Chicken Taquitos With Warm Tomato Salsa (Flautas Con Pollo)

Submitted by Pierre Dance

"I found this one online but I don't remember where. The flautas are very good but the salsa is outstanding. It goes well with all manner of dishes especially tacos, burritos, and chimichangas, etc. The times are a guess."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 12 ounces Cotija cheese, crumbled
• 4 cups cooked chicken, shredded
• 24 corn tortillas

• Warm Tomato Salsa

• 8 roma tomatoes, chopped
• 2 tomatillos, chopped (optional)
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 -2 jalapeno chile, seeded, deveined, minced
• 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano (not as sweet as Mediterranean)
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

directions

1. Mix 3/4 cup cheese with chicken.
2. Heat tortillas one at a time in a very hot, dry pan until soft.
3. Fill and roll each tortilla, as its heated, with chicken/cheese mixture.
4. Secure with a toothpick.
5. Heat a frying pan containing 1/2 inch oil to 350°F.
6. Deep fry flautas until golden and crisp.
7. Drain on paper towel.
8. Serve topped with warm tomato salsa and crumbled cotija cheese.
9. ---Salsa---.
10. Mix all salsa ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat.
11. Sauté, stirring all the while, until it just starts to simmer.
12. Remove from heat, its ready to serve.
13. This goes great with Spanish Rice (my recipe # 77908) and refried black beans (Di Neal recipe # 10614).

Reviews

[LouLouIzSpoiled]

We love Mexican around here, and I was searching for something different to make. This was it! We loved the salsa! I used 2 jalapenos to bring up the heat a little, and it was great! We enjoyed these right down to fighting over the last one! We will enjoy these many times!