Chicken Flautas Mexicanas

Flautas Mexicanas or Authentic Mexican Flautas filled with shredded chicken and fried until golden brown and crisp. Serve over shredded lettuce with queso fresco and pico de gallo for a dinner everyone loves.

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Don’t you love those dinners everyone gets excited about?

When chatting with friends, I find the most disappointing part of our nightly meals is spending precious time and effort creating a dinner that you more or less have to force your family to eat. I’ve heard over and over again that its easier to get take out then suffer another punishing dinner hour negotiating how many bites someone has to eat of something.

I’m here to say you don’t have to resort to pizza—the answer my friends, is Flautas Mexicanas! This is one of my go-to Mexican food recipes that everyone in my family loves and I’m guessing will be a huge hit in your house as well.

Once you have the filling made, they are quick and easy to roll up and fry. Let’s take a closer look at what we need.

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Ingredients for Flautas Mexicanas

• One recipe Salsa Verde Chicken
• Corn tortillas
• Avocado oil
• Garnishes. Pick and choose which ones you like best: shredded lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, Pico de Gallo, queso fresco, lime wedges.

How To Make Them

step one

Make the filling. The filling for these flautas is Salsa Verde Chicken so we need to make that first. If you’d like you can skip this step and use leftover cooked chicken or store-bought rotisserie chicken. If you are using cooked chicken, make sure to taste it first and season with salt and pepper as needed.

step two

Heat the tortillas. To make the tortillas more flexible and prevent cracking, warm them briefly before filling. I warm them on my comal but you could also heat a dry skillet over medium heat and warm the tortillas in the skillet. Keep warm by placing in a tortilla warmer or wrapped in a clean kitchen towel.

step three

Fill and roll. Place about 1/4 cup of the chicken filling into the bottom third of each tortilla and roll up to enclose.

step four

Secure. Press two flautas together and use a two long toothpicks to keep them closed while frying.

step five

Fry. Pour oil into a large frying pan so it reaches about an inch up the sides of the pan. Place over medium high heat. Give the oil a few minutes to warm up. Test to see if it is hot enough by dipping the edge of one tortilla in the oil. It should immediately be covered in bubbles. If not, give the oil another minute to heat.

Once oil is hot enough place 2-4 chicken flautas in the oil at a time, depending on how big your pan is—don’t crowd. Let them fry until golden and crisp on one side, about 2 minutes. Flip and repeat on the other side. Remove to a paper towel lined baking sheet.

step six

Serve. Serve flautas while they are still warm on shredded lettuce and topped with guacamole, Pico de Gallo, queso fresco, and/or Mexican crema.

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• Easy Sopapilla Recipe
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Start Winning At Dinner

Stop the dinner stress and start dinner success. Tender chicken breast, crispy corn tortillas, lots of toppings—what’s not to love? I want you to give these a try and let me know when you do by snapping a pic and tagging me on Instagram @holajalapeno and #holajalapeno so I can see or leave me a comment below (don’t forget to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating) ! Also, sign up for my weekly newsletter, lots of good stuff there too!

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