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Sweetcorn and Pinto Bean Flautas

Yields1 ServingPrep Time10 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time30 mins

Recipe from the awesome book Thug Kitchen

 Oil spray
 1 tsp olive oil
 1 cup chopped spring onion (or normal onion)
 2 tsp chilli powder
 3/4 tsp ground cumin
 1/2 tsp salt
 5 garlic cloves chopped
 3 cups cooked pinto beans (or black beans or refried beans)
 1 can mild green chillies chopped (you can use jarred jalapeños)
 Juice of 1/2 lime
 1 cup sweetcorn
 12 flour tortillas
1

Heat oven to 200 degrees

2

Spray a baking tin with oil

3

Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion for about 5 mins

4

Add the chilli powder, salt, cumin and garlic and cook for 30 seconds

5

Mix the beans, chillies lime juice together in a bowl and mash them up

6

Add the onion mixture and sweetcorn and mix through

7

Heat up the tortillas (microwave will do)

8

Spread the filling down one end of the tortillas and roll them up

9

Place them seam down in the baking tin and continue until all the mixture is used up

10

These should be quite thin and not bulging out like a burrito

11

Coat them with the spray and bake for 10 mins turn and bake for another 5-10 mins

12

Serve with salsa and guac

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 2 as a main - 4 ish as a side or snack