Baked Chicken Taquitos With Mexican Street Corn

These chicken taquitos are baked, not fried! Filled with juicy shredded chicken, charred corn, cheeses, jalapeños and spices. They are extra crispy and packed with the filling so you can eat them for an easy weeknight dinner.

Forget those little frozen taquitos mom used to make for you and your friends after school, this is the ultimate taquitos dinner recipe you can serve your family!

This chicken taquitos recipe is super easy to make. Like, beyond easy. Each taquito is made up of a corn tortilla, filled with juicy seasoned and shredded chicken and a Mexican street corn mixture.

So everything is stuffed inside and totally addicting.

Chicken taquitos are just one of those classic staple after school snacks. You and your friends could eat an entire box of frozen taquitos in one sitting. But I want you to forget all of that now.

These are like taquitos 2.0 and they are awesome!

For starters, they are baked, not fried. And if you are wondering, they get crispy! So, so crispy.

We’ll be using corn tortillas, not flour tortillas.

If you are familiar with the taquitos from Costco or even the Cheesecake Factory taquitos, you will never want them again because these are the best homemade chicken taquitos!

I should mention how perfect they are the next day for lunch or you can freeze the leftovers (if there is any!) and heat them up another day for a quick family dinner.

My family friendly dinner rating on this is a 5 star, my kids gobble these up without a single complaint!

Taquitos are a Mexican based recipe. They consist of a corn tortilla stuffed with a filling, then tightly rolled into a cylinder shape.

Baked taquitos a bit lighter and don’t end up greasy like fried ones. And if you make them right they will still get crispy.

Mexican street corn is traditionally known as elote and boy is it good! Elote is hot corn on the cob that has been slathered with mayonnaise, crema (or sour cream), spices and cotija cheese, which is a Mexican cheesy thats crumbly and melts really well.

Here’s what’s in this Mexican street corn for these taquitos:

• Frozen Corn
• Sour Cream
• Mayonnaise
• Chili Powder
• Cotija Cheese (you can use feta cheese as a substitute)
• Lime Juice

Flautas and Taquitos

Flautas and taquitos look almost identical. So, the difference between a flauta and a taquito is that flautas are made with a flour tortilla and taquitos are made with a corn tortilla.

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Each tortilla is rolled up the same way and they both have a filling inside.

It’s a personal preference which you like the taste of better. If you have a gluten sensitivity being able to use corn tortillas is the route to go. So you’d definitely want to make taquitos vs flautas.

Quick Instructions

Here are some simple steps to making this chicken taquitos recipe:

• Heat the corn tortillas in the microwave, with a damp paper towel over top to get them warm and softened
• Oil a baking sheet and spread it all around
• Lay 6 corn tortillas out at a time on the baking sheet
• Spoon some of the filling on each tortilla, being mindful not to overfill or they won’t roll easily and could crack (see my photo, oops!)
• Roll them up
• Add more oil to the baking sheet if it gets dry
• Line the chicken taquitos up, seem side down on the baking sheet (watch the video)
• Bake until crispy

What To Serve Taquitos With

Serve your chicken taquitos with these super popular frozen strawberry margaritas and a big batch of homemade pico de gallo! Don’t forget the sour cream and some finely chopped iceberg lettuce.

If you want to eat them for dinner they are super filling. But if you want to make them for something to snack on or an appetizer for a party, that would work really well too!

More Southwest Recipes To Try

• Sheet Pan Steak Totchos – nachos but with tater tots and these are so amazing you will make them on repeat, your kids will love them
• Crock Pot Chicken Enchiladas With Elote (Mexican Street Corn) – These are seriously amazing, the Mexican street corn is out of this world
• Skillet Carnitas Nachos – A quick and easy carnitas nacho recipe
• Easy Southwest Steak Frites and Guacamole – Tender steak, wedge cut seasoned fries, guacamole and and all covered in jack cheese
• Skillet Chicken Jalapeño Cream Cheese Enchiladas – A bit quicker than rolled up enchiladas
• Short Rib Enchiladas With Tomatillo Sauce – The tomatillo sauce is so easy to make, or you can use a jar if you want
• Freezer Friendly Chicken Tortilla Soup – the best freezer friendly chicken tortilla soup, this stuff is amazing
• Chicken Street Tacos with Chipotle Aioli – this aioli is a showstopper and you need it

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