Fully Loaded Pork Taquitos

Fully Loaded Pork Taquitos

#Lightning Prep

🥘 Ingredients

  • flour tortillas
    6 pieces
  • ground pork
    1 lb
  • guacamole
    1 c
  • hot sauce
    2 tbsp
  • lime
    1
  • mexican cheese blend
    ¾ cup
  • olive oil
    2 tbsp
  • roma tomato
    1
  • sour cream
    2 tbsp
  • southwest spice blend
    1 unit
  • tex-mex paste
    1 unit
  • vegetable oil
    4 tbsp
  • yellow onion
    1

🍳 Cookware

  • baking sheet
  • large pan
  • small bowl
  • small bowl
  1. 1
    Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly oil with vegetable oil . Wash and dry all produce. Halve, peel, and thinly slice yellow onion ; mince until you have 1 to 2 tbsp.
    vegetable oil: 2 tbsp, yellow onion: 1
  2. 2
    Heat a large drizzle of vegetable oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced onion; cook for ⏱️ 3 minutes . Add ground pork ; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until pork is browned and cooked through and onion is softened, ⏱️ 4 minutes to ⏱️ 6 minutes . Stir in southwest spice blend , tex-mex paste , and 1⁄3 to ½ cup water. Simmer until thickened, ⏱️ 2 minutes to ⏱️ 3 minutes . Turn off heat.
    vegetable oil: 2 tbsp, ground pork: 1 lb, southwest spice blend: 1 unit, tex-mex paste: 1 unit
  3. 3
    Meanwhile, drizzle flour tortillas with 1 to 2 tbsp olive oil ; brush or rub to completely coat. Place tortillas on a clean work surface. Once pork filling is done, add a heaping ¼ cup filling to one side of each tortilla, then sprinkle each with 1 tbsp mexican cheese blend . Roll up tortillas, starting with filled sides, to create taquitos. Place seam sides down on prepared sheet. Make sure the taquitos are snug on the sheet to prevent unrolling. Bake on middle rack until golden brown and crispy, ⏱️ 8 minutes to ⏱️ 12 minutes .
    flour tortillas: 6 pieces, olive oil: 2 tbsp, mexican cheese blend: ¾ cup
  4. 4
    While taquitos bake, finely dice roma tomato . Zest and quarter lime . In a small bowl , combine tomato, minced onion, half the lime zest, and a squeeze of lime juice. Season with salt. In a separate small bowl , combine guacamole , sour cream , remaining lime zest, and a squeeze of lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. Divide taquitos between plates. Top with pico de gallo, creamy guacamole, and hot sauce . Serve.
    roma tomato: 1, lime: 1, guacamole: 1 c, sour cream: 2 tbsp, hot sauce: 2 tbsp