Mexican flautas (Spanish flauta – flute) or, as they are still they say takitos are small tubules of corn or wheat tortilla with various fillings: meat, chicken, cheese, vegetables, seasonings. The finished filling is wrapped in cakes, fastened tubules with toothpicks and deep-fried until golden colors. Cook incredibly delicious savory flautas with grilled chicken, cheese and salsa and serve them with guacamole dip or more simple avocado cream – a mixture of avocado and sour cream with juice lime. 
Time: 40 мин.Difficulty: easy. Quantity: one 6 tubes. Recipes used. volumetric containers: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
Flautas
- 1 grilled chicken, remove the skin, chop the meat finely
- 16 tortillas (diameter 12 – 15 cm.)
- 1 tbsp. l (15 gr.) Butter
- Diced half medium red onion
- 1 jalapeno pod, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp ground zira
- 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp. salsa
- 1/4 Art. chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 tbsp. mix of grated cheddar cheese and monterey jack
- 1 lime juice
- 2 tbsp. chopped iceberg lettuce for serving
- Deep-frying vegetable oil
- Additional device: skewers
Avocado Cream
- 1 very ripe avocado, cut in half, remove the stone, get the flesh
- 120 gr. sour cream
- 2 tbsp. l lime juice
Recipes with similar ingredients: tortilla, grilled chicken, Avocado, lime juice, cheddar cheese, Monterey jack cheese, salsa sauce, ground cayenne pepper, cumin, sour cream
Recipe preparation:
- Pour vegetable oil 5 cm deep into a large pot. Heat over moderate heat until the deep fat thermometer shows temperature 190 ° C.
- Cook the filling. In a frying pan over moderate heat. melt the butter and fry the onions and jalapenos, 5 minutes, until softness. Add garlic, zira and cayenne pepper. Roast 2 more minutes until the flavor goes. Then add the chicken and salsa. Shuffle. Remove the pan from the stove and stir in the cilantro, cheese and juice лайма. Cool a little.
- Preheat the oven to 95 ° C.
- Prepare a flout. Collect 4 tubes at a time. Put on each of the 4 tortillas a full spoonful of the filling, tightly roll up into a tube and secure with a toothpick. Holding forceps dip each flute in hot oil, wait until the tube hardens and remove the tongs.
- Fry for about 2 minutes until golden brown. Then put ready flautas on a plate covered with paper towels, and immediately sprinkle with salt. Keep the finished tubules in on the baking sheet so that they do not cool while you fry the next the party.
- Cook the avocado cream. In a bowl, mash until smooth. consistency of avocado with sour cream and lime juice. Salt to taste. Serve flautas on a pillow of shredded salad with a dip of avocado cream.
