{"id":555,"date":"2025-10-28T21:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T03:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T03:51:13","slug":"how-to-make-chicos-tacos-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/how-to-make-chicos-tacos-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make Chico\u2019s Tacos at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For anyone craving an El Paso favorite, I got this recipe from a friend on facebook:<\/p>\n<p>frozen beef taquitos (fry until crisp in oil 2-3 minutes)<br \/>\nlarge bag finely shredded cheese (mexican mix good)<br \/>\nOne large can whole tomatoes (any brand, whole only- tried other combos, this works)<br \/>\n4-5 jalapenos (cut off stems, I leave seeds)<br \/>\n2 cubes tomatoe base boullion and 2 cubes chicken boullion<br \/>\n1 gallon water<br \/>\nsalt to taste ( should need almost none b\/c of boullion cubes)<\/p>\n<p>Boil can tomatoes with cubes in gallon of water until rolling boil for about 15 minutes. (Note: We have had better results only using a half gallon. A full gallon made too much and diluted the sauce)<br \/>\nRemove tomatoes only and blend on liquify in blender, return to pot of soup<br \/>\nTake fresh jalapenos and blend on liquify with a small amount of water. (you should see only very minute pieces)<br \/>\nAdd jalapenos to soup. Remove from stove. Store in plastic containers.Can freeze some of this.<\/p>\n<p>Deep fry beef taquitos until crisp about 2-3 minutes. Place in a bowl that has about a cup of hot soup, cover taquitos with cheese.<\/p>\n<p>For their green jalapeno sauce,<\/p>\n<p>8 fresh jalapenos<br \/>\n4-5 tomatillas<br \/>\nlime juice, salt<\/p>\n<p>Boil whole tomatillos with cut up jalapenos ( leave seeds) in enough water to cover them and boil until soft. Pour off excess water, blend tomatillas and jalapenos on liquify until it is a smooth sauce. Add a couple tablespoons of lime juice and a little salt. If you want it really hot, Add some serrano chilis to this for increased heat.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For anyone craving an El Paso favorite, I got this recipe from a friend on facebook: frozen beef taquitos (fry until crisp in oil 2-3 minutes) large bag finely shredded cheese (mexican mix good) One large can whole tomatoes (any brand, whole only- tried other combos, this works) 4-5 jalapenos (cut off stems, I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/how-to-make-chicos-tacos-at-home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to make Chico\u2019s Tacos at home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rmilimited.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}