Chicken flautas
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Ingredients
ground beef (11/2 pound 700 g)
1 can (4 ounces 115g) diced green chili’s
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 cup shredded monterey cheese
1/2 cup mecican cream
tomato wedges
fresh coriander sprigs
1 tablespoon chopped celery
fresh tomato salsa
1 cup guacamole
16 corn tortillas
vegetable oil
4 cups shredded Iceberg
lettuce
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Combine meat,chili’s water salt celery and cumin in medium skillet. Heat over medium high heat to boiling;
reduce heat to low. Simmer,covered untill meat is brown 15-20 minutes. Remove meat to plate let stand untill cool enough to handle.
STEP 2
Drain chili’s; reserve. Prepare fresh tomato salsa. prepare guacamole. If not freshly made soften and warm tortillas. Heat oven to 250F (120C) Pour oil into deep heavy skillet to depth of 1 inch. Heat oil to 375F (190C); adjust heat to maintain temperature for each flauta:overlap 2 tortillas by about 1/2. Spoon 1/8 of meat lengthwise down center;top with 1/8 of chili’s.Roll up as tightly as possible. Fry 1 or 2 flautas at a time in oil, holding closed with tongs during first 30 seconds to prevent unrolling.Fry ,turning now and then,untill crisp and golden on all sides,about 2 minutes.Drain on paper toweling.
STEP 3
Keep warm in oven untill all have been fried. Divide lettuce evenly among 4 serving plates.Top each with 2 flautas.Top with 1/4 each of cheese , guacamole and mexican cream. Garnish with tomato and coriander. Serve immediately with fresh tomato salsa and or cream.
FRESH TOMATO SALSA: 1 medium tomato finely chopped 1/4 cup coarsely chopped freesh coriander 2 tablespoons finely chopped white onion 1 fresh jalapeno chili seeded finaly chopped 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice Combine all ingredients in small bowl; stir to mix well.Let stand, covered, at room temperature to blend flavors,1-2 hours.
MEXICAN CREAM: 1 cup whipping cream 2 tablespoons cultured buttermilk.
Heat cream in small saucepan over medium low heat just untill barely warm. Transfer to clean bowl or jar. Stir buttermilk into cream.
Let stand at warm room temperature, covered with plastic wrap, untill cream begins to thicken, 8 to 16 hours .
Stir cream untill smooth.Refrigerate,covered at least 1 day to allow flavor to develop. Mexican cream can be stored in refrigerator up to 2 weeks.