Mexican Night Leftovers?

Taco night has to be one of my favorite meals, however, sometimes the leftovers get to be too much.  How many times in a week am I supposed to eat a taco salad, taco, or burrito for lunch? 

Fortunately, I recently came across a recipe for making taco cupcakes.  As I looked the recipe over, I thought that it could easily be adapted to use up the taco night leftovers that I had, not to mention use up some leftover wonton wrappers as well.  That is when Taco Bites were born.

These little guys went like hot cakes, my nephew downed ten of them all on his own! 

Taco Bites

Ingredients:

1 cup leftover Mexican meat
24 wonton wrappers
1 cup leftover refried beans 
1 cup leftover Spanish rice (optional)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
optional toppings: sour cream, diced tomatoes, cilantro, onion, salsa

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375F. Spray 24 mini-muffin cups with cooking spray.
Place one wonton wrapper in the bottom of each muffin cup.

Layer about 1/2 tbsp of refried beans on top of each wonton.  Top with 1/2 tbsp of taco meat, 1/2 tbsp rice and 1/2 tbsp of shredded cheese. Repeat the layers again with a wonton wrapper, refried beans, taco meat and cheese.

Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove the bites from the tin and top with your favorite taco toppings (e.g., sour cream, diced tomatoes, onion, or cilantro) and enjoy!

These were really very good, could be adjusted to use any type of taco fixings you may have on had, and would even make a great appetizer for parties. Especially since you can prepare all of the ingredients ahead of time and then assemble and bake them the day of!

Grub's on!