BBQ Chicken Taquitos

One of my most favorite meals to have during summer is BBQ chicken sandwiches.  They are so delicious, especially if you grill the chicken. YUM!

Well, a coworker of Nick's gave us this delicious bottle of homemade sweet and spicy BBQ sauce and I really wanted to make something BBQ chickeny with it.  Since we’re not bun people these days, I decided to make BBQ Chicken Taquitos and wrap the ingredients in a corn tortilla instead.  YUM!  These are so delicious and crunchy and I can’t wait to make them again.  We cooked the chicken in a pan and added beer towards the end... it really added a nice flavor.  Since we live in an apartment and don't have a grill, we had to go with the pan method.  However, if I had a grill, I'd marinate the chicken in the beer beforehand, then grill it slathering it with the sauce.  BUT... for those cold winter nights where the grill is buried in snow, this is a great alternative method.  

BBQ Chicken Taquitos

Serves: 4 (or 6 depending on how hungry you are)

Ingredients:

2 Organic Chicken Breasts

1 cup chopped pineapple (don’t get the canned crap, buy a pineapple and chop it dang it!)

½ cup sweet and spicy BBQ sauce

½ chopped red onion

1 cup Colby Jack cheese (We actually forgot the cheese and they still turned out great!)

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

10 organic corn tortillas (Trader Joe's has great corn tortillas)

1 bottle beer (We used Corona)

Zest and juice of 1 lime

Salt and Pepper to taste

Oil for cooking

Directions:

In a saute pan over medium heat, add the chopped onion and cook until soft and translucent  about 3 minutes.  Remove from pan and place in a large glass mixing bowl.  

In the same saute pan over medium heat, cook the chicken breasts until done, adding beer a half cup at a time.  (Or grill it using the method above.)  When chicken is complete cooked, remove from heat and using two forks, shred the chicken.  Place shredded chicken in the bowl with the onions and add pineapple, cilantro, BBQ sauce, cheese, lime zest & juice.  Salt and pepper to taste and add more sauce to the mix to your liking. 

Place the corn tortillas in a 400 degree oven for about a minute to soften.  Quickly remove from oven, add a scoop of chicken mixture to the middle of the corn tortillas and roll up.  Place on a baking sheet and when all the tortillas are stuffed, bake in the 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes, or until tortillas are crispy.  

We served these with sweet potato chips and they were delicious!