| Chicken Flautas
2 1/2 pounds chicken
1/2 onion, chopped
1 1/2 jalapenos
1 tablespoon salt
1 to 2 cups vegetable oil
36 Mi Ranchito or La Primera corn tortillas
In a pot, cover chicken with water. Add onion, jalapenos, and one teaspoon
of salt and bring to a boil and simmer until tender, about 1 hour. Remove
meat from pot and cool. Pull chicken apart into small pieces. Chicken
should be continuously pulled apart until string-like consistency. In
a deep pan, heat the oil to about 375 to 400 degrees F. Dip corn tortillas
into hot oil for 1/2 a second or until tortilla is soft. Lay the shredded
chicken in the middle of the corn tortillas. Add enough meat to make sure
you taste the flavor of the meat and the corn tortilla. Roll the tortilla
up and put toothpick through the middle of the flauta to hold in place.
Once rolled, deep fry each flauta in the oil already heated (used to soften
the corn tortillas) until corn tortillas turn to a golden brown or to
your preference. Allow cooling off time. Remove toothpicks and serve 6
flautas on a plate with salsa or guacamole.
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