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Lastnight for dinner I made homemade spanish rice and I tried my hand at taquitos. I am very pleased with the outcome. All vegetarian. Even XY really liked it. I'm not big on fried food, but I did fry these and they turned out perfect. Baked might be good. I used an entire short package of corn tortillas. I made two fillings. One was pretty simple with just refried beans and spices, and a little hot sauce. The other was basically just homemade mashed potatoes with cheese. Both were excellent... but my favorite is definitely the potato one, hands down. I was planning to dip them in things like salsa, sour cream, and guacamole... and I'm still sure all of that would be great... but these were just so good all by themselves! Yum! Good the next day too! :P The only two issues I had were... on a few of them, I put some of the filling too close to the edge, so it cooked out a little, and I had to skim it out of the oil. Also... since I did make so many of these (like 3 dozen), near the end batches, some of them cracked open a little bit before cooking. So if you make a lot of these, maybe try rolling half of them, cooking those, and while cooking them, roll the others so none end up cracked. It doesn't take long. I rolled all 3 dozen or so by myself in about 5-6 minutes. You can shape the potatoes into little logs and then roll to make it easier and faster. I used a fork to put a glob of the refried beans on, and then just spread it to log-shape. Easy peasy.
So good!
HOMEMADE TAQUITOS
1 pkg. corn tortillas
filling
oil for frying
Directions:
Depending on how thick you want your taquitos, place 2 or 3 tablespoons of filling, in a log shape, about 1/3 way from one of the corn tortilla edges. Do not place any filling directly at edges. Roll up. Fry until golden. Drain on wire rack with baking sheet (or similar) below. Enjoy! :)
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FILLING # 1
2 1/2 cups steamed red potatoes, mashed
1/4 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheese
spices
FILLING # 2
2 cups refried beans
spices (chipotle powder, ground cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, etc)
hot sauce, optional
So good!
HOMEMADE TAQUITOS
1 pkg. corn tortillas
filling
oil for frying
Directions:
Depending on how thick you want your taquitos, place 2 or 3 tablespoons of filling, in a log shape, about 1/3 way from one of the corn tortilla edges. Do not place any filling directly at edges. Roll up. Fry until golden. Drain on wire rack with baking sheet (or similar) below. Enjoy! :)
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FILLING # 1
2 1/2 cups steamed red potatoes, mashed
1/4 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheese
spices
FILLING # 2
2 cups refried beans
spices (chipotle powder, ground cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, etc)
hot sauce, optional