Chicken Flautas with Black Beans

Ingredients

• 6
  10 inches flour tortillas
• 1/2
  cup chopped onion (1 medium)
• 1
  clove garlic, minced
• 1
  teaspoon cooking oil
• 2
  cups shredded cooked chicken
• 1
  cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2
  cup bottled salsa
• 1/2
  cup shredded Mexican cheese blend (2 ozs.)
• 2
  tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro or oregano
• Cooking oil for frying
• 3
  cups shredded lettuce
• Purchased guacamole (optional)
• Bottled salsa (optional)
• Dairy sour cream (optional)
• Cilantro leaves (optional)

   
• Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Wrap tortillas tightly in foil. Heat in oven about 10 minutes or until heated through.

  2. Meanwhile, for filling, in a large saucepan, cook onion and garlic in the 1 teaspoon hot oil until tender. Stir in chicken, black beans, 1/2 cup bottled salsa, the cheese, and 2 tablespoons cilantro.

  3. For each flauta, spoon about 1/2 cup filling across each warm tortilla about 1-1/2 inches from one edge. Roll up tortillas as tightly as possible. Secure with wooden toothpicks.

  4. In a very large, deep skillet, heat 1-1/2 inches of cooking oil to 365 degrees F. Fry flautas, two at a time, for 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp and golden brown, turning once. Drain on paper towels. Keep fried flautas warm in a 300 degrees F oven while frying remaining flautas.

  5. To serve, remove toothpicks. Halve flautas crosswise. If desired, serve with guacamole, salsa, sour cream, and cilantro.

  From the Test Kitchen