas. However, if you’re not a fan of corn tortillas, you can use flour tortillas as we did so here.
- Choose your filing and make it as personalized to your taste as you prefer.
- When buying the tortilla, make sure to buy the small 4.5 inch size as these roll up to snack size taquitos.
- Corn or flour tortillas work well for this recipe.
- The trick to soft and pliable tortillas to roll up is the oil dip. You don't need alot of oil, just a thin layer that you'll dip the tortilla in swiftly on both sides, shaking off any excess.
- Avoid overfilling the taquito, this will make the filling seep out during cooking.
- Make sure to flip the taquitos halfway during air frying, as the air fryer heat is mainly at the top. So you'll need to flip halfway for even cooking.
- Depending on your air fryer you may ned between 9-12 mins max total cooking time. Make sure to flip at the 5 minute and decide at the point how much longer you'll need.
- Storing, preparing in advance, serving options and much more are covered below.
- Any SAUCE is great! In the video here you can see we used our Poblano Sauce. We also love dipping them in Authentic Guacamole Recipe, Homemade Salsa, Nacho Cheese Sauce Recipe, Garlic Parmesan Sauce or even Spicy Mayo.
- Authentically, this recipe would be made with corn tortillas. However, if you’re not a fan of corn tortillas, you can use flour tortillas as we did so here.
- Follow the same steps as we did with this recipe, but substitute cooked chicken for the cooked ground beef. This would be a great recipe if you have leftover rotisserie chicken for example. Or even use the same Buffalo Chicken Wrap recipe for the chicken.
- Traditionally, a taquitos is small rolled like taco made using a small size corn tortilla rolled up. Flautas on the other hand, are larger size flour tortillas rolled. After testing a few times, we have successfully made our Chicken Flautas in the air fryer!
- There are several ways to keep the tortillas pliable when rolling, especially corn tortillas as they are more sensitive than flour tortillas. You can place them in the microwave for a few seconds, and then roll right away while they're still soft. Don't wait after that as they become even harder.
- You can also heat them in a small non-stick skillet over medium heat for just 1 minute total flipping them halfway. However we have found that dipping them in a shallow plate of oil, shaking off excess oil is the most helpful. Not only does it make the tortillas easy to roll, it also helps with a crisp crust when air frying.
- Yes! Follow our recipe for Chicken Flautas as we walk you step by step (and video) how to cook them in the oven. You will prepare the filling, dip in oil and roll the same way. Cook them in a single layer on a baking sheet for 12-15 minutes or so in a 400 degree F preheated oven.
- Any leftover taquitos store very well in an airtight container in the fridge after cooling completely.
- We love freezing them after they've air fried and cooked. Place them in a ziploc bag once cooled completely and freeze them for upto 3 months. You can alternatively freeze the taquitos when rolled and before air frying, however, you may notice some tend to un roll or open up during freezing.
- To reheat leftovers: simply place them in the air fryer at 350 degrees and heat them for 4 minutes. For frozen taquitos that have already been cooked, place them likewise in a single layer at 350 degrees for 8 minutes shaking them halfway.
- If you're cooking raw frozen taquitos, arrange them in a single layer and cook them at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes flipping halfway.
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