Flautas (literally translated as flutes) is not a new dish for some of my readers. I’ve already posted a dish of flautas before. That time I stuffed them with potatoes, but this time I used one of my favorite fillings in Mexican cuisine, tinga de pollo (shredded chicken cooked with adobado peppers and tomato sauce). But wait, tinga is not new either. Long time ago I posted this post of tostadas topped with tinga de pollo. So what’s special about this post?
I am re-posting this dish because I want to join the Mexican Fiesta 09 event that Heidileon is hosting on her blog, Aromas y Sabores to celebrate Mexico’s Independence. All this month she’ll be posting recipes and a roundup of other bloggers’ Mexican dishes. You can also join the fiesta with some delicious Mexican food (but not burritos, please!). Flautas for me bring back memories of festivals, celebrations and fairs so I think this is a great entry to start warming up for the month-long fiesta.
I also want to announce the return of the Homemade challenge. This time we want to give the fiesta some flavor with Salsas. So get your freshly picked tomatoes ready and prepare a fresh, homemade salsa. In Mexican cuisine there are hundreds (if not thousands) of different salsas (salsa and sauce is the same word in Spanish), but the most recognized outside the country are the ones used as toppings for tacos, tostadas and other Mexican dishes. They can be sweet, mild, hot or insanely fiery, but they all have the same purpose, to enhance and complement food flavor.
Remember that participating is very simple. Write a post on your blog and leave the permalink to it on this discussion of the forum before the month’s out. Don’t forget to mention this event and link back to the forum. I’ll be posting the roundup here the first days of October. If you don’t have a blog, just leave your recipe and pictures on the forum and I’ll include them on the roundup, too.
¡Buen provecho!
21 Replies
I love all kinds of flautas. The shredded chicken does sound delicious and bring on the salsa I say!
Posted on September 4th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Gorgeous and oh-so-delicious! But what about Pastele? I just tweeted this… love that tweet feature!
Posted on September 4th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Is there a recipe or how-to for this dish? I'd love to try this! Thank you.
Posted on September 5th, 2009 at 2:12 am
As always your food makes me so hungry. I wish I could go through the screen and get to eat some of those delicious flautas!
Posted on September 5th, 2009 at 2:39 am
I love, love Mexican food. Your pictures are amazing!!!! Homemade challenge sounds great.
Posted on September 5th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
These are perfect at any time Ben. I always love visiting for your traditional and twists on Mexican cuisine.
Posted on September 5th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I'm in on the salsa event — and thanks for the info re Heidi's blog. I'm going to check it out.
P.S. We never tire of your flautas.
Posted on September 5th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
The event looks so fun. I am not very familiar with Mexican flavors so I am so excited about it.
The flautas look delicious and gorgeous photos, as always.
Posted on September 5th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I saw this photo on Foodgawker and just had to come and have a look!!! Of course I am not disappointed, this is a treat!!!
Posted on September 6th, 2009 at 4:25 am
I adore flautas, Ben! This looks soooo good!
Posted on September 6th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I love all kinds of flautas. Your's look really good with the sprinkle of lettuce and onion.
Posted on September 6th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Looks fantastic!
Posted on September 7th, 2009 at 9:04 am
They look totally delish, and the pictures are fantastic!
Posted on September 7th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Thanks for reminding us of the wonderful components of this dish! Flautas are certainly quite festive and celebratory. Just such cute little morsels of deliciousness! Thanks!
Posted on September 8th, 2009 at 12:23 am
Hi there Leesie! You can follow the links on the post to the recipes, Enjoy!
Posted on September 9th, 2009 at 1:44 am
I hope you join us
Posted on September 9th, 2009 at 1:45 am
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Posted on September 12th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
i love tinga! these look great!
Posted on September 15th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Ahh, now that looks absolutely delicious! Great choice of filling too, although I can see this go well with lots of other fillings as well!
Posted on September 15th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Wow great dish!
Posted on September 15th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
something i love but never attempted to make before, thanks for the recipe will try this over the weekend.
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 6:26 am
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