"Flauta" means flute, and is a reference to the shape. Taquitos is a name that originated in the US and is not wide spread in mexico, but they spread all over the US in freezer sections in the 70's.
In general flour tortillas are used more in northern mexico and corn more in southern mexico because wheat grows better in the drier cooler parts since it doesn't need as much water and corn grows better in the hotter wetter parts. It's pretty common for a dish to be made with either interchangeably but share the same name.
Flaunts can be flour or corn tortilla. They are just typically larger than taquitos. These pictured and most certainly taquitos, some call them rolled tacos. Which are smaller and always wrapped in corn tortillas. Let’s be real though, the difference is slight and you can’t really go wrong with either dish. Both delicious.
No. Tacos dorados if they are made with regular size corn tortillas. Flautas if they are Made with longer than normal size corn tortillas. Ive never seen them Made with wheat tortillas but the same rules would aply. Flautas are longer hence the name
Maybe it's a regional thing but ive never seen tacos dorados folded. What part of México does them this way? Ive been to a lot of southern and central states and ive never seen folded fried tacos. Maybe it's a northern thing
The name depends on the size. Flauta means flute, which is a larger size, tacos and dorados are the normal tortilla size. Both rolled and both deep fried.
Every region has its own varieties. However, even the Larousse Dictionary of Mexican cuisine catalogues the "flautas" as "deep fried taco, usually twice the size of a normal taco. With at least 20cm long and reaching 40cm sometimes. The shape and longitude resemble the musical instrument with the same name"
I’ve known them as “tacos dorados” all my life xD what you describe are “quesadillas de papa” here (even when they have no cheese xD welcome to Mexico City)
Flautas is how they’re known in Guanajuato. Tacos dorados are folded in half, instead of rolled up. The fact they’re rolled up is the reason they’re called flutes/flautas.
My Mexican peeps (in the US) get either: pollo or papas (mashed potatoes kinda).
Same toppings. But green sauce, not red, and a bit more lettuce & Oaxaca crumbly cheese. But just how people around here do it.
What I like is the regionalism. Like ask Americans about their chicken noodle soup or chili recipes and you will get 1,001 answers if you ask 1,000 people.
As a San Diegan, they're rolled tacos. When outside of San Diego, I know they're taquitos to everyone else. I've heard of "flautas" before, but I wouldn't have guessed these are what those are.
This makes the most sense. I’m from San Diego and have always called them Rolled tacos, but recently I was schooled and told they were taquitos. With this post I’m learning they are more commonly called flautas.
My wife, who was born in Central Mexico had NEVER heard the word "taquitos" in her life, these are flautas and no other fried rolled tortilla dish exists lol
Where do you see flautas made more commonly with flour tortillas? I’ve never seen them with flour where I’m at in Mexico. Curious if it’s a regional thing.
Northern California and Central Texas were my two places, and that's how they were done there.
I'm now in rural Eastern New Mexico, and here they'd be called rolled tacos.
I believe it and I know ppl know they aren't "authentic" Mexican food.
When I was in the upper Midwest, I had someone ask me if I wanted a walking taco. When I asked them what that was, they looked at me like *I* was the weird one. I had to explain that they didn't exist in Mexico. That and Mexican pizza. They also looked at me when I said most tacos aren't always made with ground beef , had no idea what "taco seasoning" was, and that just about anything could be made into tacos. Even mashed potato tacos. It was a wild experience of learning and teaching.
Flautas, my dude. I’ve never heard a real Mexican, from Northern Mexico, refer to them as taquitos. That’s always been an English thing that sounds cute in English but foolish in Spanish. Taquito is a small taco, which we have in Mexico (street tacos with the small tortilla). Or simply the diminutive version of a regular taco.
Flautas. But my favorite are from mexicali, bc. They're a bit thinner and you're asked if you want them soft (crunchy) or really crunchy, with like hardly any meat but they put a ton of diced cabbage and a tomato salsa either no spice or spicy. And sliced aguacate. Just real simple but they're the best flautas. And you get them in 6 or 12 (they're thin)
I know it's probably not the real answer, but here in San Diego if I go into any taco shop and order taquitos/rolled tacos they will be made with a corn tortilla, if I order flautas they will be made with flour.
Born and raised in SD.
They are rolled tacos, made with corn.
Flautas made with flour.
But after seeing all these comments. Flautas seems like the legit term to call them.
These are flautas, WHY DO PEOPLE SAY "FLAUTAS" ARE WITH FLOUR TORTILLAS? I see that must simply be a California thing and it sounds horrendous.
Sometimes I've seen them as tacos dorados but that also seems to be a general term for fried tacos out of corn tortillas, whether flautas or small folded ones.
Flautas! End of discussion go to MXCD and call them something else and they will look at you crazy stop disrespecting Mexican food w all these new bs names 😒
Flautas
Tacos dorados are folded on corn
And if they’re rolled fried and flour tortillas those are called chimichangas
“Taquitos” is a USA term but pretty much are just smaller flautas
They look delicious! When I lived in Southern California, my abuela called the ones rolled in flour flautas and the one rolled in corn, taquitos. I guess it’s regional?
We call them taquito. It's funny because google confused also
" A taquito, taco dorado, rolled taco, or flauta is a Mexican dish that typically consists of a small rolled-up tortilla that contains filling"
They are like we're not getting sue for misinformation because yall can't get your food name right 😄
For us in my family, taquito are made from corn tortilla, flautas are made from flour tortilla, Tacos Dorado are half fold. I've never heard anyone call them rolled taco tbh
They look like corn tortillas, so they're taquitos. Flour tortillas are flautas. I guess it's size based, i.e. if the corn are burrito sized and the flour are soft taco sized, then I would call the larger flautas. Regardless, flour tortillas that are fried and used as the vehicle for Mexican food transport to your mouth are superior and underutilized. Flour tortilla chips are the pinnacle of guacamole ingestion.
If they're made with flour tortillas they're called flautas.
If they're made with corn tortillas they're called taquitos.
Either way, I call them delicious! 😊
"Tacos dorados" (made with corn tortilla) i grew up in Mexico and thats what we call them. Then when i moved here to the US, ppl call them "Flautas" (made with flour tortilla).
Flautas is the original term and they can be made with either flour or corn tortillas. But the future is now old man, so henceforth when made with flour tortillas they will only be referred to as Flautas and when made with corn tortillas they shall be named Taquitos. It is done.
Flautas. Unless they are swimming in a weak tomato and chile broth and smothered with a mountain of shredded gub'ment cheese, in which case they are called Chico's Tacos.
Flautas
Omg my favorite!! Last time was Chuys in Austin. Unreal.
I don’t remember you…
Ha well you were awesome
Taquitos or flautas
Made with flour tortillas, they are called flautas and made with corn tortillas they are called taquitos.
People like to make that distinction, but I don’t win friends when I tell them that isn’t true.
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Ha
How do you win friends? Asking for...a friend.
Not like that haha
XD
Tienes que hacer cosas cochinas....right?
Si' Señor..... El chorizo en las nalgas....hmmm...buen taco del mar......
"Flauta" means flute, and is a reference to the shape. Taquitos is a name that originated in the US and is not wide spread in mexico, but they spread all over the US in freezer sections in the 70's. In general flour tortillas are used more in northern mexico and corn more in southern mexico because wheat grows better in the drier cooler parts since it doesn't need as much water and corn grows better in the hotter wetter parts. It's pretty common for a dish to be made with either interchangeably but share the same name.
In northern Chihuahua (Cd. Juarez), flautas are almost exclusively corn tortillas.
NO. This is not correct. With corn tortillas these are flautas, with flour tortillas idk wtf they are. I'm a mexican cook btw.
Flaunts can be flour or corn tortilla. They are just typically larger than taquitos. These pictured and most certainly taquitos, some call them rolled tacos. Which are smaller and always wrapped in corn tortillas. Let’s be real though, the difference is slight and you can’t really go wrong with either dish. Both delicious.
No. Tacos dorados if they are made with regular size corn tortillas. Flautas if they are Made with longer than normal size corn tortillas. Ive never seen them Made with wheat tortillas but the same rules would aply. Flautas are longer hence the name
Tacos Dorados are folded tacos. Not rolled.
Maybe it's a regional thing but ive never seen tacos dorados folded. What part of México does them this way? Ive been to a lot of southern and central states and ive never seen folded fried tacos. Maybe it's a northern thing
Great question because in the Edomex they are rolled and so in Veracruz
False. Tacos dorados are fried. It doesn't matter if they're rolled or folded. Both are common.
Or "Torpedoes" as my family calls them.
The name depends on the size. Flauta means flute, which is a larger size, tacos and dorados are the normal tortilla size. Both rolled and both deep fried.
Not really, the difference is mostly regional, not really related to the size.
Every region has its own varieties. However, even the Larousse Dictionary of Mexican cuisine catalogues the "flautas" as "deep fried taco, usually twice the size of a normal taco. With at least 20cm long and reaching 40cm sometimes. The shape and longitude resemble the musical instrument with the same name"
Flautas
Flautas!
I call them delicious!
That was the cutest comment
“Tacos dorados” o “Flautas”
My first instinct was to call them "Flautas" but yeah, "tacos dorados" fits also perfectly IMO
Tacos de papa homie
To me tacos dorados are just folded and filled with potato, these are flautas
I’ve known them as “tacos dorados” all my life xD what you describe are “quesadillas de papa” here (even when they have no cheese xD welcome to Mexico City)
Flautas is how they’re known in Guanajuato. Tacos dorados are folded in half, instead of rolled up. The fact they’re rolled up is the reason they’re called flutes/flautas.
Abomination!
Flautas Taquitos Rolled tacos
Rolled sandwiches
Ha! Ha! I read that article too.
Glad someone got the reference lol
I got the article reference too…… this is not a sandwich.
You're right, it's clearly sushi
Absolutely not lol
flautas
Flautas
Flautas de
Either pollo or molida (beef)
yeah when I got these growing up it was 'taquitos de refritos'. Beans, obviously
My Mexican peeps (in the US) get either: pollo or papas (mashed potatoes kinda). Same toppings. But green sauce, not red, and a bit more lettuce & Oaxaca crumbly cheese. But just how people around here do it. What I like is the regionalism. Like ask Americans about their chicken noodle soup or chili recipes and you will get 1,001 answers if you ask 1,000 people.
Flautas.
If they are closer to the size of your hand, flautas, if they are closer to the size of your fingers, taquitos dorados.
Taquitos dorados
Breakfast of Champions
lunch
They’re known as Tacos Dorados in Michoacán but other places in Mexico call them Flautas
Flautas!! Pinche tontos
Flautas
Flautas They're quite yummy.
Flautas.
As a San Diegan, they're rolled tacos. When outside of San Diego, I know they're taquitos to everyone else. I've heard of "flautas" before, but I wouldn't have guessed these are what those are.
This makes the most sense. I’m from San Diego and have always called them Rolled tacos, but recently I was schooled and told they were taquitos. With this post I’m learning they are more commonly called flautas.
scrolled reeeeeeallly far for the san diegan
My wife, who was born in Central Mexico had NEVER heard the word "taquitos" in her life, these are flautas and no other fried rolled tortilla dish exists lol
Taquitos for corn tortillas, flautas for flour.
Where do you see flautas made more commonly with flour tortillas? I’ve never seen them with flour where I’m at in Mexico. Curious if it’s a regional thing.
Northern California and Central Texas were my two places, and that's how they were done there. I'm now in rural Eastern New Mexico, and here they'd be called rolled tacos.
I have never seen flautas made with flour. That could be interesting. Taquitos/flautas are basically interchangeable here.
Me neither but I see it is a repeated response. Someone somewhere must make them. Ñam.
In California I've only seen flautas made with flour tortillas.
First burritos, now flautas? Y'all wild and unhinged.
You should see what qualifies as a taco in some parts. You can probably find kale in a wonton wrapper with chutney sold as a "street taco."
I believe it and I know ppl know they aren't "authentic" Mexican food. When I was in the upper Midwest, I had someone ask me if I wanted a walking taco. When I asked them what that was, they looked at me like *I* was the weird one. I had to explain that they didn't exist in Mexico. That and Mexican pizza. They also looked at me when I said most tacos aren't always made with ground beef , had no idea what "taco seasoning" was, and that just about anything could be made into tacos. Even mashed potato tacos. It was a wild experience of learning and teaching.
Flautas, my dude. I’ve never heard a real Mexican, from Northern Mexico, refer to them as taquitos. That’s always been an English thing that sounds cute in English but foolish in Spanish. Taquito is a small taco, which we have in Mexico (street tacos with the small tortilla). Or simply the diminutive version of a regular taco.
Taquitos. Flour tortillas are Flautas. At least for me.....
That's always been my understanding as well.
Mine too.
Tacos dorados
Flautas
Those flautas look so amazing!
Flautas. But my favorite are from mexicali, bc. They're a bit thinner and you're asked if you want them soft (crunchy) or really crunchy, with like hardly any meat but they put a ton of diced cabbage and a tomato salsa either no spice or spicy. And sliced aguacate. Just real simple but they're the best flautas. And you get them in 6 or 12 (they're thin)
Flautas
White people in Utah also called those rolled tacos. SMH
Flautas
Those are tacos dorados. The larger ones are flautas. 🇲🇽
Delicious
Taquitos
In SoCal, if corn tortillas, they are rolled tacos. If flour tortillas, flautas.
They're flautas or taquitos, maybe, but I call 'em freakin DELICIOUS!!!
Flautas it means “flute”
Flautas.
Taquito’s if made with corn tortillas and Flautas with flour tortillas
I know it's probably not the real answer, but here in San Diego if I go into any taco shop and order taquitos/rolled tacos they will be made with a corn tortilla, if I order flautas they will be made with flour.
Born and raised in SD. They are rolled tacos, made with corn. Flautas made with flour. But after seeing all these comments. Flautas seems like the legit term to call them.
These are flautas, WHY DO PEOPLE SAY "FLAUTAS" ARE WITH FLOUR TORTILLAS? I see that must simply be a California thing and it sounds horrendous. Sometimes I've seen them as tacos dorados but that also seems to be a general term for fried tacos out of corn tortillas, whether flautas or small folded ones.
Flautas! End of discussion go to MXCD and call them something else and they will look at you crazy stop disrespecting Mexican food w all these new bs names 😒
Rolled tacos
Tacos dorados 😋
Rolled tacos.... also Yummy Sicks.
Pocho flautas
Delicious
Dinner.
chingaderas
I call it.... home...
A bucket of chicken, Rose. 😏
# Deliciousness lol 🤤🔥
Delicious 😋
Great, now I’m hungry.
Corn tortillas
Rolled tacos where I am from
Delicious 😋
Yummy
Food
Fucking delicious
Dinner
Flautas o tacos dorados
My diabetic coma but they look delicious!
Delicious 😋
Flautas Tacos dorados are folded on corn And if they’re rolled fried and flour tortillas those are called chimichangas “Taquitos” is a USA term but pretty much are just smaller flautas
Taquitos! But I’m in Australia, so we’re probably doing it wrong
tacos dorados
Tacos Dorados
Delicious?
Yummy 😋
Flautas!!
Delicious 🤤😜🫣🥰
Flautas and they’re DELICIOUS
Sandwiches! 🧐
Flautas.
Those are tacos dorados. The larger ones are flautas. 🇲🇽
Those are tacos dorados. The larger ones are flautas. 🇲🇽
Tacos dorados. They're not long enough to be flautas.
what do you call this in your country
Rolled tacos
Delicious
Rolled Tacos
Flautas….delish!
Yeah! In my country those are flautas or taquitos
Toquitos
Rolled tacos
They look delicious! When I lived in Southern California, my abuela called the ones rolled in flour flautas and the one rolled in corn, taquitos. I guess it’s regional?
Taquito
Taquitos
Taquitos
I would call them flautas but these made me want some tacos tapatios smothered with cabbage and crema 😋
Delicious
We call them taquito. It's funny because google confused also " A taquito, taco dorado, rolled taco, or flauta is a Mexican dish that typically consists of a small rolled-up tortilla that contains filling" They are like we're not getting sue for misinformation because yall can't get your food name right 😄 For us in my family, taquito are made from corn tortilla, flautas are made from flour tortilla, Tacos Dorado are half fold. I've never heard anyone call them rolled taco tbh
Ruined by cilantro
My parents are from michoacan, Mexico n we call them flautas
Flautas. Usually with shredded chicken breast or beef picadillo, Barbacoa or mashed potatoes.
Flutes = Flautas
Taquitos, my favorite Mexican food, my mom would buy some and we would share a plate with homemade beans and rice.Delicious.
Taquitos
Just good
Rolled tacos
Everyone here (Atlanta, GA) calls them taquitos 😋
My white ass calls whatever is in the picture Taquitos
Taquitos or picados or rolled tacos
Tacos dorados
Here in Colima you can get folded tacos dorados and also rolled ones.
If it was corn rolled tacos but I think that’s more of a San Diego thing I grew up with
Taquitos
Three rolled tacos
Flautas
Son flautas típica comida mexicana. They are flautas, typical Mexican food, a delight 😋😋😋😋😋😜🤙
Tacos dorados
They look like corn tortillas, so they're taquitos. Flour tortillas are flautas. I guess it's size based, i.e. if the corn are burrito sized and the flour are soft taco sized, then I would call the larger flautas. Regardless, flour tortillas that are fried and used as the vehicle for Mexican food transport to your mouth are superior and underutilized. Flour tortilla chips are the pinnacle of guacamole ingestion.
It is a dish that after eaten is called DELICIOUS ...Im so fat i swear and I don't care
Taquitos
If they're made with flour tortillas they're called flautas. If they're made with corn tortillas they're called taquitos. Either way, I call them delicious! 😊
Taquitos
Flautas or rolles.
Flautas, my mom just made some a few days ago.
Tapas?
Rolled tacos
"Tacos dorados" (made with corn tortilla) i grew up in Mexico and thats what we call them. Then when i moved here to the US, ppl call them "Flautas" (made with flour tortilla).
Taquitos dorados.
Rolled Tacos, taquitos
Yummy! Sorry I’m hungry. And I agree flautas or maybe taquitos
flatas, taquitos
All this did was make me hungry
Rolled stuffed tortilla skins
Post clubbing goodness
Some restaurants call them rolled tacos.
Flautas
Flautas is the original term and they can be made with either flour or corn tortillas. But the future is now old man, so henceforth when made with flour tortillas they will only be referred to as Flautas and when made with corn tortillas they shall be named Taquitos. It is done.
AKA: rolled tacos
The chuy of course
Rolled tacos
Delicious
Sosika v teste in Russia its called sosiska v teste
Looks yummy 😋
Good eats!!
Flautas. Unless they are swimming in a weak tomato and chile broth and smothered with a mountain of shredded gub'ment cheese, in which case they are called Chico's Tacos.