Potato Flautas
Swap the usual chicken or beef for a perfectly spiced mashed Yukon gold potato filling. These potato flautas come packed with a kick! They're so easy to make with only a few ingredients, and are vegan too!
Servings: 4
Calories: 455kcal
Ingredients
Potato Tacos
- 2 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes quartered
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper
- ¼ tsp salt or more to taste
- 12 8-inch flour tortillas 3 per person
- oil for frying, canola or vegetable
For Serving
- salsa optional
- guacamole optional
- sour cream optional
Instructions
- Parboil the potatoes by just barely covering them in a pot with cold water, adding salt, and simmering until fork-tender. This should take 10-15 minutes.
- Drain the potatoes. Add them to a large bowl and mash or mill them.
- Mix in the salt, garlic, smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper.
- Add 1/2 cup of potato filling to the center of each tortilla. Pack it down so it sticks together. Roll them up and keep them seam side down.
- Heat 1/2-inch of oil in a fry pan over medium heat. Fry the flautas starting seam-side down for 3-5 minutes per side until golden brown You can crowd them.
- Serve with your favorite salsas, guacamole, and sour cream.
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Notes
You can substitute the smoked paprika for regular or sweet paprika. It won't bring the smoky flavor, but it will still be delicious.
Instead of the cayenne pepper, you can use chili powder for a sweeter twist, or birds-eye chili for a spicier one.
Flour tortillas work best in this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 455kcal | Carbohydrates: 88g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 778mg | Potassium: 1145mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 913IU | Vitamin C: 46mg | Calcium: 131mg | Iron: 5mg
