Flautas de Barbacoa (Crispy Rolled Beef Tacos)

Method

1. 1

   Use your ready made barbacoa beef (see the base recipe). If it is wet, drain off the excess sauce so the flautas do not go soggy. Warm the beef in a pan until steaming hot all the way through.

2. 2

   Warm your ready made corn tortillas (see the base recipe) wrapped in a damp tea towel in the microwave for 40 seconds, or in a dry pan, until soft and bendy. Keep them covered so they do not crack.

3. 3

   Put 2 tbsp of beef in a line across the lower third of each tortilla and roll up tightly. Secure with a cocktail stick or lay seam side down.

4. 4

   Heat the oil in a deep frying pan over a medium high heat to 175C, or until a cube of bread sizzles and browns in 30 seconds. Never leave hot oil unattended.

5. 5

   Fry the flautas in batches, seam side down first, for 2 to 3 minutes, turning, until golden and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper and remove the cocktail sticks.

   2 min 30 s
6. 6

   Serve hot on a bed of lettuce, topped with the lime crema, radish and coriander, with lime wedges.