Fully Loaded Pork Taquitos
with Pico de Gallo, Creamy Guacamole & Hot Sauce
- Soy
- Wheat
- Milk
Don’t get us wrong, we love a traditional taco—but when we’re in the mood to mix things up, we love taquitos, also known as rolled-up tacos with a crispy outer shell. Here, we achieve the signature taquito crunch factor by baking the stuffed tortillas (full of zesty pork and Mexican cheese) for perfectly golden results—no messy deep-frying required. That crispy crust is the perfect canvas for all our favorite toppings: pico de gallo, creamy guacamole, and hot sauce. Yes, you really can have it all.
Ingredients
1 unit
Yellow Onion
10 ounce
Ground Pork
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
1 unit
Tex-Mex Paste
6 unit
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
½ cup
Mexican Cheese Blend
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Lime
1 unit
Roma Tomato
4 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
4 tablespoon
Guacamole
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Not included in your delivery
1 tablespoon
Vegetable Oil
1 tablespoon
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly oil (or spray with nonstick cooking spray). Wash and dry all produce. • Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion; mince a few slices until you have 1 TBSP (2 TBSP for 4 servings).
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced onion; cook for 3 minutes. • Add pork*; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until pork is browned and cooked through and onion is softened, 4-6 minutes. • Stir in Southwest Spice, Tex-Mex paste, and 1⁄3 cup water (½ cup for 4 servings). Simmer until thickened, 2-3 minutes. Turn off heat.
• Meanwhile, drizzle tortillas with 1 TBSP olive oil (2 TBSP for 4 servings); brush or rub to completely coat. • Place tortillas on a clean work surface. Once pork filling is done, add a heaping ¼ cup filling to one side of each tortilla, then sprinkle each with 1 TBSP Mexican cheese. Roll up tortillas, starting with filled sides, to create taquitos. Place seam sides down on prepared sheet. TIP: Make sure the taquitos are snug on the sheet—this will prevent them from unrolling. • Bake on middle rack until golden brown and crispy, 8-12 minutes.
• While taquitos bake, finely dice tomato. Zest and quarter lime. • In a small bowl, combine tomato, minced onion, half the lime zest, and a squeeze of lime juice. Season with salt. • In a separate small bowl, combine guacamole, sour cream, remaining lime zest, and a squeeze of lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. • Divide taquitos between plates. Top with pico de gallo, creamy guacamole, and hot sauce. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Mar 2026- Flavor: Many loved the tasty, flavorful combination of seasoned pork, crispy tortillas, and fresh toppings 🌮.
- Ease of prep: Generally easy to make, though some found rolling the taquitos a bit messy or time-consuming.
- Suggestions: Consider adding cilantro to the pico de gallo and serving with a side of rice or beans for a more complete meal.
- Leftovers: Reheats well for lunch the next day; some even enjoyed leftovers with eggs for breakfast.
- Portions: Several mentioned it was quite filling, with generous meat portions allowing for extra taquitos.
- Customization: Adjust spice levels to taste; some preferred less seasoning while others added extra hot sauce for more kick.
Reviews from our home cooks
The Fully Loaded Pork Taquitos were absolutely delicious! They were a little messy to eat with one's fingers because we liked putting the creamy guacamole and salsa vertically along the taquitos. In retrospect we should have used a fork and knife to eat them. I would order it again. The creamy guacamole and Pico de Gallo were perfect on these, as much as the Tex-Mex sauce and southwest seasoning were on the ground pork.
Delicious! We loved this meal-the pork mixture has really great smoky flavors and the taquitos came out crispy and perfect in the oven. The pico de gallo, guac, and hot sauce were all great complements as well!
Really tasty. Loved the bold flavors. The tomato quality was pretty bad, wished it had been less hard and bland, would have made the pico de gallo much better. Otherwise I was impressed. Taquitos got nice and crispy and the pork was a nice change up from beef or turkey that I typically use.
These taquitos were crispy and full of flavor. The pico de gallo and guacamole were the perfect compliment. Looking forward to making this recipe again!
While a Hall of Famer, the Fully Loaded Pork taquitos could have been, well, more loaded than just pork, onions, and cheese -- maybe bell peppers would have done the trick. We have become big fans of the Tex-Mex paste but of the meals that have used it, we loved the One-Pan Santa Fe Pork Tacos with Monterey Jack & Cilantro Lemon Slaw the most. There was more of a flavor profile than just the Pico de Gallo, Creamy Guacamole, and Hot Sauce -- although traditional. Another dish we made that was similar was the Southwest Corn & Zucchini Flautas with Enchilada Sauce & Queso Blanco. Although we gave that three stars, it was more delicious and refreshing. Maybe because this still tasted like flauntas vs. taquitos. Perhaps the recipe could benefit from a broiling step. It's workable!
We loved the way all the flavors blended together, and how the acidity of the guacamole cream and the pico de gallo cut through the richness of the pork taquitos!
Is there a rating higher than 4 stars?? These are amazing and come together so quickly, just as the recipe is flagged "lightning prep." The flavors of the pico de gallo and creamy guacamole are the perfect accompaniment. I ordered so many of these and made them two days in a row. We literally ate them for dinner and then again for breakfast the following day. DIVINE! Great job Hello Fresh...this is a winner!
This was an easy, quick, and absolutely amazing meal. The taquitos were full of flavor, even without the guacamole and pico de gaio. But both of those added just enough zing! Mom and I are pretty picky about guacamole and we both fully enjoyed this. Mom's only complaint was that she wanted a side dish.
An easy to make recipe with a perfect balance of flavors: the pork meat's seasoning is delicious and the whole ensemble of tastes (the avocado/creamy sauce, the crispy taquitos, the lime, etc...) makes this one of the best provided by Hello Fresh!
We were very hesitant to select this recipe for our box, not a big fan of pork meals at our house. I decided to try it after reading so many good reviews and they were all spot-on! These taquitos were the best dinner in our box, we will definitely be selecting it anytime it's an option.
