Flaquitos

18 flaquitos

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 small Onion; grated
1 teaspoon Cooking oil
½ pounds Ground beef, lean
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cumin
1 Garlic clove; minced
¼ teaspoon Hot sauce; to 1/2 ts.
18 Tortillas; fresh
2 cups Cheese; shredded
Shortening; hot

Directions

Cook onion in cooking oil in heavy skillet. When onion is wilted, add meat and cook until mixture turns white. Add salt, cumin, garlic, and hot sauce; cook about 5 minutes to allow flavors to blend.

Put 2 or more tablespoons meat mixture on one edge of tortilla; add 2 to 3 tablespoons shredded cheese. Roll carefully; fasten edges with a toothpick.

Place flaquitos in a wire basket; plunge into hot shortening and cook until crips. Do not overcook.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, June, 1974. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.

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