Easy Beef and Cheese Taquitos

beef and cheese taquitos with an avocado sauce.

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Easy Beef and Cheese Taquitos

These Beef and Cheese Taquitos served with a homemade avocado sauce are a simple, straightforward meal or snack.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: portions

Calories: 604kcal

Author: Emily Roz

Ingredients

For the beef and cheese taquitos

400 g ground beef 20% fat
1 onion finely chopped
3 garlic cloves minced
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon chilli powder
½ teaspoon paprika
400 g black beans 250g drained weight
200 ml beef broth
¼ teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon balsamic vinegar

For the avocado dipping sauce

2 avocado
½ lime juiced, more if need be
1 tablespoon olive oil
5 g cilantro coriander
1 garlic clove
½ teaspoon chilli flakes

Instructions

Place a frying pan on medium heat and add in the beef mince, chopped onions, and garlic. Fry for 5-10 minutes until slightly browned.
Season with salt, pepper, ground cumin, paprika, and chilli powder. Add in the beans and beef broth. Stir to combine, then leave to simmer for 10 minutes until the liquid has evaporated. Season with sugar and balsamic vinegar. Taste and adjust based on your preferences!
Get yourself a taco tortilla wrap, place down a handful of grated cheese and top with taquito filling. Wrap up the taco and repeat for all of your beef and cheese taquitos.
Place the beef and cheese taquitos into the air fryer (or preheated oven set at 180C / 350F), spray with cooking oil, and cook at 180C for 8-10 minutes until golden.
Meanwhile, make your avocado sauce by blending avocado, lime, olive oil, salt, pepper, fresh coriander (cilantro), garlic, and chilli flakes. Taste and season according to your preferences.
Once your taquitos are golden, remove from the air fryer or oven and plate up with your avocado dipping sauce!

Notes

Step-by-Step Photos + more helpful info: My blog post includes helpful step-by-step photos to help guide you through making this recipe as well as other information that will help you make this recipe e.g. ingredient substitutions, what to do with leftovers, faqs, etc...so scroll up this page to find them!

Storage: once cooled, place in airtight containers and into the fridge for up to 3 days.

Freezing: you can totally freeze these. I'd recommend freezing them before air frying or baking them. Wrap in kitchen foil and place in the freezer for up to 3 months. Leave to defrost/thaw in the fridge overnight

Reheating: You can microwave these but they won't turn out crispy. So, I'd recommend preheating the oven to 160C / 320F and then reheating the taquitos for 10 minutes. If cooking from thawed, then cook according to my recipe instructions (180C / 350F for 10 minutes).

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