Creamy Chicken Baked Flautas
After seeing several recipes for creamy chicken baked flautas online, I wanted to make some using leftover Southwestern roasted chicken and cream cheese I had in the refrigerator. These baked flautas were crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside, and they tasted fantastic dipped in cilantro & lime sour cream. I served these baked chicken flautas with spicy pinto beans, Mexican rice, and Mexican wedges.
Creamy Chicken Baked Flautas
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of roasted chicken, chopped
- 3 tbsp yellow onion, minced
- 3 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
- 3 tbsp cream cheese
- 3 tbsp Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded
- ¼ tsp coriander
- ¼ tsp oregano
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- Flour Tortillas
- Olive oil cooking spray
Dipping Sauces:
How to Make Creamy Chicken Baked Flautas:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray.
Combine the chicken, onion, cilantro, cream cheese, Monterey Jack, coriander, oregano, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper to taste. Mix until well combined.
Wrap flour tortillas in a towel and microwave for 30-60 seconds, or until soft & pliable.
Place a bit of chicken mixture down the center of the tortilla, and roll.
Place, seam side down, on the prepared baking sheet. Finish rolling the remaining flautas, then spray each of them with olive oil cooking spray.
Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Flip them over and cook for an additional 8 minutes, or until crispy and golden brown.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups of roasted chicken chopped
- 3 tbsp yellow onion minced
- 3 tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
- 3 tbsp cream cheese
- 3 tbsp Monterey Jack Cheese shredded
- ¼ tsp coriander
- ¼ tsp oregano
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
- Flour Tortillas
- Olive oil cooking spray
Dipping Sauces:
- Cilantro and Lime Sour Cream
- Guacamole
- Salsa
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray.
- Combine the chicken, onion, cilantro, cream cheese, Monterey Jack, coriander, oregano, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper to taste. Mix until well combined.
- Wrap flour tortillas in a towel and microwave for 30-60 seconds, or until soft & pliable.
- Place a bit of chicken mixture down the center of the tortilla, and roll.
- Place, seam side down, on the prepared baking sheet. Finish rolling the remaining flautas, then spray each of them with olive oil cooking spray.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Flip them over and cook for an additional 8 minutes, or until crispy and golden brown.
Delicious and so simple to make. I accidentally added diced yellow PEPPER before I realized it said onion (which I also added) – it was a nice accidental addition! Thanks for a great meal!
Love this recipe!! The cream cheese added the perfect touch!
This is one of the best dinners I have made from a recipe that I found through Pinterest! The was so easy to make and yummy! The cilantro and lime sour cream dipping sauce suggested in the recipe is wonderful with this! However, I used plain Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream. I will make this again!!
OMG! is all i can say =D this is by far the best flautas ive ever had!!! thanks so much for sharing this recipe. It was a HIT with my family not to mention healthy!! its def going in my cook book and will make it again!
I’m making these (for a crowd) for the second time…they are GREAT and easy to make!!
These are SOOO delicious!! Don’t skip the cilantro-like sour cream!!! Great recipe!
These turned out so good! I added 1/4 tsp of cumin and instead of cooking spray on the top I brushed a mixture of olive oil and cayenne pepper for an extra kick!