Mexican Style Chicken Flautas Food

FLAUTAS

Steps:

• Heat shredded brisket in a skillet with salt, cumin and black/cayenne peppers.
• Make sure spices are well incorporated into the meat.
• Warm corn tortillas in 250 degree oven until soft.
• Place about 2 tablespoons of meat in a line down the middle of each tortilla.
• Roll up each tortilla tightly and secure with a toothpick.
• Fry flautas in hot shortening or oil, turning until all sides are crisp.
• Serve immediately with sour cream, shredded lettuce, and sliced tomato.

CHICKEN FLAUTAS

Steps:

• Bring saucepan of water and chicken to boil.
• Reduce heat to simmer for 15-20 minutes, until chicken is cooked.
• Remove from pan.
• After chicken has cooled, shred with 2 forks and set aside.
• Chop onion and mince garlic.
• Add onion and garlic to heated oil and sauté on low heat until onion is soft, but not browned.
• Mix in chicken and season with salt and pepper.
• Remove from heat and add in cheese.
• Mix well.
• Soften tortillas in microwave for 30 sec.
• Heat frying oil until small piece of tortilla floats and bubbles.
• Place chicken mixture in each tortilla, roll up tightly and secure with toothpick.
• I recommend putting tortilla in oil immediately, as they tend to crack and come apart if left sitting.
• Turn flautas frequently, cooking 2-3 minutes or until golden.
• Drain on paper towels and serve with creme and salsa, if desired.

MEXICAN CHICKEN FLAUTAS

Steps:

• Cook chicken in water with salt, garlic powder and onion powder. Bring water to a boil and cook for 30 minutes.
• Remove meat and save the liquid. Shred meat and set aside.
• In a large deep skillet add chicken, and reserved liquid and lightly cook covered for 5 minutes.
• Add all remaining ingredients and seasonings, using cornstarch to thicken. Simmer for 10 minutes. Set aside and allow to cool slightly.
• Heat a skillet lightly coated with corn oil. Fill corn tortillas that have been lightly warmed on burner with meat mixture and roll to form a tight tube. Fry in skillet until crisp and crunchy.
• Serve with guacamole, sour cream or salsa.

MEXICAN STYLE CHICKEN FLAUTAS

Steps:

• Add the chicken to the previously heated tortillas, and roll.
• Stick a toothpick through each flauta to prevent it from unrolling.
• Fry them in canola oil over medium heat, constantly turning to make sure that you get the desired level of doneness.
• Pat dry the excess oil with a paper towel and remove the toothpicks.
• Top with chopped lettuce, pico de gallo, cheese, table cream, and salsa - in that order.

FLAUTAS

Steps:

• In a nonstick frying, pan cook meat until no pink remains.
• Drain excess fat and add pepper, onion, and garlic cook until veggies are tender.
• Stir in oregano, cumin, salt, cinnamon, and cloves.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 3 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Heat a nonstick pan at a medium-low heat.
• For each flauta: warm a tortilla on each side in the pan (until it bends readily, not to brown it).
• Spread 2 tablespoons of the meat filling across the center of the tortilla (all the way to the edges).
• Roll up so that the filling is in the middle and secure with a wooden toothpick.
• In a medium to large saucepan, heat 2 to 3 inches of oil to med-high heat.
• Fry 3 or 4 flautas at a time (don't overcrowd) about 3 minutes or until crisp and golden.
• Turn as required to brown them evenly all over.
• Use tongs to lift the flautas from oil and tip to allow excess fat to drain out of each end.
• Drain on paper towels and keep warm in a 300F oven while frying remaining flautas.
• Remove toothpicks and serve with salsa and sour cream.

MEXICAN TAQUITOS (FLAUTAS)

Steps:

• To make the sauce: Add tomatoes, onion, garlic, salt, bullion cube, and chiles to a blender; blend until smooth.
• In a sauce pan heat 1-2 teaspoons of vegetable oil over medium heat.
• Add sauce and simmer about 5-10 minutes.
• Reserve 1/4 cup of sauce for filling.
• To make filling: Mix shredded meat and reserved sauce together will.
• Heat vegetable oil for frying in a deep fryer or tall saucepan to 350-375°F.
• To make taquitos: Wrap 12 of the tortillas in a kitchen towel and put in microwave for 2 minutes. Keep tortillas wrapped in towel while making taquitos so they don't dry out.
• Place one tortilla on the counter in front of you and add shredded meat mixture in a line across the tortilla on the side closest to you, but not all the way on the edge (about 2-3 tablespoons of mixture. Begin to roll tortilla around mixture, rolling away from you (try to roll as tightly as possible so that the filling doesn't fall out during frying). Taquito should resemble a fat cigar (the sides are not folded in--they are just left open). Pierce with a toothpick through the center of taquito to keep from unrolling.
• Add each taquito to oil as you go or they will dry out and crack.
• Do not crowd oil too much. I usually cook about 6-7 at a time.
• Feel taquitos with tongs as they cook. When they are hard, remove and drain on paper towels (about 5 minutes). I usually line a large bowl with paper towels and drain all of the taquitos vertically so that all of the excess oil can drain out.
• When those 12 tortillas are done, heat up the remaining 12 in the same towel and repeat. The reason I don't heat up all 24 at the same time is because the stack is so thick that the top and bottom few tortillas dry out and the middle ones are not cooked enough and will crack when you try to roll them.
• When all of the taquitos are finished, put as many as you want per serving on a plate (I usually serve 5-6 per person); top with sauce.
• Add shredded lettuce and sliced onion.
• Top that with a few spoonfuls of sour cream (or if you are like me, more than a few).
• Sprinkle with queso fresco.
• Yum!