🌯 Chicken flautas (Flautas)

Name: Chicken flautas (Flautas)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexico · Central Mexico
Ingredients: 500 g chicken breast; 12 corn tortillas; 1 small onion and 2 garlic cloves; 2 tomatoes and 1 chipotle or jalapeño; Oil for frying (about 150 ml); 100 ml Mexican crema or thick yogurt; 100 g queso fresco, crumbled; Shredded lettuce, salsa, salt

Origin: Mexico · Central Mexico

450kcal

per serving · 180 g

250kcal

per 100 g

22 gProtein12 g / 100 g

23 gFat13 g / 100 g

38 gCarbs21 g / 100 g

Flautas are corn tortillas rolled tightly around shredded chicken and fried until crisp. They are served with a topping of cream, crumbled cheese, shredded lettuce and salsa. The name means flutes, after their long thin shape.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

Not vegetarianbecause of: chicken

Not veganbecause of: chicken, cream, cheese

Contains glutenbecause of: tortilla

Contains dairybecause of: cream, cheese

Not keto21 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Milk

What it is made of

tortillachickencreamcheeselettucesalsa

Recipe

4 servings45 min

Ingredients

500 g chicken breast
12 corn tortillas
1 small onion and 2 garlic cloves
2 tomatoes and 1 chipotle or jalapeño
Oil for frying (about 150 ml)
100 ml Mexican crema or thick yogurt
100 g queso fresco, crumbled
Shredded lettuce, salsa, salt

Method

Simmer the chicken with half the onion, garlic and salt for 20 minutes, then shred it.
Blend the tomatoes with the chile and the rest of the onion, cook the sauce 5 minutes and mix a few spoonfuls into the chicken.
Warm the tortillas so they do not crack, fill each with chicken and roll tightly; secure with a toothpick.
Fry in hot oil for 2–3 minutes per side until golden and crisp, then drain on paper.
Top with lettuce, cream, cheese and salsa and serve at once.

How to make it lighter

Bake the rolled flautas at 220 °C for 15 minutes with a light brush of oil instead of deep frying, to cut a lot of fat.
Use thick yogurt in place of cream and less cheese; keep the chicken filling generous for protein.
Serve two or three flautas with plenty of lettuce and salsa, not a heaped plate.

History

Rolled and fried tortillas filled with shredded meat are a well-loved part of Mexican street food and home cooking. Flautas are closely related to taquitos, and in some regions the two names are used for similar things. They are common at family gatherings, taquerías and market stalls.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v15. How we count →