Creamy jalapeno chicken is cooked to perfection in the slow cooker and then wrapped in a tortilla and finished up in the oven to bake to a perfect crispness!
Prep Time2 hourshrs
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time2 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Jalapeno Taquitos
Servings: 20
Author: Rachael Yerkes
Ingredients
20small flour tortillas
1cupshredded mexican blend cheese
4ouncescream cheese
2lbschicken breast
Salt
Sauce
1jalapeno deseeded
2green bell peppers
1brick of cream cheese8 ounces
2limesjuiced
1Tbsonion powder
1/2Tbscumin
1/2Tbsgarlic powder
Instructions
Put all "Sauce" ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth
Put chicken in a slow cooker and pour sauce over top
Cook on low for 2-4 hours until chicken is cooked through
Dump all slow cooker contents into a mixer with paddle attachment and turn on medium speed to shred (should take about 20-30 seconds)
Heat remaining 4 ounces of cream cheese in microwave for 20 seconds
Stir cream cheese, chicken and sauce mixture, and shredded cheese together
Put about 2 Tbs of mixture on a small flour tortilla, leave about a half inch on either end so the mixture does not seep out when cooking, and roll up tight
Place seam down on a sprayed cookie sheet, and do this until you have all the tortillas filled
Preheat oven to 425
Spray tops of taquitos with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt
Bake for 15 minutes, or until tortilla edges start to turn golden brown.
Enjoy with favorite dipping sauce or guacamole
Notes
To make these into a freezer meal, roll taquitos with filling inside, and place on baking sheet and freeze. Once frozen, put in freezer safe bag. To cook preheat oven to 425, then bake for 20-25 minutes from frozen