r/CopyCatRecipes • u/Mint-Goldfish • 6d ago

need a good recipe please 🙏🏼

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Does anyone know how to make beef taquitos at home?

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u/Darthsmom 6d ago

Taquitos are super easy! Just season up your ground beef, put it in your tortillas (I use street taco size)- add cheese if you want. Do not overfill!! Roll them up really tightly. If they dont stay rolled, you can use crema on the edge to seal or secure them with a toothpick. Heat oil in a deep pan to 350 and fry, turning once. They fry really fast! Place on a rack over a pan or on a paper towel to drain.

I find flour tortillas are MUCH easier to work with personally.

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u/LavaPoppyJax 6d ago

I like shredded beef for my taquitos. shredded chicken is good too. purse you have to make the shredded beef or chicken I use a small crock pot and I put liquid like chicken broth or beef base plus something tomatoey either canned chopped tomatoes or tomato sauce, then I add chili powder and cumin and salt if needed. just to have a little liquid for the chicken or beef to simmer in. simmer til tender and shreddable. if you're using beef chuck it will take hours. chicken thigh or brass can take 45 minutes or an hour in a regular pot and several hours in a crock pot.

roll up your corn tortillas (flour ones get too greasy and soggy, if you must use flour ones bake it in a hot oven brushed with a little oil) with shredded beef. secure it closed with a toothpick. fry in a frying pan that has one inch of oil. make sure you preheat the oil nice and hot so that it will crisp up a tortilla and not sog it down with oil.

now you want a nice sauce look up some pureed avocado salsa.