These buffalo chicken taquitos are an easy 5-ingredient dinner recipe. Stuffed with creamy buffalo chicken and cheese, these taquitos are baked until crispy for a delicious meal.
This recipe for buffalo chicken taquitos is a simple, 5-ingredient dinner recipe filled with flavor for an easy weeknight meal.
Traditional taquitos are small corn tortillas stuffed with filling and rolled up to fry until crispy. To make this classic recipe into a filling meal, we use medium-size flour tortillas and load them with a generous amount of buffalo chicken and cheese.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- 30 Minute Meal
- Easy Dinner
- Great for Meal Prep
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Shredded Chicken - Shredded chicken works best for this recipe. You can cook your chicken then shred it or use a rotisserie chicken.
- Buffalo Sauce - You can use store-bought buffalo sauce or make your own by combining ⅓ cup olive oil, ⅓ cup hot sauce, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon paprika and a pinch of salt.
- Cream Cheese - Cream cheese gives the buffalo chicken a creamy texture.
- Mozzarella Cheese - Shredded mozzarella cheese pairs perfectly with the buffalo chicken flavors and melts into the chicken inside the taquitos for delicious cheese flavor. You can use whatever shredded cheese you have on hand.
- Tortillas - You can use medium-size store-bought tortillas for this recipe or gluten-free tortillas to make it gluten-free.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Skillet - A cast iron skillet works perfectly for warming the chicken, sauce and cream cheese up to mix them together.
- Sheet Pan - You need a sheet pan to bake the taquitos on.
How to Make Buffalo Chicken Taquitos
Step 1. Add the shredded chicken and buffalo sauce to a skillet.
Step 2. Stir to coat the chicken in the sauce.
Step 3. Add the cream cheese to the skillet.
Step 4. Stir to melt the cream cheese and mix it into the chicken.
Step 5. Add the chicken and mozzarella cheese to a tortilla then roll the tortilla up.
Step 6. Place the rolled tortillas on a sheet pan and place the pan in the oven to bake.
Step 7. Once the bottoms are crispy, flip the taquitos over.
Step 8. Remove the pan from the oven then flip the taquitos back over so the seam is on the pan.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
This recipe makes anywhere from 6 large taquitos to 12 smaller taquitos. We love to serve them topped with sour cream and green onion.
Be sure to serve the taquitos with Mango Salsa, Cowboy Caviar and Jalapeno Popper Dip as sides to the meal.
Expert Tips & Variations
- Line the sheet pan with parchment paper. This helps the taquitos to not stick to the pan making it easier to flip them while cooking in the oven.
- Use a rotisserie chicken. To make the meal even easier, use a rotisserie chicken for the shredded chicken.
How to Store Taquitos
- Refrigerator - in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days.
Recipe FAQ
Yes! Simply use gluten-free tortillas instead of regular flour tortillas.
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Buffalo Chicken Taquitos
These buffalo chicken taquitos are an easy 5-ingredient dinner recipe. Stuffed with creamy buffalo chicken and cheese, these taquitos are baked until crispy for a delicious meal.
Ingredients
- 3 cups shredded chicken
- ⅔ cup buffalo sauce
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- 1.5 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 12 flour tortillas
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Add the shredded chicken to a skillet and pour the buffalo sauce over the chicken.
- Stir to mix the sauce and chicken together.
- Turn the burner to low heat and add the cream cheese to the skillet.
- Stir the chicken and cream cheese together to melt the cream cheese into the chicken.
- Once the cream cheese is melted, remove the skillet from the stovetop.
- Begin assembling the taquitos by adding a a generous amount of buffalo chicken to the center of each tortilla.
- Sprinkle the chicken with mozzarella cheese.
- Roll the tortillas up into a roll and place on the sheet pan with the seam side of the roll down on the pan.
- Transfer the sheet pan to the preheated oven and bake the taquitos at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
- At 10 minutes, check the taquitos to see if the bottom is crispy. If the bottom is not crispy yet, leave the in the oven for 5 more minutes.
- When the bottom is crispy, remove the sheet pan from the oven.
- Flip every taquito over so the seam side is facing up.
- Return the sheet pan into the oven and bake for 10 additional minutes.
- Remove the sheet pan from the oven and flip the taquitos back over so the seam is down on the pan. The tops should be crispy now.
- Allow the taquitos to cool slightly before topping with sour cream or ranch to enjoy.
Notes
Homemade Buffalo Sauce
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ⅓ cup hot sauce
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 275Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 692mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 2gSugar: 1gProtein: 16g
