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Baked cheesy turkey taquitos

Baked Cheesy Turkey Taquitos

Tender ground turkey cooked with chili powder, ground cumin, and green chiles mixed with cheese and wrapped in a crunchy tortilla, all topped with a Tomato Salsa and Avocado Crema.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Tex-Mex
Servings 6
Calories 420 kcal

Equipment

  • blender

Ingredients
  

For the Baked Cheesy Turkey Taquitos:

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 cup minced onions
  • ¼ cup tomato sauce
  • 1 tbsp. chipotle chili powder
  • 1 tbsp. minced garlic
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • ½ tsp. ground cumin
  • 1 pound Rastelli's organic dark meat ground turkey (or other ground turkey)
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • 7 ounces drained chopped canned green chilies
  • 1½ cups Colby cheese, grated
  • 1½ cups Monterey Pepper Jack Cheese, grated
  • 12 flour tortillas, fajita sized
  • ½ cup queso fresco cheese, crumbled

For the Tomato Salsa:

  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 cup diced plum tomatoes
  • 1 minced jalapeno
  • ¼ cup red onion, diced
  • 2 tbsp. lime juice
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • ¼ tsp. kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp. black pepper
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil

For the Avocado Crema:

  • 1 chopped avocado
  • 2 tbsp. cilantro
  • ⅛ tsp. kosher salt and black pepper
  • ¼ tsp. garlic powder
  • 3 tbsp. lime juice
  • 1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp. honey
  • 2 tbsp. water

Instructions
 

For Baked Cheesy Turkey Taquitos:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  • In a large skillet, heat the oil on low heat. Cook the onion until it is soft, about ten minutes. Stir in the tomato sauce, chili powder, garlic and cumin and cook one minute. Add the turkey and salt. Break up the turkey and cook for about ten minutes or until the turkey is no longer pink and cooked through. Stir in the green chiles and remove from the heat. In a seperate bowl mix together the grated cheeses.
  • Soften 4 tortillas at a time in the microwave, by placing them on a plate and covering them with a damp towel. Cook for thirty seconds. On one end of each tortilla put some of the turkey and some of the cheese mixture. Roll each one up tightly and place on greased baking sheet.
  • Brush all the rolled taquitos with olive oil and bake 10 minutes. Serve with the salsa and crema. Sprinkle it all with the queso fresco cheese.

For the Tomato Salsa:

  • Simply mix together all the ingredients.

For the Avocado Crema:

  • Place all the ingredients in your blender and blend. You may need a little extra water to create a fluffy texture.

Nutrition

Calories: 420kcal
Keyword turkey
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