Chicken Flautas With Chunky Guacamole

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 jalapeno, diced (more or less, to your taste)
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese, shredded
• salt and pepper
• 12 small flour tortillas (about 6 inch)
• oil (for frying)
• 2 avocados
• 1/2 small red onion, diced (not too small)
• 1 jalapeno, diced (more or less, to your taste)
• 4 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved (or a whole tomato, diced)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 flautas: in a bowl, combine all flauta ingredients (excluding tortillas and oil). allow to rest about 15 minutes to marry flavors.
• 2 place about 2 tablespoons of chicken mixture in center of flour tortilla, and roll-up like a cigar. secure with a toothpick.
• 3 continue with remaining tortillas. keep flautas covered with a damp paper towel to prevent drying out.
• 4 heat enough oil in skillet to come almost halfway up sides of flautas (about 1/4 inch depth).
• 5 quickly fry flautas on all sides until lightly golden brown. this happens very quickly, so don't walk away.
• 6 drain on paper towels and serve with chunky guacamole.
• 7 chunky guacamole: dice avocados into chunks and place in a medium bowl.
• 8 add remaining guacamole ingredients, and gently toss to combine.
• 9 season to taste with salt and pepper. serve immediately.