Recipe: Chuy’s Green Chile Chicken Flautas

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On Aug 7, 2018

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Vegetable oil for frying

3/4 pounds roasted and pulled white meat chicken

1/2 cup cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1 1/2 cups roasted Hatch green chiles, diced

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons pepper

1/2 cup fresh spinach, chopped into 1-inch pieces

18 corn tortillas

Guacamole and sour cream for serving

Heat oil in a deep fryer or heavy-bottom pan to 350
In a large bowl combine chicken, cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, green chiles, salt and pepper. Add fresh spinach and gently fold into mixture.
Dip tortillas in frying oil to soften and drain excess oil.
Place 2 ounces of filling into each tortilla, shaping in a line in center of tortilla from left to right.
Roll tortilla into a cigar shape and hold together with toothpicks.
Working in batches, place rolled flautas in frying oil and fry until crispy and golden brown — approximately 2 minutes and 45 seconds — and remove toothpicks.
Remove the flautas from the fryer, and drain on paper towels.
Serve with guacamole and sour cream
Makes 18 flautas

Nutritional information

Per flauta: 215 calories (percent of calories from fat, 63), 7 grams protein, 13 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram fiber, 14 grams fat (5 grams saturated), 18 milligrams cholesterol, 251 milligrams sodium.

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