Soft Cheese Tacos

Soft cheese tacos include corn tortillas rolled around Cheddar cheese that are topped with a cheese sauce for a Mexican-inspired comfort food.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 705 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
• 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chile peppers
• 12 corn tortillas, warmed
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped, or more to taste
• 4 cups shredded American cheese
• 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cumin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat butter in a pot over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion and jalapeno pepper in the hot butter until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic to onion mixture and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Step 3

Whisk chicken broth and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth; pour into the onion mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until broth thickens, about 2 minutes. Reduce temperature to low and slowly stir American cheese, 1/4 cup at a time, into broth mixture until cheese is completely melted and sauce is smooth, 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 4

Stir diced tomatoes, green chile peppers, cumin, and cayenne pepper into cheese sauce and keep pot over low heat. Divide cheese sauce in half, reserving 1/2 of the sauce for another use.

Step 5

Sprinkle about 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese down the center of 1 tortilla and roll tortilla around cheese. Place rolled tortilla, seam-side down, in a baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas and Cheddar cheese. Cover dish with aluminum foil.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove foil and pour the reserved 1/2 of the cheese sauce over tacos.