Flaquitos

Recipe Ingredients

1		Onion - grated (small)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cooking oil
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Ground beef - lean
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cumin
1		Garlic clove - minced
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Hot sauce - to 1/2 ts.
18		Tortillas - fresh
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Cheese - shredded
		Shortening - hot

Recipe Instructions

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 crisp. Do not overcook.

Source:
Southern Living Magazine, June, 1974.

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