Shredded Beef Flautas

5 from 1 vote

I had a ton of left over shredded beef from my taco recipe, and didn’t want to waste any of that delicious meat, so decided to make some Shredded Beef Flautas.

Prep Time10

Cook Time6

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine: Mexican

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Servings: people

Author: Maciek Zurawski

Ingredients

3 lbs Chuck Roast
1 tbsp Hot Sauce
2 tbsp Taco seasoning
12 oz Salsa
6 oz Pickled Jalapeños
8 oz Shredded Cheddar
2 cups Shredded Iceberg lettuce
4 Roma Tomatoes
4 oz Mexican Crema

Instructions

Beef Instructions

Coat the chuck roast with hot sauce to create a binder for the seasoning.
Cover all sides with your favorite taco seasoning
Heat up the grill to 250 degrees indirect heat.
Place the seasoned chuck roast directly on the grates for about 3 hours.
Next, transfer the grilled beef into a dutch oven.
Add in salsa, pickled jalapeños - with all the liquids and beer
Place back on the grill for another 3 hours or until the beef is nice and tender.
Shred the beef and set a side to cool off.

Flauta Instructions

Before assembling the Flautas, mix in shredded cheddar into the beef.
In a flour tortilla, load in the shredded cheesy beef and roll up the tortilla tightly until closed.
Heat up a frying pan with olive oil and place the flautas seam side down
Turn them so that all sides are nice and crispy
Before serving, top with shredded iceberg lettuce, chopped tomatoes and mexican crema.

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