Easy Chicken Flautas
Rolled tacos; these are the best. I learned how to make them and my husband loved them.
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- Serves: 8 persons
Ingredients
- ¼cup butter
- ¼cup all-purpose flour
- ¼cup minced onion
- ¼cup chopped black olives
- 2tablespoons lemon juice
- 1tablespoon oil
- ¼teaspoon ground paprika
- ⅛teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅛teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups cooked shredded chicken
- 8flour tortillas
- oil for frying, or as needed
- toothpicks
Instructions
Step 1
Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; stir flour into butter until smooth. Add onion to flour-butter mixture; cook and stir until onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Mix black olives, lemon juice, oil, paprika, black pepper, and salt into onion mixture; cook and stir until heated through, about 2 minutes. Stir chicken into mixture and remove skillet from heat and cover.Step 2
Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan or deep-fryer.Step 3
Fill tortillas with chicken mixture. Roll tortilla around filling and secure with a toothpick.Step 4
Fry the rolled tortillas, working in batches, in the hot oil until browned, about 2 minutes. Transfer fried tortillas to a paper towel-lined plate using a slotted spoon or tongs.