I’ve been making a lot of snack type foods for gatherings and thought up these mini tacos. I made them out of turkey because ground turkey is very inexpensive and easy to feed a big group of people with….I also thought that instead of traditional loose meat in a taco it would be better to have it more solid so it’s easier to eat in a group and I can also make it more moist that way. I used three pounds of ground turkey and made 54 turkey weenies so that is about 54 cocktail servings or maybe 12 dinners?

Ingredients –

3 lbs. ground turkey

6 eggs – lightly beaten

1 + 1/2 cup panko

8 cloves garlic – ground to paste

7 oz mild hatch chili – (roasted, stem & seeds removed – diced)

1 cup -10 oz. roasted & diced peppers & onions

5 Tablespoons Taco Seasoning (this makes more than you need – 1/4 cup chili powder, 1 t.granulated garlic, 1 t. granulated onion, 1/4 t. cayenne, 1 t. oregano, 2 t. smoked paprika, 2 T. ground cumin, 1T+1t. sea salt, 2 t. ground black pepper.)

1/2 cup scallions – chopped

1/4 cup hatch chili liquid that came out of peppers when you roasted them. (or chicken broth)

non stick spray

olive oil for spraying weenies

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 350F.

Spray sheet pans with non stick spray.

Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.

Pack meat into pastry bag and squeeze out about pinky length weenies with a little space around them.

After about 15 minutes in the oven they will be done and you can stuff them into mini tacos and top as desired.

You can chill or freeze some for latter. When cold they need about 20 minutes in a 350F oven. I topped them with pico (tomatoes, onions, cilantro, pickled jalapeños, jalapeño brine, lime juice, salt, pepper)

ENJOY!!!!!!!