These easy beef taquitos are a 5-ingredient dinner recipe made with tortillas stuffed with a flavorful beef mixture and cheese. Serve these beef taquitos as an appetizer or for an easy dinner recipe.
This recipe for easy beef taquitos is the perfect easy dinner recipe great for meal prep. Made with only 5 ingredients, these taquitos can be frozen for a quick and easy freezer meal.
They can also be made into gluten-free beef taquitos by using gluten-free tortillas and a gluten-free taco seasoning.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- 5-Ingredient Meal
- Greater Freezer Meal
- Kid-Friendly Recipe
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Ground Beef - Ground beef or ground venison work great for this recipe.
- Taco Seasoning - The blend of spices in taco seasoning adds amazing flavor to these taquitos.
- Cream Cheese - Cream cheese makes the meat mixture inside the taquitos extra creamy and flavorful.
- Cheddar Cheese - Cheddar cheese adds to the flavors inside the taquitos. You can use whatever shredded cheese you have on hand.
- Tortillas - Flour tortillas work perfectly for this recipe. If you are gluten-free, you can use gluten-free flour tortillas.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Cast Iron Skillet - We love using a cast iron skillet to brown the beef and combine the meat, seasoning and cream cheese.
- Sheet Pan - A sheet pan is necessary to place the assembled taquitos on to bake.
- Spatula - You need a spatula to help brown the beef and also to flip the taquitos while they bake.
How to Make Beef Taquitos
Step 1. Brown the beef in a skillet.
Step 2. Add taco seasoning to the beef.
Step 3. Add cream cheese and stir to allow it to melt into the beef.
Step 4. Mix to combine the ingredients.
Step 5. Assemble the beef taquitos.
Step 6. Line the taquitos on a sheet pan.
Step 7. Bake the taquitos in the oven and flip over halfway through.
Step 8. Flip back over to serve.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
This recipe makes 12-15 taquitos depending on the size of tortillas you use. We use fajita flour tortillas to make 15 taquitos.
These taquitos are best served topped with our homemade mango salsa, sour cream and cilantro.
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Expert Tips & Variations
- Make ahead freezer meal. We love to make a large batch of these taquitos to freeze for easy lunches or dinners. Simply warm up the taquitos and add your favorite toppings to enjoy.
- Add extra flavor. You can easily customize this recipe and add more flavor by adding hot sauce, additional seasoning or spices and salsa to the inside of the taquitos.
How to Store Beef Taquitos
- Refrigerator - in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
- Freezer - in an airtight container or freezer-safe bag for 2-3 months.
Recipe FAQ
Yes, we love to use ground venison in this recipe.
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Easy Beef Taquitos
These easy beef taquitos are a 5-ingredient dinner recipe made with tortillas stuffed with a flavorful beef mixture and cheese. Serve these beef taquitos as an appetizer or for an easy dinner recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 package taco seasoning ( + water per the packet instructions)
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 15 tortillas
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Add the ground beef to the skillet and cook over medium to brown the beef.
- Turn the burner to low and add the taco seasoning and the appropriate amount of water according to the seasoning packet instructions.
- Stir to combine the seasoning and the meat.
- Add 4 ounces cream cheese to the skillet and stir to combine and allow the cream cheese to melt into the meat.
- When the cream cheese is completely combined with the meat, remove the skillet from the heat.
- Assemble the taquitos by adding a spoonful or two of meat to a tortillas with cheese then rolling the tortilla up.
- Place the rolled tortillas in a line on the sheet pan.
- When all of the taquitos are assembled, place the pan in the oven.
- Bake for 7 minutes at 350 degrees.
- After 7 minutes use a spatula to flip the taquitos over.
- Bake for an additional 7-8 minutes.
- Remove the baked taquitos from the oven and flip back over so the seam side is down.
- Allow the taquitos to cool before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 15 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 330Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 411mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 2gSugar: 0gProtein: 16g
