Air Fryer Cream Cheese Chicken Taquitos
Tortillas are filled with an irresistible creamy chicken filling and air fried to crispy perfection. These homemade Air Fryer Cream Cheese Chicken Taquitos are so easy to make and better than store-bought deep fried taquitos.
Servings: 14 taquitos
Calories: 173kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 ounces ⅓ less fat cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup salsa red or green
- ¼ cup light sour cream
- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning mix
- 3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 14 6-inch tortillas flour, corn, or 50/50 blend
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- propellant free nonstick cooking spray I use Chosen Foods Avocado Oil Spray that I get at Costco.
Optional for Serving
- guacamole, sour cream, shredded lettuce, salsa, hot sauce
Instructions
For the Cream Cheese Chicken Filling
- Add cream cheese, salsa and sour cream to a mixing bowl and stir until smooth. Add the taco seasoning and chicken and mix again to combine.
For the Tortillas
- Place a stack of 6 tortillas (or however many will fit in one batch in your air fryer) between paper towels on a microwave safe plate and microwave for 35 to 45 seconds (flour warms more quickly than corn). Tortillas should be warm, very soft and pliable.
Assembling and Cooking the Taquitos
- Place one tortilla on a cutting board or other work surface. Coat it well with propellant free cooking spray, flip it over so that the oil coated side is down. Add about 2 tablespoons of the chicken filling down the length of the tortilla closer to one end. Top with some of the cheese. Fold one side of the tortilla over the filling and tightly roll it up. Place it seam side down on your work surface and repeat with the remaining tortillas, filling, and cheese. Spray, flip, fill, wrap.
- Preheat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 400 degrees F. To keep the cooked taquitos warm while cooking subsequent batches, preheat your oven to 200 degrees F and place a foil-lined baking sheet in the oven.
- The tortillas are already coated with a little oil and it should be enough to prevent them from sticking to the air fryer basket, but, if you are concerned they will stick, you can spritz the basket with a little oil (be sure to use a nonstick spray with no propellants). Place the taquitos in one layer in the basket, seam side down. It’s okay if they touch but they shouldn’t be layered or too tightly packed. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until crisped to your liking. I like to set my air fryer for 8 minutes and check on them frequently after 6 minutes. Transfer cooked taquitos to the baking sheet in the oven to keep them warm. Repeat with remaining taquitos. Subsequent batches may cook more quickly so watch them closely.
- Serve over a bed of shredded lettuce garnished with optional toppings or alternately, serve with toppings on the side.
Nutrition
Serving: 1taquito | Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 263mg | Potassium: 191mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 208IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 132mg | Iron: 1mg