Chicken Flautas
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Chicken Flautas
Description
The recipe mixes shredded chicken with cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, salsa, and seasonings, producing a moist, creamy filling with a mild heat and tang from the salsa. Filling soft flour tortillas with this mixture and rolling them tightly ensures a compact shape that crisps up evenly when baked. Placing them seam side down helps maintain roll integrity during cooking. Baking at 400°F crisps the outside to a golden color, providing a pleasant crunch that contrasts with the tender filling.
These flautas work well as a snack or main dish, served alongside dips or toppings as preferred. The use of the oven offers a less greasy alternative to frying, maintaining convenience and a cleaner texture. The balance of cheeses and salsa in the filling yields a flavor profile that is creamy, mildly spicy, and comforting.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chicken shredded
- 6 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup Monterey jack cheese shredded
- 1/3 cup salsa
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 6 flour tortillas soft taco size
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400-degrees. Combine chicken, cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, salsa, and salt & pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Mix together well.
- Evenly distribute chicken mixture over each tortilla, making a line down the middle of each tortilla and then rolling them up tight.
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Place rolled up tortillas evenly spaced on the cookie sheet (place seam side down) and spray cooking spray generously over the top.
- Bake for 12-16 minutes or until tortillas become golden-brown.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 6flautas
Amount Per Serving
Calories 320 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 320kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 18g | 36% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 74mg | 25% |
| Sodium | 526mg | 22% |
| Potassium | 222mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 609IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 209mg | 21% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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