: a usually corn tortilla rolled tightly around a filling (as of meat) and deep-fried
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The restaurant’s Tokyo Gangster dinner experience features kakuni pork belly chicharron finished with mole and elote riblets, carnitas empanadas, gochugaru carne asada, chicken bulgogi flautas, pozole kimchi, sunomono and crispy rice with guajillo and lime crema.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Potato flautas, a vegetarian dish with fresh avocado, cotija cheese and a guajillo chile salsa were also well executed, but unfortunately bland, with those mashed potatoes in the filling needing more salt.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The broth the flautas are served in is magic, sipped straight from the bowl.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
An answer to that hunger lies in these hearty beef flautas, which get tang and earthiness from adobo and lime, and a tenderness from many hours of slow cooking.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Potato flautas, a vegetarian dish with fresh avocado, cotija cheese and a guajillo chile salsa were also well executed, but unfortunately bland, with those mashed potatoes in the filling needing more salt.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
The broth the flautas are served in is magic, sipped straight from the bowl.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
An answer to that hunger lies in these hearty beef flautas, which get tang and earthiness from adobo and lime, and a tenderness from many hours of slow cooking.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Flauta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flauta. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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flauta
noun
flau·ta
ˈflau̇t-ə 
: a usually corn tortilla rolled tightly around a filling (as of meat) and deep-fried
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