Big Family Freezer Meals Creamy Chicken Taquitos | Make-ahead Large Family Lunch
When craving something unique and delicious, make these Creamy Chicken Taquitos. They contain chicken, cheese, and other fresh ingredients that make them full of flavor and perfect to have for dinner or appetizers. These Creamy Chicken Taquitos also make a fantastic large family freezer meal, especially for quick no-brainier family lunches!
Ingredients
- 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup salsa verde
- 2 8.2 ounce packages fajita size flour tortillas
- 1 cup monterey jack cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spritz with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a bowl, blend the chicken, cream cheese, salsa, and monterey jack cheese.
- Place about 2 tablespoons of the chicken off-center in each tortilla. Roll up the tortilla as tightly as possible without tearing the tortilla and place on the baking sheet with the seam side down.
- Bake the taquitos for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Serve with additional salsa verde, sour cream, or guacamole.
Notes
LARGE FAMILY FREEZER MEAL DIRECTIONS: To make these Creamy Chicken Taquitos prepped ahead as a large family freezer meal follow the assembly steps listed above in step 2 and 3. Then place the Creamy Chicken Taquitos on a baking sheet to flash freeze for about an hour or so. Afterwards you can pack as many as you can in gallon freezer bags for when you need them. They should be good in the freezer for up to 3 months. When you need the Taquitos just pull out as many as you need and microwave for 2 or so minutes (microwave times may vary). You can also defrost the Taquitos and bake as directed above.