Taquitos o Flautas de Pollo (Chicken Taquitos or Flautas)

Name: Taquitos o Flautas de Pollo (Chicken Taquitos or Flautas)
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: Vegetable oil for frying; 2 cups cooked chicken (shredded); 1 tablespoon of butter; 1/2 cup grated onion; 1/2 cup tomato puree; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon chili powder; 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon tomato paste; 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro; Salt and pepper; 12 soft corn tortillas; 1/3 cup cream cheese; 1 avocado (pitted and sliced (tossed with lime juice and salt)); 1 cup queso fresco (crumbled); Salsa (to serve)

6 steps

Mexican Flautas or Taquitos, what's the difference? The basic idea is the same, they're tacos filled with various ingredients of your choice, rolled like a cigar and then fried. The difference seems to be in name only, from what I can tell. It would appear that Taquitos is the name used is the United States

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:49:49 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories716.1 kcal (36%)

Total Fat35.2 g (50%)

Carbs71.8 g (28%)

Sugars4.1 g (5%)

Protein27.6 g (55%)

Sodium571.9 mg (29%)

Fiber5.7 g (20%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

vegetable oil

for frying

2 cupschicken

cooked, shredded

1 tablespoonbutter

½ cuponion

grated

½ cuptomato puree

1 teaspoongarlic powder

½ teaspoonground cumin

¼ teaspoonchili powder

¼ teaspoondried oregano

1 teaspoontomato paste

¼ cupfresh cilantro

⅓ cupcream cheese

1avocado

pitted and sliced, tossed with lime juice and salt

1 cupqueso fresco

crumbled

Salsa

to serve

Instructions

Step 1

Heat the butter in a saucepan add the onion and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the tomato puree, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, tomato paste, cilantro and oregano. Stir and cook for two minutes more.

Step 2

Add the shredded chicken. Season with salt and pepper, cook for about 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 3

Heat the tortillas on a nonstick skillet or oven, then wrap them in aluminum foil to keep them warm.

Step 4

To assemble: spread one tortilla with cream cheese, then top with about 2 tablespoons of the chicken mixture, roll and secure with a toothpick. Process with the remaining tortillas.

Step 5

Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet and when oil is hot, place about three to four flautas into the oil, and cook for about 1 minute on each side.

Step 6

Drain the flautas on paper towels. Remove the toothpicks and serve warm with avocado slices, queso fresco and salsa.

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