Easy Chicken Flautas

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup minced onion
• 1/4 cup chopped black olives
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground paprika
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups cooked shredded chicken
• 8 flour tortillas
• oil for frying, or as needed
• toothpicks

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; stir flour into butter until smooth. add onion to flour-butter mixture; cook and stir until onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. mix black olives, lemon juice, oil, paprika, black pepper, and salt into onion mixture; cook and stir until heated through, about 2 minutes. stir chicken into mixture and remove skillet from heat and cover.
• heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan or deep-fryer.
• fill tortillas with chicken mixture. roll tortilla around filling and secure with a toothpick.
• fry the rolled tortillas, working in batches, in the hot oil until browned, about 2 minutes. transfer fried tortillas to a paper towel-lined plate using a slotted spoon or tongs.