Chicken Flautas

I first had homemade chicken flautas at that famous Litchfield Park restaurant, Garcia's by the Lake (wink wink).  Our whole family fell in love with them and I set about looking for a good recipe.  I finally found this one from Food Network.  The cilantro cream sauce is a must to go with them, it is fantastic.  This meal is one of my very favorites for sure!!



Chicken Flautas
Recipe from Food Network

Ingredients:

2 1/2 pounds chicken

1/2 onion, chopped

1 1/ 2 jalapenos

1 tablespoon salt

1 to 2 cups vegetable oil

36 corn tortillas

Directions:

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, guacamole and cilantro cream sauce.

Cilantro Cream Sauce
Recipe from Allrecipes

Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1 tablespoon sour cream

1 (7 ounce) can tomatillo salsa

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon celery salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Directions:

Combine cream cheese, sour cream, salsa, pepper, celery salt, cumin, garlic powder, cilantro and lime juice in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth and creamy. Place in a serving bowl.  Don't forget tomatillo sauce is pretty spicy!!!