Flavorful creamy chicken made in the slow cooker, then rolled up in soft tortillas and baked or a few minutes until crispy! An easy and tasty meal you’ll want to make again and again!
The Cinco de Mayo foodie festivities are continuing around here.I suppose we are sort of working in reverse here with churros for dessert yesterday and cream cheese chicken taquitos for dinner today. But that’s just how we do it around here. We totally have ice cream before carrots and breakfast for dinner. We like to keep things interesting.
Slow cooker meals are some of my favorites. For one thing, the whole set-it-and-forget-it part really speaks to me. I’m especially good at the forgetting part. I love that dinner time rolls around and suddenly it’s “oh hey we should eat something. Hey look at that, dinner is ready!”.
These cream cheese chicken taquitos are one of the easiest dishes you will ever make. And one of the yummiest! The cream cheese chicken is creamy and flavorful, seasoned perfectly with just a couple of spices. Just throw it all in the crock pot and a few hours it’s ready to be rolled up and thrown in the oven for a few minutes to get nice n’ crispy.
My husband, who is not normally a big taquito-lover , went crazy for these! We were practically in tears when the last one was gone and we already have plans to make them again! Perfect for Cinco de Mayo or any other day of the year!!
What people are saying about these Slow Cooker Cream Cheese Chicken Taquitos
“I made these today for like the 3rd or 4th time because we love them so much! I added a little pepper jack cheese along with a mexican blend shredded cheese and I also cooked some green pepper and green chiles with the chicken mix in the crock pot. Turned out delish!” – Lacey
“Thank you for this incredibly easy and delicious recipe! I am a total beginner and it was such a success I am moving on to your other recipes and keeping this one a favorite to use again and again for sure 
thank you for sharing!” – Amber
“This recipe is amazing!! I made it last night for my family! My dad, who’s the cook in our house, said he would pay money for that in a restaurant! Absolutely phenomenal! Thank you so much for this recipe! Definitely going into the favorite recipes folder!!” – Brianna
“I tried it tonight, it was delicious! My husband and picky 2 years love them I added white onion and used pressure cooker instead of crock pot( because that was very last minute decision to make this) but it turned out good! I also added sower cream on chicken mixture before rolling the taquito:) I will make them again, thanks for the great and easy recipe!” – Naomi
Slow Cooker Cream Cheese Chicken Taquitos
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- salt and pepper - to taste
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ⅓ cup water
- ½ cup shredded colby or Mexican blend cheese
- 12 6 inch corn or flour tortillas
- optional: cilantro, salsa, sour cream, or other toppings as desired
Instructions
- Add chicken, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper to taste, cream cheese, and water to crock pot. Cover and cook on low 8 hours or on high 4 hours.
- Minutes before serving, remove chicken from crock pot, shred with two forks, and return to slow cooker. Give it a stir. Let it cook about 15 minutes longer.
- Preheat oven to 400. Place about 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture onto the middle of each tortilla. Top with 1-2 tablespoons shredded cheese. Roll tightly and place in a single layer on a greased baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes, until tortillas are slightly browned and shredded cheese is melted. Serve with desired toppings and sauces.
Have you made these and froze them before? I am trying to think of a freezer meal for a friend and I absolutely love these taquitos. If so how do you cook them after you take them out of the freezer?
why would you freeze something like this?? THats wierd, just make them fresh or e.e just put the rest of the chicken that you dont use or eat in a container and refridgerate not freeze, then when you want more tacos take it out of the fridge and heat the oven again and make taquitos again because if you make alot of tacos and put them in the fridge they will get soggy.
These look delicious! Can’t wait to try them!
I don’t have cream cheese is there anything I could substitute that would taste just as good?
So good, and easy to make. These were a huge hit for my family. I really like that they have flavor on their own, but their also simple enough that each person can top/dip them as they please. People who like spicy foods can just dip them in spicy salsa, while people who like things on the tamer side can use sour cream. This recipe is definitely getting added to our rotation of regulars. I’m already looking forward to making them again. Thank you!
This recipe was a disaster for me. Reading it I thought it seemed strange… for example an entire package of cream cheese with just 1/3 cup water and only 2 chicken breasts, how does the sauce form? I tried it anyway and sure enough, the ingredients turned into a burned mess in the bottom of my crockpot… I cut the cream cheese into small squares, was I supposed to do something different? I added more liquid because I was afraid of this happening and it happened anyway. I also only put it in the pot for 5 hours because I thought 8 seemed excessive. My crockpot is almost destroyed, the cream cheese did not melt at all just burned. Maybe post a video of how you make it? I followed the directions as closely as I could within reason and triple checked everything after it went awry.
I am so sorry this recipe didn’t work out for you! 🙁 Have you had issues with your crockpot getting too hot in the past? My guess is that your particular slow cooker cooks hotter than others. I would suggest cooking on low for 4 hours next time.
Thats odd, i just throw my clean chicken, spices and the entire block of cream cheese in without cutting it, then add the water and mine is away perfect O_O did you put it on HIGH for 8 hours instead of 4?