Title: Flaquitos
Categories: Appetizer Hamburger Mexican Southern
Yield: 18 Flaquitos

1	sm	Onion; grated
1	ts	Cooking oil
1/2	lb	Ground beef, lean
1	ts	Salt
1	ts	Cumin
1		Garlic clove; minced
1/4	ts	Hot sauce; to 1/2 ts.
18		Tortillas; fresh
2	c	Cheese; shredded
		Shortening; hot

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 crips. Do not overcook.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, June, 1974. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.

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