Vegetarian Taquitos

Total Time: 43 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 1/2 cups vegetarian ground beef (such as yves veggie cuisine)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can of chopped green chilies
• 2 cups organic vegetable broth (such as swanson certified organic)
• 16 (6 inch) corn tortillas
• 2/3 cup shredded reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese, divided
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 to prepare filling, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• 2 add onion and garlic; saute 3 minutes or until onion is tender.
• 3 add veggie ground round and next 4 ingredients; cook 5 minutes.
• 4 preheat oven to 425°.
• 5 bring broth to a boil in a large saucepan. reduce heat and simmer.
• 6 working with 1 tortilla at a time, use tongs to carefully dip tortilla into broth for 2 seconds; place softened tortilla on a paper towel.
• 7 spoon about 1 tablespoon of filling across lower third of tortilla; top with 2 teaspoons cheese. roll into a cigar-shaped bundle; place rolled tortilla on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• 8 repeat procedure with remaining tortillas, filling, and cheese.
• 9 bake for 13 minutes or until rolls are crisp.