Simple Prepare Perfect Shredded Beef Flautas

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Shredded Beef Flautas. Don't waste your money on those frozen Rolled Tacos, Taquitos, or Flautas. This recipe will have you making more once you finish. This is the perfect time to use up the leftover pot roast (or shredded chicken).

Shredded Beef Flautas They can be filled with ground or shredded meat, cheese, beans, or a combination of any of these. Some say Flautas are flour tortillas and Taquitos are corn. But the original name is Flautas, that is to say Flute shaped. To make Shredded Beef Flautas you need 18 ingredients and just 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

  1. Prepare 2 lb of Beef Chuck Roast (cut in 4).
  2. It's 1 tbsp of Canola Oil.
  3. Prepare 1 of Medium Spanish Onion(quartered).
  4. It's 5 clove of Garlic(crushed).
  5. It's 4 of Jalapeños(diced).
  6. It's 1 lb of Tomatillos(quartered).
  7. You need 1/2 cup of Cilantro.
  8. You need 2 tbsp of Ground Cumin.
  9. It's 1 of Salt & Pepper to taste.
  10. Prepare 1 of juice of lime.
  11. Prepare 12 of Flour Tortillas (or corn).
  12. Prepare 1 cup of Canola Oil(for frying).
  13. It's 2 cup of Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese.
  14. Prepare 4 cup of Water.
  15. It's of Topping.
  16. It's 2 of Tomatoes (diced).
  17. You need 1 cup of Sour Cream.
  18. It's 1 of Shredded Lettuce.

For her birthday dinner, she requested some shredded beef flautas with homemade salsa and fresh guacamole. This meal was simple to make and tasted amazing. Once the meat is cooked and shredded, cut it into small bite-size pieces. Jalapenos are the most popular chile peppers in the US.

Shredded Beef Flautas method

  1. Put 1 tablespoon of Canola Oil in large pot on medium heat. Add beef chuck pieces and brown on both sides..
  2. Add onions, garlic, tomatillos, jalapeños, cumin and cilantro. And 4 cups of water. With salt and pepper to taste..
  3. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 2 hours or until meat is tender..
  4. Remove beef from pot, shred and toss with lime juice, salt and pepper..
  5. Warm tortillas in a paper towel in microwave for about one minute or until soft..
  6. Place 2 tablespoons of meat and 1 tablespoon of cheese on a tortilla and roll it up. And repeat until tortillas and meat are finished..
  7. Heat 1 cup of Canola oil in a large skillet till hot but not smoking. About 350°..
  8. Gently place Flautas in the oil seam side down. Cook on each side until golden brown if using flour tortillas or until crispy if using corn tortillas. About 1 min on each side..
  9. Serve immediately with Toppings. (Shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, sour cream) and enjoy. (Works well with refried beans and rice on the side).

This is probably due to the availability and versatility of the chile. Stuffed with tender shredded beef AND shredded zucchini, plus fresh cilantro and garlic— they are beef flautas to feel good about, or at least a bit less guilty. As with all corn tortilla flautas. My Crispy Beef Flautas are made with shredded beef chuck roast thats been simmered with spices, chiles and tomatillos, then rolled inside a flour tortilla that is deep fried to a crispy snack. Beef flautas are a Tex-Mex taco where tortillas are stuffed, rolled, then fried.