Oh, you are in for a real treat: today is Mexican Independence Day! And for us foodies, that means another excuse for delicious MEXICAN FOOD! My absolute favorite cuisine of all time.
For #SundaySupper this week, we have the wonderful Heather of girlichef hosting and the theme is Mexican Fiesta. You can find the links to all the deliciousness at the end of this post.
For the #SundaySupper Mexican Fiesta, I am sharing Flautas, which is one of our family favorite Mexican dinners. Flautas are a tortilla (usually flour) filled with meat and rolled up tightly. Usually, they are fried, but to make them healthier, I’ve been baking them for many years. I’m also not a fan of standing in the kitchen frying food, so making baked flautas is a lot easier. Are you familiar with taquitos? Flautas are very similar to a taquito except they are larger and with the flour tortilla.
One thing I love about these is that they are frugal. I make a mixture of meat and potatoes…yes, potatoes.
Of course, you don’t have to use my flauta filling — you can make your favorite taco meat, even filling them with shredded chicken, beef, or pork. They are extremely versatile. You’ll also notice that I used whole wheat tortillas, but you can use white tortillas if you prefer.
The first thing to do is to cook your meat with diced potato and onion in a skillet. I used ground beef this time because I had some to use up, but I usually make them with ground turkey. After it’s cooked, you add your seasonings. I have seasoning listed below, but you are welcome to use a packet of taco seasoning if that’s what you usually use at your house.
Heat your tortillas up a bit (I do this in the microwave), and lay one tortilla out on a plate or other surface you prefer to work on. Place about a 1/4 cup of meat in the middle of the tortilla in a line.
Fold one side of the tortilla over the filling and tightly (but without tearing) roll up the tortilla around the meat.
Take a round toothpick and insert it at an angle into the flauta, near the end of the tortilla to keep it closed.
Place your rolled flautas on a baking sheet sprayed with non-stick spray. Give the tops of your flautas another spray with non-stick cooking spray.
Bake in the oven until browned and crispy. Remove the toothpicks and serve with salsa, guacamole, sour cream…or even ketchup if you’re my son.
Baked Flautas
- Yield: 8 -10 flautas 1x
Description
Oh, you are in for a real treat: today is Mexican Independence Day! And for us foodies, that means another excuse for delicious MEXICAN FOOD! My absolute favorite cuisine of all time.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef or turkey
- 1 small onion (diced)
- 2 small potatoes (diced)
- 8–10 flour tortillas (soft taco size)
- Seasoning or 1 packet taco seasoning (recipe below)
- Salt & pepper (to taste)
- Optional: salsa (guacamole, sour cream)
Seasoning (omit if using a premade taco seasoning packet)
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
Instructions
- If using seasonings, mix them together in a small bowl. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook meat with diced potato and onion. As you are cooking the meat mixture, break up the meat with your spatula or spoon so the pieces are small. When fully cooked and potatoes are very tender, turn off heat and drain off any fat in the skillet. Return skillet with meat to heat (low). Sprinkle with seasonings and 2 tablespoons water (or so) and stir to incorporate them into fully into the meat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Continue to heat and stir meat until no liquid remains in skillet.
- Heat tortillas. Lay one tortilla on work surface. Spoon 1/4 – 1/3 cup of meat mixture in a line in the middle of your tortilla. Fold one side of the tortilla over the mixture and tightly roll up tortilla around the meat. Insert a toothpick at an angle into the flauta to secure the end closed. Place on prepared baking sheet, toothpick side up. Repeat with remaining tortillas/meat mixture. Spray tops of flautas on baking sheet lightly with cooking spray.
- Bake in the oven until browned and crispy, approximately about 15-20 minutes. Remove toothpicks and serve.
Notes
–If using a taco seasoning packet, you can skip the homemade seasoning.
–Feel free to adjust homemade seasoning; use more or less of items depending on your tastes.
–The number of flautas this meat mixture will make as it depends greatly on the size of your toritllas and how much you fill them. Using less meat mixture in a soft taco or fajita size tortilla will give you more, where if you use a larger tortilla you will get less.
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican
I hope you enjoy my Baked Flautas recipe! I encourage you to check out all the other great Mexican dishes for our #SundaySupper:
Sopas (Soups), Ensaladas (Salads), and Entremeses (Starters)
- Chicken Tortilla Soup – The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Mexican Paint Soup – Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends
- Jalapeño Popper Dip – Chocolate Moosey
- Vegan Tortilla Soup – Galactosemia in PDX
- Texas Caviar – Ruffles and Truffles
- Cheese-Stuffed Jalapeños w/ a Tequila Sunrise – Mama’s Blissful Bites
- Mexican 7 Layer Dip & Chips – The Daily Dish Recipes
- Stoplight Salsa Reisipe – Family Foodie
- Tortilla Soup with Roasted Vegetables – Diabetic Foodie
- Mini Taco Salads – Big Bear’s Wife
La Comida (the food)
- Fiesta en tu Boca Enchiladas (Chicken & White Bean Enchiladas w/ Salsa Verde)Â – The Hand That Rocks the Ladle
- Gluten-Free Chicken Spinach Artichoke Enchiladas for #SundaySupper – Cooking Underwriter
- Mexican Fiesta for #SundaySupper: Chipotle Chicken & 3 Bean Quesadillas w/ Wasabi Guacamole and Mango Salsa – Chattering Kitchen
- Carnitas – My Catholic Kitchen
- Tamale Pie – Noshing with the Nolands
- Eggs Motuleños – The Meltaways
- Grilled Fish Tacos with Black Bean and Corn Salsa – Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Carne Asada – Magnolia Days
- Carnitas Avocado Pizza with Chipotle Avocado Mayonnaise Drizzle – Damn Delicious
- Frijoles Charros (Cowboy Beans)Â – La Cocina de Leslie
- Puerco Pibil – girlichef
- BLT Quesadillas with Avocado Mayo – Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Chile Rellenos with Roasted Tomato Sauce – Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen
- Tamales with Green Chili Sauce – Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Beef and Vegetable Enchiladas – Hezzi D’s Books and Cooks
- Chicken Con Queso – Momma’s Meals
- Baked Flautas – Home Cooking Memories
- Chunky Aztec Chocolate Granola – What Smells So Good?
- Street Tacos Al Pastor – Tastes Better From Scratch
- Shrimp Tacos – Pippi’s in the Kitchen Again
- Chile Relleno with Ranchero Sauce – The Little Ferraro Kitchen
- Zippy Chipotle Shrimp & Mango Tostadas – Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Pork Tacos – Tora’s Real Food
- Stuffed Sopapillas – Just A Pinch
- Chicken Fajitas – Cravings of a Lunatic
- Blue Crab Tacos – Pescetarian Journal
- Huevos Rancheros – Comfy Cuisine
Postres (desserts)
- Chocolate Cinnamon Flan – Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Apple Pie Enchiladas – Sugar Apron
- Chilli Chocolate Truffles – Happy Baking Days
- Horchata Ice Cream & Churro Brownies – Kwistin’s Favorites
- Strawberry Empanadas – In the Kitchen with Audrey and Maureen
- Plantain Fritters – From Fast Food to Fresh Food
- Fried Cinnamon Sugar Tortillas – The Watering Mouth
Bebidas (beverages)
- Beer Margaritas – That Skinny Chick can bake
- Hatch Chile Margarita – Shockingly Delicious
- Skinny & Spicy Watermelon Margaritas – I Run for Wine
- Wine Pairings for a Mexican Fiesta #SundaySupper – ENOFYLZ
Be sure you join us on Twitter throughout the day (Sunday, September 16) for our Mexican Fiesta #SundaySupper. We’ll be meeting up at 7:00 pm (Eastern) for our weekly #SundaySupper  live chat where we’ll talk about our favorite recipes for a Mexican Fiesta! All you have to do is follow the #SundaySupper hashtag, or you can follow us through TweetChat!  We’d also love to feature your Mexican Fiesta recipes on our #SundaySupper Pinterest board and share them with all of our followers!
Katie says
Can these be rolled ahead of cooking. Like if i roll them at 1pm and store in the fridge can i cook them off at 6pm the same day?
brandie says
Hi Katie,
Yes, as long as you cover them.
Arcuri says
These were really good! I used at least 3 cups of shredded chicken (1.4 lbs) and added about 3 Tablespoons of shredded cheese in each flautist. The chipotle seasoning on top added an interesting flavor. Glad I found the recipe!
Sunithi says
Am always buying this at Coctco coz my kids eat this as a snack when they come home from school. Will try your home made version instead and freeze it . Bet they’ll like this better.
Carla says
Sounds like an easy dinner to make plus a great change from the usual tacos.
Jamie (Mama.Mommy.Mom) says
I’ve seen these a million times, but never considered even trying then because every version I see is fried. I am so glad to see that baking them works well too!
Jamie @ http://www.mamamommymom.com
Lisa Cash Hanson says
I’m on my way to Fresh and Easy and had to stop by your blog to get ideas LOL we are so bored with our dinners so I’m going to try this tonight :)) Thank you girl!
brandie says
Great Lisa! It’s something I’ve made for years and quite versatile with the different fillings you could put in. Our kids have always enjoyed them!
Sarah says
What a great idea to add potatoes to taco filling. The monetary savings is a secondary benefit! Taste being the first. I would just add it purely for the the taste! Thanks for sharing!
Patti says
These would be great for a party Brandie!
Linda@There and Back Again says
I love the idea of baked flautas instead of deep fried, because I hate the mess of deep frying anything! 🙂 These look delicious. I can’t wait to try them!
Megan says
YAY! A healthy Flautas recipe. This is awesome, I am making them this way from now on. I love flautas but always feel so guilty after eating them. Thank you for sharing!!!
chattering kitchen says
Next on my list of recipes to try.
Family Foodie says
I love the clever way you made the Flautas! Beautiful recipe.
Heather @girlichef says
I know that my whole family would gobble these up. Your filling sounds delicious and baking them is a nice twist. (We fry our flautas and use corn tortillas. It’s a regional thing whether they call them flautas or taquitos and which type of tortillas they use. Either can be made with either kind.) Thanks so much for bringing these to the fiesta this week!
veronica gantley says
Hi Brandi, Flautas are my favorite. Yous look easy and delicious. They would be a great addition to any fiesta.
Kim Bee says
These are so cool. I have never tried making these. I need to try asap.
Pam @ The Meltaways says
these look delicious! Loving the idea of potatoes, too!
Sheila Fretz says
What a great idea!! I love how you baked instead of fried!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says
I love flautas, and this recipe looks great. I have never put potatoes in with the meat, but what a great idea!
Sheila says
These sound great! I will have to try them soon.
diabeticFoodie says
I love that your flautas are baked rather than fried.
Tara Noland says
These look very good. I like that you included your own seasoning mix as the packaged ones can be so full of sodium!!
Renee says
I have to admit I have not ever had flautas. I will soon because I love that you can use ground turkey for this recipe and I am always looking for turkey recipes.
Bea says
What a great idea to add potatoes to the beef. It sounds delicious. Oh, and the flautas look great. Perfect for an add on to our weeknight dinners. Thank you for sharing.
Angie @ Big Bear's Wife says
These would be great for dinner!
Crazy Kwistin says
Yum, these are my favorites, I never made them myself, you make it look so easy!!
Jen @JuanitasCocina says
Love that these are baked and are healthier! That means I can have 3 or 4, right?
Katie says
I love that you made a baked version of flautas! I usually don’t indulge in them because of the grease/fried aspect, but these sound perfect!
Cindys Recipes says
My guy would use ketchup on these too! :0 Sure, why not?
Paula @ Vintage Kitchen says
Love this easy dish! We have an empanada here that uses meat and potatoes in the filling too. Good idea to bake them. Happy sunday!
Laura Hunter says
I love flautas but the are usually very greasy. I love that you baked these. And other then breakfast tacos I have never heard of potatoes in tacos either but it sure looks good to me.