Baked Chicken Taquitos and Spanish Rice

Baked Chicken Taquitos

Ingredients:


3 cups shredded roasted chicken
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of onion powder
1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend (or cheddar)
12-24 corn tortillas
cooking spray
Sour cream or salsa

Directions:


1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick spray. We simply sprayed our pan and didn't use foil.

2. Combine the shredded chicken in a bowl with the cumin, salt and garlic & onion powder- mix in the cheese.

3. Place 2 corn tortillas at a time in between two damp paper towels and microwave for 20 to 30 seconds to soften them (helps to prevent cracking when rolling). You can also microwave 6 tortillas placed on a microwave safe plate for 1 minute. Make sure you fan the tortillas around the plate in a circle and place a microwave safe lid over the plate. We used a microwave splatter guard.

4. With 1 tortilla in front of you, place about 1-2 Tablespoons of the chicken mixture in the center of the tortilla and roll it up tightly. If you want meatier taquitos, simply add more chicken, just make sure you can roll it. Place the taquito seam-side-down on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the tortillas and filling.

5. Spray the tops lightly with cooking spray (we used olive oil spray), and bake for 22 to 25 minutes, or until crisp. Serve with guacamole, sour cream or salsa.


Spainsh Rice

Ingredients:

2 cups of Rice (Your choice of rice-we used Jasmine, you could use long grain rice,but not minute rice.)
2 garlic cloves-cut in half
1 small onion- chopped in large pieces
2 Tablespoons of Knorr Tomato Bouillon Powder
4 cups of water
1-2 TBS Olive Oil or oil of your choice.

Directions:

Heat pan, add oil (enough to coat the bottom), garlic and onion. Infuse oil with the garlic and onion and remove from pan. Add 2 cups of rice. Stir Fry rice until oil has coated the rice (Approx 2-3 minutes). Add 4 cups of water and your Knorr seasoning.

*There are many ways to make Spanish rice. This is one of the simpler methods. You could also make it by using a Spanish seasoning called Sofrito made of red and green bell peppers, onions, garlic, spices, cilantro and tomatoes.