How to Prepare Delicious Buffalo Style Baked Taquitos

Buffalo Style Baked Taquitos. This is an excellent recipe once you adjust to your preferred heat level. I used Sweet Baby Rays Buffalo Wing sauce. My first batch of taquitos were barely edible due to the heat.

These make a great appetizer or game day snack or even a yummy lunch. (This pic is actually of my creamy salsa taquitos, but they end up looking the same). Taquitos are great game food, in my opinion, and buffalo anything is perfect for game day. So from that, these chicken taquitos were born! You can cook Buffalo Style Baked Taquitos using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Buffalo Style Baked Taquitos

1. It's 2 cups of shredded chicken (I used chicken cooked in my slow cooker.
2. You need 4 oz. of cream cheese, softened to room temperature.
3. It's 1/2 cup of onion, finely diced.
4. Prepare 1/4 cup of buffalo style sauce (Frank's or Sweet Baby Rays).
5. You need 1/2 cup of blue cheese crumbles.
6. It's 1/4 tsp. of garlic powder.
7. You need to taste of salt and pepper.
8. You need of flour or whole wheat tortillas (6 or 8 inch size).
9. Prepare of Olive oil, for brushing.
10. It's of ranch or blue cheese dressing (optional for dipping).

I took some inspiration from the delicious Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos that I made awhile back. I cannot make baked taquitos without sprinkling them with salt because of those chicken taquitos. In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, buffalo sauce, chicken, and cheddar until well combined. Can be served as a main dish or appetizer.

Buffalo Style Baked Taquitos instructions

1. You can use corn tortillas rather than flour, if you'd prefer. If so, warm them slightly to make them less likely to tear when rolling***.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking tray with foil and grease it. Set aside..
3. In a medium bowl, stir together the softened cream cheese, buffalo style sauce and blue cheese crumbles (If you're not a fan of blue cheese, feel free to use a different shredded cheese in place. Pepper jack would be good!). Add the seasonings and taste. Adjust to suit your tastes..
4. Stir in the onion and chicken and mix all together..
5. Lay out one tortilla at a time and place about 2 tbsp. of chicken mix onto the center, in a line..
6. Roll the tortilla up tightly and place on baking tray, seam side down. Repeat until there is no more mix left. Brush the tops of the taquitos lightly with olive oil..
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until they begin to lightly brown. Serve with either ranch or blue cheese dressing to dip them in..

You can use turbo oven to make it!. As I've mentioned time and time again on this blog, I am obsessed with Buffalo Chicken anything. And I'm always experimenting with new healthy, and low calorie ways to get my craving satisfied. Sprinkle in the blue cheese and fold to combine. Combine shredded chicken, cheese, salsa, spices and chiles in a bowl.