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Beef And Cheese Baked Taquitos

  • Author: Holley Grainger
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 15 servings 1x
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Cuisine: Mexican

Description

Skip the froze, store-bought taquitos or greasy fried restaurant ones and make your own speedy Beef and Cheese Baked Taquitos for a party-ready snack or appetizer. Ingredients

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Ingredients

  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp garlic (minced)
  • ½ cup yellow onion (finely chopped )
  • 1 lb lean ground beef
  • ¾1 cup mild red enchilada sauce
  • 1½ cup chopped spinach
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese (shredded )
  • 15 6” corn tortilla

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onions and sauté for 5 minutes. Add ground beef and cook 5 to 7 more minutes or until done. Drain liquid from meat.
  3. Stir in enchilada sauce, spinach, cumin, paprika, chili powder, salt and pepper.
  4. Cook for an additional 5 minutes. Stir in cheese.
  5. Line baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray.
  6. Warm tortillas per package instructions.
  7. Spoon 2 tbsp of beef mixture in the middle of each tortilla. Roll each tortilla tightly from the top. Line all taquitos on baking sheet. Spray top with cooking spray or brush with additional olive oil.
  8. Bake for 15-18 minutes until brown and crispy.