Southwestern Recipes
Gorflautorillas (Phoenix Suns Gorilla's Flautas)
These are great topped with guacamole and served with Spanish rice and beans.
Ingredients
Flautas
- 2 dozen corn tortillas
- Vegetable oil
- 5 cups Meat Filling
Meat Filling
- 5 cups cooked, shredded beef roast
- 1/2 cup chopped hot green chiles, peeled and seeded (fresh or canned)
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- Garlic powder, to taste
Instructions
Flautas
- For each flauta, soften and heat 1 tortilla by dipping it into 2 inches of hot oil. With tongs, hold in heated oil several seconds, or until soft enough to roll.
- Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons warm Meat Filling across center of soft tortilla; roll it.
- Arrange in casserole.
- Cover dish and place in 250 degrees F oven to keep warm until ready to serve.
Meat Filling
- Mix beef, onion and chiles in saucepan and simmer, adding a little water for moisture but not enough to make a sauce.
- Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Keep warm.