Flautas

[Original Recipe from Thugs Kitchen 101 cookbook]

Original picture from Anjali

Prep time: XX minutes || Cook time: XX minutes || Serving: 9-10 || Rating 10/10

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked beans (pinto, black, white or kidney or mix)
• 2 cups of cooked chopped veggies (sweet potatoes, corn, bell peppers, steamed winter squash, zucchini, mushrooms or roasted potatoes)
• 1 can (4 ounces) green chilies (or 1/2 cup of enchilada/ranchero sauce)
• 1 cup of onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil
• 1 tablespoon mild chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• lemon juice, to taste
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 10 flour tortillas

Instructions

1. Turn the oven at 400F. Coat the baking sheet with cooking oil.
2. In a large sauté pan:
   1. heat the oil over medium heat.
   2. Add the onion and cook until it start to brown 9(about 5 minutes).
   3. Add the chili powder, cumin, slat, and garlic and cook for 30 seconds then turn off the heat.
3. In a large bowl:
   1. Mix in the beans, chiles/sauce, lemon juice. Mash them up with a potato masher until a paste forms (it fine if there are some whole beans left).
   2. Add the sauteed onion and cooked veggies and stir to combine.
4. Flautas:
   1. Take about 4 heaping tablespoons of filling and spread into a line toward the edge of the left side of a tortilla from top to bottom.
   2. Roll up the tortilla nice and tight, from left to right.
   3. Place the flautas seam side down on the baking sheet.
   4. When complete, lightly spray with cooking oil and bake for 10 minutes (until the bottom is golden). Flip them over and back for another 5-7 minutes until they are golden on both side.

Serve warm with toppings such as salsa or guacamole.