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Ground Turkey Rolled Tacos Recipe (Homemade Taquitos)

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More than any other food, my palate craves the salty, often smoky and fried, flavors of the Hispanic food culture. Nearly every dish I make begins with a sofrito of tomatoes, garlic, onion and bell peppers. Since I grew up in Southern California, many recipes include tacos and Mexican food! My kids are growing up on the same blend of Latino food flavors and his ground turkey rolled tacos recipe is the perfect mix.

Rolled Tacos Recipe

Rolled tacos are often referred to as taquitos, but if you ask for a taquito in other parts of Latin American you will be a little taco. Get it: tac-ito! Ha! The most common type is crispy chicken taquitos. We make chicken tacos often, so I thought it would switch things up and use ground turkey for these. Rolled tacos are essentially corn tortillas filled with a meat stuffing and fried together into a log shape. This rolled taco recipe using a taco filling of ground turkey, spices and a few vegetables.

Related: Homemade Sofrito Recipe

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Taco Filling Recipe

List of ingredients for the taco filling recipe:

  • 1 lb ground turkey
  • 1 bell pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 onion
  • 3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
  • Tomatoes {canned or fresh works}
  • Mazola Sobrecitos bouillion packets, Tomato flavor
  • I used two packed since I was cooking two pounds of ground turkey
  • Pepper

How to Make Rolled Tacos

Coat the pan with oil and sauté all the ingredients together, making sure to scrape the pan for all that yummy stuff at the bottom.

After your taco filling is prepared, let it cool enough to handle and get the remainder of your ingredients organized for the rolling. This is the part where kids would love to help!

In addition to the ground turkey filling, I also used a part-skim Mexican cheese that melts in your mouth and some finely chopped cilantro. You will also need corn tortillas and toothpicks to keep your rolled tacos together while frying.

On a corn tortilla, add a teaspoon of the ground turkey filling and top with cheese and cilantro. You can even add a homemade salsa if you’d like.

Roll the tortilla tightly, securing with a toothpick if needed, and fry or bake to your desire. Since my young daughter was helping, our homemade taquitos weren’t the most beautiful but they were delicious!

Tip: it’s easier to work with tortillas that are warm. Heat them in the microwave for a few seconds before filling to ensure they don’t break when rolling or frying. 

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Ground Turkey Rolled Tacos Recipe (Homemade Taquitos)

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

Savory Mexican food with a flavor twist using ground turkey, this rolled tacos recipe is a hit with the entire family! Homemade taquitos are easy to make; the kids can even learn how to make rolled tacos too.

Ingredients

  • Taco Filling Recipe
  • 1 lb ground turkey
  • 1 bell pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 onion
  • 3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
  • Tomatoes {canned or fresh works}
  • Mazola Sobrecitos bouillion packets, Tomato flavor
  • Pepper
  • 12-14 corn tortillas

Instructions

Coat the pan with oil and sauté all the ingredients together, making sure to scrape the pan for all that yummy stuff at the bottom.

After your taco filling is prepared, let it cool enough to handle and get the remainder of your ingredients organized for the rolling. This is the part where kids would love to help!

In addition to the ground turkey filling, I also used a part-skim Mexican cheese that melts in your mouth and some finely chopped cilantro. You will also need corn tortillas and toothpicks to keep your rolled tacos together while frying.

On a corn tortilla, add a teaspoon of the ground turkey filling and top with cheese and cilantro. You can even add a homemade salsa if you’d like.

Roll the tortilla tightly, securing with a toothpick if needed, and fry or bake to your desire.

Notes

Tip: it’s easier to work with tortillas that are warm. Heat them in the microwave for a few seconds before filling to ensure they don’t break when rolling or frying. 

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