beef taquitos...

Beef Taquitos

I know that you can buy taquitos at your local grocery store and for some people that may work and be much easier, but for my family, we have a monthly menu and we stick to it every night...except tonight. I didn't want to go to the store, so I decided that I would attempt to make taquitos, and the attempt payed off! Obviously I came up with this on the top of my head, so let your imagination roll and don't fear to experiment!

Ingredients:

- 1 medium onion (finey chopped)

- 1 clove garlic (minced)

- 1 lb ground beef

- 1 cup salsa ( I used mango and pineapple salsa for more flavor)

- 1 package of corn tortillas ( I had a few left over)

- 1 package of cheddar cheese

- Sour cream

- salt and pepper to taste (optional)

1.Heat oven to 400. Heat and cook ground beef in large skillet.

2. Once beef in cook throughly, stir in onion, garlic and salsa. Heat for 3 minutes and use salt and pepper to taste.

3. Place your tortillas on a plate with a damp paper towel over them and microwave them until they are warm and moveable/pliable. (You will see in the photo below that I didn't heat mine for long enough the first round and they broke and tore, so I ended up heating mine for about 1-2 minutes the 2nd time around and it worked perfectly.)

4. Top each tortilla with your beef mixture and sprinkle cheese evenly over the beef.

5.Roll up your tortillas and place them in a foil-lined baking sheet.

6. Brush the top of the rolled tortilla with oil.

7. Bake until the filling in heated all the way through and the tortillas are crunchy and lightly browned. (about 8-10 minutes.)

8. Serve and ENJOY!

We mixed sour cream and salsa together to make a nice dipping sauce. yUmMy!