Authentic Flautas Made Vegan
Flautas is a Mexican street food also known as a craving or “antojito”. The definition of Flautas is “flute”. Yes, like the one from band practice. And the name is so appropriate as they are rolled tightly in small portions resembling the shape of the instrument.
What do I put inside an “Authentic Flauta”?
The possibilities here are endless. I love making them with potatoes, texturized vegetable protein, soy curls or even oyster mushrooms. For the sake of simplicity in this recipe I used potatoes and texturized vegetable protein rehydrated in some a yummy broth.
How do I top my “Authentic Flautas made Vegan”?
The traditional “flauta” is topped with a mix of lettuce, tomato and onion. You can also use some avocado and salsa verde or any Mexican hot sauce that you prefer. I have plenty of salsas on the website so feel free to refer to those as well. My favorite of all time is the ” The Mexican Spicy Mayo Salsa”. Lets begin shall we.
Authentic Flautas Made Vegan
Equipment
- Stove
- Frying Pan (optional)
- Air Fryer (optional)
- Microwave (optional)
- Griddle (optional) aka Comal
- Toothpicks
Ingredients
- 8 Whole Tortillas
- 1 Cup TVP
- 1 Cube Edward & Sons Bouillon Cubes Chicken Flavor
- 1 Cup Mashed Potatoes
- 1 Tbs Neutral Cooking Oil optional
- 1 Cup Water to rehydrate TVP
- 1/2 Cup Frying Oil optional
Instructions
- Dissolve your bouillon cube in water for the TVP.
- Place your TVP inside the water with the bouillon.
- Make your mashed potatoes, personally I used the microwave on the baked potato setting. Remember to peel your potato prior to cooking to make this easier on you. I did not season since the TVP will add flavor. If you opt to use your stove to make the mashed potato remember to cut in small cubes to speed up the cooking process.
- The TVP will need about 5 to 10 minutes to rehydrate. Once rehydrated drain well and pan fry with a little oil if you desire. Oil is optional since the TVP will have moisture you may not need it. The TVP should be fried 5 minutes on medium heat.
- Mix the TVP with mashed potatoes and move around continuing to pay fry another 5 minutes. Turn on a medium heat your griddle pan if you will be using one for the tortillas.
- Place your tortillas on the griddle pan and flip after a minute. This process is so the tortillas can be pliable and easy to fold around. If you opt to use a microwave instead of the griddle pan, wrap the tortillas in a clean kitchen towel and for 1 minute place them in the microwave.
- At this point you will need to add about 1/2 cup of oil to a frying pan on medium heat to prepare the deep frying process. Unless you are using an air fryer then skip the oil and frying pan. Fill your tortillas with the TVP and mashed potato mixture and secure with a tooth pick. Securing them tightly so that nothing falls out.
- They should look like this.
- Fry the flautas until golden brown on all sides removing the tooth picks once they have secured through the frying process. Oil frying will take anywhere from 3 minutes to 4 minutes on each side. Remember to use medium heat. If you are using the air fryer place the flautas in your air fryer basket at 400F for 15 minutes.
- Plate your flautas any way you desire and enjoy.
These look so good! And cater to lots of allergies too, which is brilliant. I haven’t seen TVP at our local shops before, but just did a quick search and there is some in our supermarket organics section so I am all set to try!
That looks amazing! I’ve recently learnt about the various benefits of veganism and would like to try vegan recipes… I’ll be coming back for more!
Meatless Monday is where its at even if you are not at 100% don’t ever seek perfection, baby steps is key. Enjoy.
These look absolutely delicious!! Thanks for the recipe. I’m definitely saving this one for later 😉
Thank you Nikki hope you enjoy it.
These look amazing! I have all the ingredients to make this recipe so I will definitely try this recipe out!
Thank you Colette, hope you enjoy.
I love the step by step photos, my family is going to love these flautas!
Thank you Emily hope you enjoy, Happy Holidays.
I don’t remember who said that cooking was poetry. It turns out it can be music, too! Your flautas look so yummy! Thanks for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed this recipe, food is definitely a good excuse to bring out the instruments. Happy Holidays.
looks amazing and delicous
Thank you Jimmy.
I love the idea off adding mashed potatoes to mexican recipes! This sounds very yummy and filling.
Thank you Alyssa, we can never go wrong with mashed potatoes.
This looks absolutely delicious! Never tried before but I definitely think I’m going to~
Thank you Ashley hope you enjoy them.
somehow this reminds me of Lumpia or Spring rolls but this uses tortilla and looks really good. Thanks for sharing vegan mexican food I dont have to watch netflix to learn about mexican food because of your vegan recipes.
Thank you. Hope you try them soon.
These look amazing! I’ve never had flautas before, but I love Mexican food and I’m sure my whole family would love this recipe!
Thank you Crystal hope you enjoy them.
Wow, these look delicious. I never heard of them but they look so healthy. x
Thank you Marita. Happy Holidays.
These look so good! I’m going to make them with my family. The recipe is easy to follow and seems easy! Thanks for sharing
Thank you Amanda hope you enjoy them. Happy Holidays
These looks so tasty! I have a soft spot for Mexican food and will have to give this a try for dinner this week!