These easy, cheesy Homemade Vegetarian Taquitos are filled with seasoned black beans, refried beans, and lots of melty cheese. Perfect for dunking in your favorite dip or salsa!
Taquitos are essentially rolled tacos stuffed with a variety of fillings (chicken, steak, beans, cheese, etc…) and lightly fried until golden and crispy.
They’re super similar to Flautas, but where flautas use flour tortillas, taquitos are made with soft corn tortillas.
Of course you’re the master of your own kitchen, so feel free to make these tasty bean and cheese taquitos with the tortilla of your choice!
You can lightly fry them in a skillet with a few spoonfuls of oil like I did here, or bake them in the oven like I did with my crazy popular Baked Black Bean and Sweet Potato Flautas.
Sauces and Dips to Serve with Taquitos
Quite possibly my favorite thing about taquitos is dunking them in a variety of dips and sauces! Here are some of our favorites:
- Restaurant-Style Salsa
- Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt
- Spicy Salsa Verde
- Avocado Salsa Verde
- Ranch Dressing/Dip
- Guacamole
- Queso (cheese sauce)
These tasty taquitos can be served as an appetizer or as a main dish for taco night!
We love to serve our taquitos with salsa and sour cream for dipping and, to make it a meal, add a side salad or soup to the mix.
Side Dishes for Taquitos
- Mexican Kale Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
- NEW! Vegetarian Tortilla Soup
- Mexican Cauliflower Rice
- Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup
- Restaurant Style Spanish Rice via Lil Luna
- Mexican Quinoa Salad with Chili Lime Dressing
Homemade Vegetarian Taquitos
Serving a crowd? feel free to double or triple the recipe as needed!
Leftover taquitos can be cooked, cooled, and frozen for later. Simply reheat frozen taquitos on a baking sheet in the oven and dive in with your favorite dip!
Vegetarian Taquitos
Ingredients
- 1 cup black beans , drained and rinsed
- 1 cup vegetarian refried beans
- 1-1.5 cup grated pepper jack cheese or cheddar cheese
- ½ tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp salt
- 9 soft corn tortillas
- 3 TBSP avocado oil or favorite frying oil, as needed
Instructions
- Drain and rinse your black beans and gently combine with refried beans, grated cheese, chili powder, cumin, and salt.
- Want them spicy? Feel free to add hot sauce, minced jalapeno peppers, or even ground cayenne pepper to the mix.
- Heat a large skillet to medium heat with 1-2 Tablespoons of oil.
- While the skillet heats up, place 3 corn tortillas on a plate with a damp paper towel over them in the microwave for 15-20 seconds to steam the tortillas and prevent cracking.
- Add 2 Tablespoons of filling to each tortilla and roll tightly. Place in the hot oil, seam side down. Cook on each side until golden and toasty, then transfer to a small stack of dry paper towels.
- Working in batches, repeat for remaining taquitos, working with just 3 at a time for best results. Add extra oil, as needed to the skillet for remaining batches.
- Serve while hot and crispy with salsa and sour cream or your choice of dippers.
Notes
Nutrition
If you get a chance to try these easy cheesy vegetarian taquitos, let me know!
Leave some love in the comment form below or tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation. I can’t wait to see what you whip up!
Questions & Reviews
We loved these taquitos. They were perfect for lunch. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.
So happy they were a hit! Thanks Michele!
I love taquitos! This vegetarian style taquito is just what I’ve been looking for.
Yay!!! Thanks Andrea!
Amazing! Love that these are great for dipping as well!
Sooooo perfect for dipping! I love pairing them with salsa, guac, and sour cream!
I love the beans in this one of our favorite filling!
Thanks Claudia!
My beans mixture and the corn tortillas ended up tasting pretty dry…will need to figure out how to make that better next time without making it unhealthy
Hi Vidhi – I’m happy to help troubleshoot if you need assistance at all. Did you use the cheese and did you bake or fry the taquitos? Baking will have a different consistency and will need some chopped veggies or salsa in the mixture to help keep things moist.
Made these for my family – they were yum! Thanks for the recipe!
I wanted to make these seeing they were the prettiest taquitos I had ever seen and they didn’t disappoint! So flavorful and delicious!