Chicken Taquitos with an Avocado Salsa
By: Mexican Food Journal
Published: Sunday, November 22, 2015 - 5:58pm

Ingredients




16 corn tortillas
1 lb shredded chicken
2 cups cooking oil
16 toothpicks

Preparation

1 PREPARING THE TAQUITOS 2 Spoon 1 tablespoon of shredded chicken onto a tortilla. 3 Roll the tortilla tightly. 4 Use a toothpick to keep the tortilla from unrolling. 5 FRYING THE TAQUITOS 6 Add the 2 cups of cooking oil to a large frying pan. 7 Preheat the oil to hot. 8 When the oil is hot add 4 to 6 taquitos to the pan. Do not crowd them. 9 Turn once during cooking. 10 Cook the taquitos until they are crispy and golden. 11 Remove the taquitos and place the on a plate covered with paper to drain the grease. 12 Repeat until all of the taquitos cooked. 13 ASSEMBLING THE TAQUITOS 14 Place four cooked taquitos on a plate. 15 Put a teaspoon of cream on each one. 16 Then cover them with the avocado salsa and sprinkle with shredded queso fresco which is a salty fresh cheese.

About

Taquitos, tacos dorados, or flautas? Whatever you call them, they are delicious. Growing up in California, I knew this dish as taquitos which means “little tacos.” In Northern Mexico, they are called flautas which mean “flutes.” In Central Mexico, they are known as “tacos dorados,” which means “golden tacos,” because they are fried until golden. See the recipe.