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Crispy Flautas with Chicken or Beef

Crispy Flautas with Chicken or Beef is a traditional Mexican recipe for a classic dish of tortillas tightly wrapped around a meat, chilli, coriander and cheese filling that are shallow fried until crispy to cook. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Mexican version of: Crispy Flautas with Chicken or Beef.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Chilli RecipesHerb RecipesCheese RecipesMexico Recipes

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Flautas, also known as Taquitos (little tacos in Spanish) are a Mexican dish that typically consists of small rolled-up tortillas that contain filling, including beef, cheese or chicken. The filled tortillas are then shallow-fried or deep-fried.[6] The dish is often topped with condiments such as sour cream and guacamole. Corn tortillas are generally used to make taquitos. The dish is more commonly known as flautas (as here) when the little tacos are larger than their taquito counterparts, and can be made with either flour or corn tortillas.

Crispy flautas are golden-brown rolled tortillas stuffed with chicken or beef, cheese, and jalapeños, then fried until crunchy. The filling peeks out at the ends for a classic fried presentation, finished with sour cream, salsa, and guacamole.

Ingredients:

For the Filling and tortillas:
300g shredded cooked chicken or beef
12 flour tortillas
150g grated cheddar cheese
45g jalapeños, diced
15g coriander leaves, chopped
1/4 tsp salt, or to taste
1/4 tsp freshly-ground black pepper, or to taste

For Frying and serving:
500ml vegetable oil for frying
250ml sour cream for serving
250ml salsa for serving
1 batch