Taquitos (Flautas)
Taquitos (Flautas)

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, taquitos (flautas). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Taquitos (Flautas) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Taquitos (Flautas) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

At times, the crucial difference between flautas and taquitos is found in their length. In some areas of Mexico, a flauta is very long and thin and made from a burrito-sized flour tortilla or similarly-sized corn one. Taquitos, on the other hand, are the shorter versions, rolled from regularly-sized corn or flour tortillas—or even from small appetizer-sized ones if the taquitos are intended. A taquito (Spanish pronunciation: , Spanish for "small taco"), tacos dorados, rolled taco, or flauta (Spanish pronunciation: , Spanish for "flute") is a Mexican food dish that typically consists of a small rolled-up tortilla that contains filling, including beef, cheese or chicken.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have taquitos (flautas) using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Taquitos (Flautas):
  1. Make ready 4 each chicken breasts
  2. Take 2 clove garlic
  3. Get 1 large onion
  4. Take 2 tbsp seasoned salt
  5. Prepare 20 small tortillas
  6. Prepare 2 cup vegetable oil
  7. Take 2 medium tomatoes sliced into rings
  8. Prepare 2 cup chopped lettuce
  9. Take 1 cup sour cream
  10. Make ready 1 cup roasted salsa (in my recipes)
  11. Take 1 bunch toothpicks

In Central Mexico, fried tacos are known as tacos dorados ("golden tacos"). That said, flautas are often larger than taquitos and can be made with flour. Traditionally taquitos and flautas are deep fried until crispy. Often they're filled with meat like chicken or carnitas.

Instructions to make Taquitos (Flautas):
  1. Boil the chicken breast with garlic, seasoned salt, 1/2 onion. Shred once it's done (let it cool off a bit)
  2. In a somewhat deep pan heat up the oil
  3. In a flat pan or a Comal heat up some tortillas and wrap them lightly in a towel to keep warm. (Do a few at a time)
  4. Grab one warm tortilla and lightly stuff with chicken. Roll it and pin it with a toothpick.( Do a few)
  5. Add the tortilla rolls to the hot oil turning once until lightly browned ( do not over do it or they will get hard)
  6. Set standing up in a bowl on a paper towel to absorb excess oil or at an angle on a plate.
  7. Slice the remaining onion into half rings
  8. Remove toothpick and serve. Topped with sour cream, onion, tomatoes, lettuce and salsa

Traditionally taquitos and flautas are deep fried until crispy. Often they're filled with meat like chicken or carnitas. This recipe is for baked flautas, so instead of frying they're baked in a hot oven until crispy. Because we often make vegetarian recipes, we went with a vegetarian filling of refried beans and a little cheese. Green onions, salsa, and chili powder bring big flavor and.

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