Homemade Chicken Flautas

Let me first say that Pinterest is the bomb and has inspired many new creations in my kitchen.  I love trying new  recipes, but busy nights make me shy away from complicated recipes that require me to make a special trip to the grocery store to buy things I don't normally have on hand.  This is one recipe that was very easy with wonderful results!!  When I was cooking the chicken to be shredded, I knew that the 2 gigantic chicken breasts I was using would be too much for this recipe.  I took half of one breast and cut it into cubes it for a pizza recipe I will post about soon. Enjoy!!

Chicken Flautas

3 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup green salsa
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice (juice from half a lime)
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 cloves garlic, minced (the frozen cubes from Trader Joes works great!)
3 Tbsp chopped cilantro
2 Tbsp sliced green onions
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
1 cup shredded Mexican flavored cheese
flour tortillas
kosher salt
cooking spray

Preheat your oven to 425˚F. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese, salsa, lime juice, ground cumin, chili powder, onion powder and garlic. Once combined, stir in the cilantro and green onions. Add the chicken and cheese; mix thoroughly.

Working with a few tortillas at a time, heat them in the microwave between two paper towels until they are soft enough to roll (about 15 seconds)

Spoon 2-3 Tablespoons of the chicken mixture onto one end of the tortilla and roll as tightly as possible.

Place the rolled tortilla seam side down on the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tortillas until the mixture is gone.  Make sure the taquitos are not touching each other. Spray the tops lightly with cooking spray and sprinkle with kosher salt.

Bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until crisp and golden.

**We reheated our leftovers in the toaster oven at about 400 degrees to get the crispiness back