Cheesy Chorizo Taquitos
with Zesty Guacamole
Taquitos are a traditional Mexican street food that is typically deep-fried. We’ve baked ours instead, for a healthier twist! They crisp up beautifully in the oven, while the cheesy centre melts to perfection.
Ingredients: Chorizo sausage (pork, water, sugars (dextrose), spices, salt, paprika, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, flavour, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, sodium erythorbate, sodium diacetate, paprika extractives, spice extractives, bakon Hfbn) • Roma tomatoes • Flour tortillas (wheat flour, water, canola oil, salt, sugar, soybean oil, mono- and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, calcium propionate, potassium sorbate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, calcium lactate, sodium aluminum sulfate, enriched wheat flour, cornstarch, fumaric acid, potassium chloride, seasoning (autolyzed yeast, ammonium chloride), guar gum, monocalcium phosphate, l-cysteine hydrochloride, amylase, enzymes, sodium metabisulphite) (wheat, sulphites) • Guacamole (hass avocado, tomato, onion, sea salt, garlic, cilantro, cilantro essential oil) • Limes • Monterey Jack cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, salt, microbial enzymes, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Shallot • Sour cream (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, modified cornstarch, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, carrageenan, locust bean gum, guar gum, microbial enzyme, bacterial culture) (milk) • Tomato sauce (water, tomato paste, modified corn starch, soybean oil, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Enchilada spice blend (spices, sugar (sugar, maltodextrin), salt, garlic powder, tomato powder, paprika powder, citric acid, canola oil, oleoresin paprika, silicon dioxide) (sulphites).
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
250 g
Chorizo Sausage, uncased
6 unit(s)
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Wheat, Sulphites May contain traces of: Tree nuts, Egg, Milk, Sesame, Soy)
8 g
Enchilada Spice Blend
(Contains: Sulphites May contain traces of: Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Tree nuts, Wheat, Milk)
6 tbsp
Guacamole
1 unit(s)
Lime
2 unit(s)
Tomato
2 tbsp
Tomato Sauce Base
(May contain traces of: Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Fish, Egg, Sesame, Crustaceans, Gluten, Sulphites, Soy, Wheat)
1 unit(s)
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk May contain traces of: Milk)
1 unit(s)
Shallot
½ cup
Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
½ tsp
Sugar*
0.06 tsp
Salt*
0.06 tsp
Pepper*
1.5 tbsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- Peel, then mince shallot.
- Cut tomato into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Zest, then juice half the lime. Cut remaining lime into wedges.
- In a small bowl, combine tomatoes, shallots, lime zest, 1 tsp (2 tsp) lime juice and 1/2 tsp (1 tsp) sugar. Set aside.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then sausage.
- Cook for 4-5 min, breaking up sausage into smaller pieces, until no pink remains.**
- Carefully drain and discard excess fat.
- Add Enchilada Spice Blend. Cook for 1 min, stirring often, until fragrant.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add tomato sauce base and 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) water. Stir to combine.
- On a clean surface, arrange tortillas.
- Using a slotted spoon, divide sausage filling down the middle of each tortilla. Sprinkle cheese over top.
- Roll tortillas tightly over filling, then on a parchment-lined baking sheet, arrange taquitos, seam-side down.
- Brush taquitos with 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for 6-8 min, until golden.
- Divide taquitos between plates.
- Dollop with guacamole, sour cream and tomato salsa.
- Squeeze a lime wedge over top, if you like.
If you've opted to get sausage cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook the beef.**