Flautas, Not Taquitos

Last month, almost to date, chicken taquitos were the new meal. Flautas/taquitos differ only in tortilla, one is a flour, the later is corn. They are both delicious but I prefer corn tortillas over flour. The teen counterpart requested flautas tonight to have as a comparison to taquitos. You know, kinda of like Coke vs Dr. Pepper, mustard vs ketchup on a corn dog, chocolate vs dark chocolate. Don't know which one is better until you have had them both. So with my detest frying foods, chicken flautas were made tonight using the exact same ingredients and procedures as from the taquitos only swapping the corn tortillas for flour.

Scaled for Likability: Good

Well, it was like I said in the taquito post, if I want fried flour tortillas, then I want them in the form of sopapillas served with not cinnamon sugar but with honey such as these found here or my quick and easy version made a few weeks ago.

Flour tortillas wrapped and then fried are always oily. I have never had a flauta that did not leave an oily residue when eating without toppings. Sure, sour cream, refried beans, or guacamole will disguise the oily film but only if you like flautas with toppings. Still good, however, I just prefer corn tortillas over flour, Coke over Dr. Pepper, mustard to ketchup, and always, always dark chocolate.

Papas a La Mexicana (Ranchera)

It is a crying shame that there are six hens and not a egg in sight. What am I supposed to do with homemade ranchero sauce? Thankfully with a few quick searches of the internet a recipe from my hometown newspaper was discovered: Papas Ranchera . Not once in the thirty years I lived in my hometown did I ever eat at a local food joint serving papas rancheras. No time like the present to remedy this cultural dish. Because this recipe is hidden behind a paywall (grrr...) I have included it here for you: Servings: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, diced 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 large onion 1 1/2 medium tomatoes 3 jalapenos 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup juice from canned tomatoes Instructions: Fry potatoes in vegetable oil until lightly browned (about 4-6 minutes). Saute onions, tomatoes, jalapenos until soft. Add garlic powder and salt. Add tomato juice until vegetables are covered (may need to add water). Bring to a boil and then add po...

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes omitted, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one cup celery, three cups diced potatoes, one can tomato sauce, two beef and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots/celery/potatoes/juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almos...

Cold Corn Bean Salsa

Nothing says junk food like chips and salsa, chips and cheese dip, chips and guacamole. Over the years I have perfected my salsa. It's good on tacos, on nachos, on enchiladas, and of course on chips. Just because I have the best salsa doesn't mean I don't like to try new salsa's like this Best Black Bean and Corn Salsa. Modifications Made: Shoepeg corn was replaced with one can of standard yellow corn with no salt added. Petite diced tomatoes were reduced by half. Italian dressing was swapped for half teaspoon comino, half teaspoon of chili powder, and two tablespoon of fresh lime juice. Salsa was made and let rest for two hours before eating. Scaled for Likability: Good Salsa this was not. Good it was however. It was too much for chips by themselves but was great served over a soft beef taco.

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