Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

1-2 lbs chicken breast
1-2 T buffalo wing sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
10-20 egg roll wrappers
Oil for frying or a fry daddy
Small cup of cool water

Season chicken with salt and pepper and bake at 400 degrees F for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown and baked through. Let cool and shred.

Add buffalo wing sauce depending on how hot you'd like your taquitos to be. I added enough so that the taste was just spicy enough. But after they fry the taste mellows out so I recommend adding a little more.

Lay out one egg roll wrapper and and wet the edges with your fingers. Put some of the chicken mixture (about 2 T, don't make them too big because you don't want the filling coming out) in one corner of the egg roll wrapper. At this point you can add anything you want, I added about a tablespoon of mozzarella cheese. Other recipes I've seen added blue cheese, broccili slaw or cabbage. It was very delicious with the mozzarella cheese though...made me think of the chicken taquitos we get at the mexican restaurant (hence the name).

Making the egg roll wraps:
Begin by rolling up the corner until you have overlapped the chicken mixture completely (tuck the corner of the egg roll wrapper into itself over the chicken, then bring in the sides one at a time to make an envelope. More water may be needed to seal the seams. Then fold the top of the envelope down adding more water to seal if necessary. Repeat with the remaining egg roll wrappers, I used 14 wrappers, but you may need more or less depending on how large you make your taquitos.

I layed all my egg roll wraps on a baking sheet lined with paper towels so they could drain after frying. Another recipe I found baked them in the oven for 400 degrees F for about 10-15 minutes. In order to do this you will need a cooling rack inside a baking pan and you will also need to spray the wraps with oil to get a crispy texture on the outside. I haven't tried them this way but I doubt they will get as crispy as frying in oil.

Heat oil to 400 degrees F. Add 2-3 taquitos into the oil at a time, fry until golden brown (about 5-7 minutes). Repeat until all taquitos are fried up. I also fried a plan chicken one for my son because I didnt think he would like the spicy sauce on his.

I served our Buffalo Chicken Taquitos along side a salad and it was a delicious dinner. Will definitely be making these again. They are also great dipped in ranch dressing as I'm sure they would be great with blue cheese dressing. They are also just good by themselves. These would be a great treat for a superbowl party or any party! Hope you enjoy!

This was a great way to change up the menu and I think I will be putting a lot more items into an egg roll wrapper!