Spicy Pulled Pork Baked Taquitos with Cool Avocado Cream Dipping Sauce

Today’s post is part of my partnership with the California Avocado commission.

I want to talk about spicy pulled slow cooker pork wrapped up in tortillas and baked until crisp, then dipped in creamy, somewhat zingy, avocado dipping sauce.

Let’s talk about easy, delicious, and perfect for your Cinco de Mayo fiesta!

One of my favorite go to recipes is slow cooker pulled pork because it is easily made, and once made – it can be served in so many different ways: stuffed potatoes, sliders, tacos, wontons, quesadillas – the possibilities are only limited by one’s imagination.

I decided that for today’s Cinco de Mayo themed recipe for California Avocados, that I would do a twist on my go to bbq pulled pork with some of my favorite latin flavors, and my favorite mexican beer:  Dos XX.

When my mom and I got home from our busy day, the smell in the house was absolutely mouth watering.  Cumin, onion, cayenne…. – it was hard to wait.

I had so many ideas for this post:  quesadillas – wontons – sliders – mini pizzas

After talking with Nathan and discussing our favorites, as well as kind of going outside of our normal dishes, I decided to make baked taquitos.

There was this place in Sparks, where we lived when I was a teenager, that made the most amazing taquitos.  They were crispy, spicy, and just the right amount of greasy.

My mom and brothers and I would get them by the bag and devour them, my friends and I would go off campus for lunch and inhale them while we giggled over boys, talked about drill team routines and kick lines, and studied our spanish vocab.

My mom and brothers and I still reminisce about those taquitos, and it’s been over 18 years since we last had them.

It was those taquitos that were on my mind,  when I started tinkering with this recipe.

I was looking to create something with lots of layers of flavors and textures, and I wanted to pair it with a dipping sauce that would complement the spice, and soothe the palate.

I played with different tortillas, I went through 6 different avocado sauces, and I turned my kitchen into a disaster zone, but it’s worth it.

I had so much fun playing with textures, flavors and snacking on the delicious California Avocado sauces that I made.

I was thinking of each of you while I did it, envisioning y’all in your own kitchens with a bunch of fresh california avocaodos in front of you, and tasty cinco de mayo themed recipes running through your minds.

Did you know that avocados are such an essential part of Cinco de Mayo festivities that the California Avocado Commission estimates that more than 87 million pounds of avocados will be consumed during this time of the year?!

That’s a LOT of delicious avocado recipes!  I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with for the California Avocado Cinco de Mayo Recipe Fiesta that Shawn and I are hosting!

The prizes include two $500 American Express gift cards, two $250 American Express gift cards, and two California Avocado gift baskets (worth $75 each)!

Sounds like a FIESTA to me!!

Want to help us spread the word?? {cause what’s a party without friends?}

*Try tweeting something like this: “Join @iwashyoudry and @sthrnfairytale for #CaAvoCincoFiesta! Share your @Ca_Avocado recipes. $1600 in prizes. Plz RT! http://bit.ly/170DcAQ“

We’d love to see your tasty avocado creations on Instagram with the hashtag #CaAvoCincoFiesta.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!! 

The giveaway will be open to US Residents only, and all winners will be chosen using a random number generator.

Have I forgotten anything?

OH YES… the recipe for those Baked taquitos with that yummy california avocado cream sauce…

Spicy Pulled Pork Baked Taquitos with Cool Avocado Cream Dipping Sauce

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Ingredients

The Taquitos

• 3 C mixed blend cheese
• Spicy Pulled Pork
• 1 can black beans drained
• 1 can kernel corn drained
• 20 flour tortillas
• cooking spray
• kosher salt

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 425°F
• If your pulled pork is still warm in the slow cooker - move on to step 2, if it's not - warm up the pulled pork.
• Drain the beans and corn and mix them into the pulled pork and simmer over low heat while the oven heats up, and you prep the tortillas and cheese.
• **Tortillas are tricky - if you have good tortillas, they will roll with no issue .. some tortillas you need to warm up with a damp paper towel before rolling****
• Grab a tortilla, and place a bit of cheese on the tortilla - place some spicy pulled pork on the tortilla and then tight roll the tortilla and place seam side down in your greased baking dish.
• Repeat this until your baking dish is full.
• Bake in the oven about 20 minutes, or until the taquitos are golden brown and crisp.

Notes

You can cut these in half to make them go farther, and make them more party friendly, or you can serve them whole.
Serve with creamy avocado dipping sauce.

Author: Rachel

Spicy Pulled Pork Baked Taquitos with Cool Avocado Cream Dipping Sauce

Print Recipe

Ingredients

The Taquitos

• 3 C mixed blend cheese
• Spicy Pulled Pork
• 1 can black beans drained
• 1 can kernel corn drained
• 20 flour tortillas
• cooking spray
• kosher salt

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 425°F
• If your pulled pork is still warm in the slow cooker - move on to step 2, if it's not - warm up the pulled pork.
• Drain the beans and corn and mix them into the pulled pork and simmer over low heat while the oven heats up, and you prep the tortillas and cheese.
• **Tortillas are tricky - if you have good tortillas, they will roll with no issue .. some tortillas you need to warm up with a damp paper towel before rolling****
• Grab a tortilla, and place a bit of cheese on the tortilla - place some spicy pulled pork on the tortilla and then tight roll the tortilla and place seam side down in your greased baking dish.
• Repeat this until your baking dish is full.
• Bake in the oven about 20 minutes, or until the taquitos are golden brown and crisp.

Notes

You can cut these in half to make them go farther, and make them more party friendly, or you can serve them whole.

Serve with creamy avocado dipping sauce.

Author: Rachel - A Southern Fairytale

My California Avocado Cinco de Mayo Recipe Fiesta partner Shawn is sharing her delicious Avocado and Chorizo Stuffed Party Rolls recipe today!

Just in case you need more inspiration:  Look what our other California Avocado Ambassadors made  with their California Avocados!

• Dara from Cookin’ Canuck made – Kicked Up Avocado Margaritas
• Kristen from Dine and Dish made – Bacon Avocado Tomato Pasta Salad w/ Avocado Ranch Dressing