Chorizo Taquitos

Updated Oct. 11, 2023

Chorizo Taquitos
Chris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver.
Total Time
30 minutes
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Rating
4(242)
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Chorizo taquitos are quick, filling and endlessly customizable. While a taquito’s more traditional iterations involve frying the filled and rolled tortilla until crisp, this recipe is styled after a fast-casual version from the Whataburger restaurant chain. It’s made with flour tortillas (rather than corn tortillas) and skips the frying process. The chorizo filling is cooked with aromatics and seasonings, then mixed with scrambled eggs, ladled across tortillas with cheese, rolled and garnished with salsa. The dish retains its Mexican origins while adapting to the flavor profiles and preferences of its many locales. The taquito is as straightforward or complex as you’d like it to be — which is another joy of this delicious dish.

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Ingredients

Yield:4 to 6 taquitos
  • 1tablespoon neutral oil, such as canola
  • 1small onion, diced
  • 2garlic cloves, minced
  • 1jalapeño, diced
  • ½pound raw chorizo (casings removed, if necessary)
  • ¼teaspoon chili powder
  • ¼teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼teaspoon black pepper
  • 2large eggs, beaten
  • 4 to 6(6-inch) flour tortillas
  • ½ to 1cup shredded pepper Jack cheese
  • Salsa roja or salsa verde (optional), for serving
Ingredient Substitution Guide
Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)

353 calories; 22 grams fat; 8 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 9 grams monounsaturated fat; 4 grams polyunsaturated fat; 25 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 3 grams sugars; 15 grams protein; 882 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat a medium skillet over medium. Add oil, then stir in onion and garlic, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 4 minutes. Stir in jalapeño and cook until softened, about 2 minutes more.

  2. Step 2

    Crumble chorizo into the pan; sprinkle with chili powder, cumin and black pepper and stir to combine. Cook, stirring occasionally and breaking up chorizo into small chunks, until chorizo is cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Add eggs, pouring them gradually into the pan in a circular motion. Stir into chorizo mixture and cook until eggs are just set. Reduce the heat to the lowest setting to keep chorizo mixture warm while you heat the tortillas.

  4. Step 4

    Heat a separate pan (or a comal, if you have one) over medium. Add tortillas to the pan one by one, heating them through. (Flip each tortilla when it begins to puff up on each side, then remove when warmed.)

  5. Step 5

    Fill a tortilla with chorizo filling, then add cheese to taste and roll the taquito until it’s shut. Repeat until you’ve used the remaining filling and tortillas. Serve with salsa, if you like.

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Note that this isn’t the Spanish chorizo you may be thinking, it is Mexican chorizo—a looser sausage, more like pork breakfast sausage texture. This is a standard weeknight quick dinner in my New Mexican household with papas fritas and eggs.

Great idea to veganize. Going to make my favorite tofu chorizo and my best tofu scramble and put them together on some good flour tortillas with a side of homemade pico de gallo. Thanks for the reminder.

the chorizo I buy here in southern Arizona is quite well-spiced and doesn't need extra chili powder, cumin, or black pepper. I also find that when I fix this dish--which is quite frequently--that I use one egg per taquito.

Quibble about what to call it. But it’s easy and good.

This was great. I’d probably add another egg, honestly!

Made this for breakfast with seitan Chorizo and cheddar cheese and it was delicious. Also I pan fried my taquitos after rolling them up but did not warm them before rolling.

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